Any Southern California Infinium Beach Users out there?

[ziphius]

I've yet to see one on the San Diego beaches where I hunt. Just curious, and So Cal Infinium beach hunters out there? How does the machine handle our iron-rich sands?

HH - Jim

 

[metalhead]

My wife and I are full time RVers and we hit the southern California beaches about once a year for a few weeks. We usually stick to the Bolsa Chica and Huntington Beach. I've been using my Infinium there for the past few years and it works great. Best of luck to ya.Happy Hunting!

 

[ziphius]

Thanks for the input metalhead. Based on the general lack of responses to this thread, either there are not many Infinium users at southern CA beaches....OR.....they are out there, but the Infinium is such a beach-killer that the southern CA users don't want everyone else jumping on the bandwagon. Call me a conspiracy theorist.

Jim

 

[diggindirt]

Thanks for the input metalhead. Based on the general lack of responses to this thread, either there are not many Infinium users at southern CA beaches....OR.....they are out there, but the Infinium is such a beach-killer that the southern CA users don't want everyone else jumping on the bandwagon. Call me a conspiracy theorist.

Jim

I can't really say about CA beach hunters........................BUT, I know some of the hunters on the east coast don't want to say too much about the machine

 

[Goldringer]

It is almost as good as a CZ 20 but lakes the great discrimination. I find that the reverse discrimination is of little use as small iron goes away just the same as gold.

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

If you don't wan't to dig small iron then ignore double signals.

 

[Rockpile]

Well, i find find that the infinium does not give a clean double signal with the 8 inch mono. bobby pins sound just like gold rings much of the time. some rusty ones do give the double or at least sound a bit scratchy. so do gold ringas on edge. I do often ignor lohi sigs as gold is my goal and I care little to waste time digging coins. iron nuts and screws give a clean HiLo as a gold ring. The also reverse discriminate out so i seldom waste time with that feature. Unfortunatly, zinc pennies also sound like gold rings and it gets em deep, LOL. When I use the CZ 20 I know iron from gold as there is no guessing. It is a positive and great clean mid tone unlike anyother. it is often my choice and I have two of each. Just dig it all and be done with it.

 

[wolfenzie]

I used my infinium at the beach in San Diego a couple of years ago, and it worked really well. No false signals at all. In fact, last year I used my E-trac and it would go all wonky in the salt water. With the Inf. there was no chatter at all in the water. I could wander all over the beach, wet sand, dry sand and it was as stable as could be. I have had my machine for about three or four years and have found it to be a durable, reliable machine. It is great for travelling. Packs up small and can be used on land and in the water. I have taken mine to Holland where I did some beaches there as well as some parks. Found lots of good stuff. You won't be disappointed if you buy one. It's a fantastic water machine and a competent one on land as well. Hope this info helps you out. Maybe I'll see you on the beach on Mission Bay in a couple of years. Good luck. Wolf.

 

[Black Davy]

Jim,

I had a project in Chula Vista a couple of years ago, I was there for a week, I worked Mission Beach, Ocean Beach in San Diego and La Jolla beach, La Jolla had some of the blackest beaches I had seen. The Infinium worked fine there. I was supprised that I was the only one detecting the beach.

Davy

 

[ziphius]

Black Davy and others,

Thanks for your replies on this topic. I think I'll take the leap and get myself an Infinium!

Jim

 

[bearkat4160]

n/t

 

[Black Davy]

I sold my house after re-doing the kitchen, new floors, counter and re-finishing the cabinets, sanding the hardwood floors painting the inside and out. This took me from Jan to May of this year a $5K investment gave ma $30K higher asking price and it sold in 2 days, God bless the priest who bought it. I then purchased my families homestead that my Great Grandfather built. I had to purchase a nice John Deere 2520 tractor to take care of the 15 acres, lots of work to do, Oh and of course there is now a BIG honey do list, so I really have not done any detecting for almost a year. I just freshend up the batteries in the units to get some hunting before the ground freezes. I had to paint the rusty old stick the infinium is on, I decided to paint everything flat black for the stealth look. My brother is home on Vacation the next couple weeks so I hope to get out and get some hunting in.

 

[Black Davy]

I was on my project most of the day and hunted at night with my brother who joined me from Reno. I got clad only, the tide was never in my favor at night and I only had my short handle scoop. My brother worked all day and night when I joined him. He found lots of clad all pretty new. He got two rings from the Ocean Beach. There was a lot of traffic there, I would recommend that area, the beach is small also.

