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Beach hunter 300 gets gold again.
- Thread starter Nauti
- Start date
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
That a nice one. Congrats !
broadestpower
New member
Neil what is your season count on rings thus far?
I'm looking at getting the BH300. People tend to lean toward the excalibur, but, I like whites and for the same money, I could get the BH300 and a mx5. Sounds like a no brainer. Looks like the Bh300 rakes in the gold! You ain't gonna find it, if you aren't workin the machine. Great finds!
Nauti
Well-known member
Hi qwerksc,
I owned a minelab sovereign which is basically the same machine as the excalibur and I prefer the BH300.The 300 will find much smaller items than the sovereign.....i've had tiny stud earings and earing backs at good depth that I would never have got with the minelab.Run in all metal it's a brilliant machine on the beach and you still have indicator lights to let you know what metal the target may be.Like you say,many lean towards the excalibur.......but only because they don't know just how good the BH300 is.
I owned a minelab sovereign which is basically the same machine as the excalibur and I prefer the BH300.The 300 will find much smaller items than the sovereign.....i've had tiny stud earings and earing backs at good depth that I would never have got with the minelab.Run in all metal it's a brilliant machine on the beach and you still have indicator lights to let you know what metal the target may be.Like you say,many lean towards the excalibur.......but only because they don't know just how good the BH300 is.
deepseeker442
New member
yes nice one wtg man
I just ordered a ID 300 and am really looking forward to getting it in the surf, which I have never tried before. It sounds like you have much experience with the 300.....if you have any tips in the use of this detector in the surf and on the beach, particulars with this machine that may be of assistance, I would appreciate hearing them. For example, do you mainly dig the mid range tones and skip the coin (green) signals if you are jewelry hunting? There is not alot of info on the net concerning this detector. Thanks!
Nauti
Well-known member
Hi comisoas,
I dig everything other than iron signals.The biggest ring I ever found gave a coin signal so you can never rely on the id lamps 100% of the time.
If i'm really giving it 100% I will dig iron signals if they are really feint as ultra deep objects can register as iron even if they are good objects......although most of the time if the lights indicate iron it usually is.
I dig everything other than iron signals.The biggest ring I ever found gave a coin signal so you can never rely on the id lamps 100% of the time.
If i'm really giving it 100% I will dig iron signals if they are really feint as ultra deep objects can register as iron even if they are good objects......although most of the time if the lights indicate iron it usually is.
Well here is my report on my first time out with the BHID 300. I went to Onslow Beach at Camp Lejeune. I detected 5 solid hours both in the surf and out. The next day, I went out for about another 3 hours, but most of the time at Emerald Isle. My first 5 hours I did not find much, to my suprise. I know beach conditions are everything, I think the beach was sanded in. Not many signals in or out. I saw a nice runnel that was down to the peat for about 10 feet toward low tide. No coins or much at all, which was a suprise. As far as it not going as I liked, you were right. Alot of work with little result. I think the final tally was 1 small silver ring found on the upper beach, one quarter mid beach in the wet sand, for 3 quarters total, 3 nickels, 13 pennies and one dime. Several shell casings from Onslow. It was frustrating seeing all the folk in the surf, yet finding no gold. No jewelry, save for the ring. I know timing and perseverence is the key though. I found that ground balancing the BHID 300 was a bit frustrating, because when I would lower the coil from about a foot to the ground, there did not seem to be much difference when I made changes to the GB control. I was looking for the steady threshold, but it would always seem to quiet when it got closer to the sand, so I just did the best I could. Any advice/experience would be appreciated. Overall I had a blast, at 51 yrs old, was totally sore in my calves after about 8 hrs total of hunting, and a bit upset that I could not prove to my wife that I would come home with the gold. Winds were E@5, so the wind was blowing in toward the beach at a very slight angle which perhaps would give credence to a sanded in beach and the lack of signals. Are there any other persons with experience in the areas I searched and perhaps with the BHID that can share some experience? Thanks for listening to my rant. I am confident that if a piece of gold was under the coil, I would have found it deep because the BHID proves itself to be very sensitive....but I had a sanded in beach. Bryan
Nauti
Well-known member
Hi again,
Don't worry too much about the ground balancing if you are finding it difficult at your particular beach......just set it to the middle position and forget about it.Always run the machine in the all metal position and listen for those feint signals.....you will have to dig deep but you will be rewarded eventually.
Don't worry too much about the ground balancing if you are finding it difficult at your particular beach......just set it to the middle position and forget about it.Always run the machine in the all metal position and listen for those feint signals.....you will have to dig deep but you will be rewarded eventually.