 

[diggindirt]

Hey Black Davy, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!

Sounds like you're real busy over there with the new place!

 

[Adrian SS]

HI Rockpile,
If you leave the Lo/Hi sigs in the ground you will miss a lot of silver jewellery.
The Lo Hi.s that reduce in strength and change to Hi Lo in rev disc will more often than not, be a good target.
Rusty iron that is LO/HI will stay LO/HI in Rev disc . I agree that small rusty iron may disappear in Rev Disc. You should always check targets that reduce significantly in strength in Rev Disc
Gold rings mostly give a HI/LO and reduse in sig strength in rev Disc.
I have found that (with the 8 ins mono) bobby pins will always give a double HI/LO tone in one direction when they are lying flat in the ground and a good single HI/LO tone when end on to the coil. If the signal is strong then you should raise the coil 5 or 6 inches (weaken the signal)in order to check for the double tone. Bobby pins are not pure iron and because of the alloy mix they can react like gold.

A strong signal from bobby pins will blank out completely in rev disc but a strong signal from gold will reduce in strength, and generally, will still be audible. The sig will remain as or change to HI/LO.

You need to experiment long and hard with the Rev Disc feature because you will find that it can be very helpfull.

 

[diggindirt]

HI Rockpile,
If you leave the Lo/Hi sigs in the ground you will miss a lot of silver jewellery.
The Lo Hi.s that reduce in strength and change to Hi Lo in rev disc will more often than not, be a good target.
Rusty iron that is LO/HI will stay LO/HI in Rev disc . I agree that small rusty iron may disappear in Rev Disc. You should always check targets that reduce significantly in strength in Rev Disc
Gold rings mostly give a HI/LO and reduse in sig strength in rev Disc.
I have found that (with the 8 ins mono) bobby pins will always give a double HI/LO tone in one direction when they are lying flat in the ground and a good single HI/LO tone when end on to the coil. If the signal is strong then you should raise the coil 5 or 6 inches (weaken the signal)in order to check for the double tone. Bobby pins are not pure iron and because of the alloy mix they can react like gold.

A strong signal from bobby pins will blank out completely in rev disc but a strong signal from gold will reduce in strength, and generally, will still be audible. The sig will remain as or change to HI/LO.

You need to experiment long and hard with the Rev Disc feature because you will find that it can be very helpfull.

AdrianSS, Thanks for the super post!!!

Do the bobby pins give the same type of double HI/LO with the 14" mono?

Thanks again!!!

 

[Adrian SS]

The 10 x 14 Mono produces similar results but gives a much stronger and more pronounced Double HI/LO in one direction for any given depth than the 8in mono.If the pin is flat on to the coil you do not have to lift the coil to weaken the signal. With the pin end on to the coil the tone is a single HI/LO.
In rev Disc a strong signal might not fade completely and might still be heard as a faint warbly Hi/LO tone.
I find bobby pins, fish hooks and bits of wire to be more of a pain in the butt with the big mono due to the fact that the coil is large in diameter and the pins are small and so they tend to produce a more noticable double signal as they pass each side of the coil.

The 5 x 10 DD seems to give similar results to the 8in mono.

I find that the best way to see how your own machine responds to various target types is to get as many different commonly found items and to practice on them with the coils that you have in different ground conditions until you think you are going nuts from all the different responses and by about then you will be able to hear the difference between bottle caps, bobby pins, fish hooks, pull tabs and sinkers.

I tend to dig all signals at the beach no matter which detector I am using because too many good targets can sound like junk.

 

[diggindirt]

 

[panama rich]

Yes, I hunt the SoCal beaches, but nowhere near as often as I'd lIke. How does it handle black iron sand? Just like white sand, no problems to
speak of. MIne is an early model, but factory updated and has the later round cable on both the stock 10X14DD and the 8 inch mono. Rat beach,
south of Torrance beach has some pretty heavy black sand, but I can always work it, not a lot of finds, but runs smoothly. I recently found a 1951
half dollar at San Pedro that was totally covered in tar and must have been there a loooong time. It was only down about 6 inches, but apparntly
undetectable to other metal detectors. I prefer the stock 10X14 DD coil as it covers ground much faster than the 8 inch MONO. I don't have a
14 inch Mono to test against, but someday I will.
Happy hunting,
Rich

 

[Foxesgold]

Congrats on the move! Always nice to keep history in the family. After a winter of "honey do's" you will be in great shape for swinging the old Infinium. Best to you and your family at the new home.