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Beach Hunter ID 300

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ToniSteve

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Hello,
How do you beach fanatics rate this detector for working beaches? I don't see many posts on this unit, but heard it can be used as an inland detector also. It rains about 210 days out of the year up here against the shadow of Deer Mountain so I thought it may be a good choice? How is it with jewelry at the beach?

Kind Regards,
Steve
 
I had one and found many gold and silver rings, the cool thing about it is in all metal you still have the lights to ID the target. Green for coins, yellow for gold and red for iron, and if it hits red it's iron. If it hits red and yellow or red and green, I would dig it anyway. It would be a brass key on a iron key ring, or a silver madallion on a key iron ring. The disc. mode works great for trashy areas. But now I use the Minelab, It goes deeper. Gene
 
I had a beachhunter ID last year w/12 inch coil.Does not even come close to the depth that X-cal or the CZ-21 can get. I got rid of it after my buddies cleaned my clock with their 10 inch coils from CZ-21 and X-cal. Good luck, Steve
 
Steve:

Would be good for you to find someone that has the BHID 300 for a demonstration. What to look for;

1. Regarding depth, make sure the BHID 300 is set up for All Metal Supertune. To make a long story short; it allows you to run the BHID 300 with the sensitivity at max giving you much greater depth.
Also, if there are other metal detectors present, make sure they are turned off so the BHID 300 is not de-sensed which could affect the depth range of the BHID 300. Check around these forums for
postings that favorably compare the depth of the BHID 300 to some of the other highly touted VLF units. BEACH HUNTER is one of the members to check with.

2. Consider how you will use the machine you select. Do you want a slow or fast sweep speed? I prefer using a machine with a fast sweep speed, that allows me to cover more beach than one with a
slow sweep speed. In my opinion; more beach covered = more goodies. End of story.

3. In addition to being fun to use, the BHID 300 has what I consider to be a unique way of presenting targets. While in All Metal supertune with max sens you have excellent depth and also the target
I.D lights to help sort out the good from the trash. My experiences on the beach with the BHID 300 are not consistent with some of the previous posts. When I used my 6" X 11" beach scoop, some
targets detected were either too deep or too small to be recovered. This was on wet sand, so I switched to my 20" long shovel with the 12" blade. All targets were now being recovered. Some targets
were recovered from holes that almost reached the handle on the shovel, i.e. 14" - 16". That kind of depth, along with the 12" coil and the fast sweep speed, make for a great beach machine.

Good luck which ever machine you choose. HH

Ron
 
it didn't come close to the 3 Excal's i had before it.i sold it and bought a new Excal ll and it by far is the best detector iv ever ran on salt beach's.i run a Sovereign GT with S12 coil on the beach and a Excal ll in the water also have a Sovereign Elite waterproofed for a back up.I'm not loyal to any maker,i just buy what works the best!
 
I am not sure where Deer Mountain is, but my BHID300 works great on the beaches of NJ. It does have a big 12 inch coil, so using it inland can be a bear working around brush and such. It pin points very well due to the coil design.

If you want to compare it to an Excal, I have had both and I think they are both great units. I sold my Excal due to it being a lot heavier ( I had it on a straight shaft and even hip mounted it). This was not the Excal II, and the newer model is a little lighter. This is also due to me having some shoulder and elbow problems, so it's a personal choice.

As far as depth goes, do not compare the BHID300 in discrim mode to an Excal. I think most experienced BHID300 users, when beach hunting, hardly ever use the machine in discrim mode. We use it in all metal and ground balance twice...once using the standard way at the preset sensitivity setting, and then again it at the highest sensitivity settings without it being unstable. The machine ID's iron with a flash of red light so it's pretty easy to tell when there is an iron junk target under the coil. It can be swept MUCH faster than the Excal, and I think it is a little more sensitive to smaller gold than the Excal. The Excal has an advantage that it does not have to be ground balanced, but it nulls over iron in discriminate mode, and you have to sweep it really slow in iron laden areas to make sure the machine re-tunes itself so it can ID a target next to iron.

I have mine mounted on an Anderson shaft, and it's balanced great and swings a heck of alot easier than my previous Excal. It does go deep in all metal when the sensitivity is bumped up, and runs very smooth in both all metal and discrim. It has tone ID in discriminate mode, which is cool thing, but all metal is one tone and you have to watch the lights for the target ID.

But, if you are thinking about using the machine inland at least 30-40% of the time ( being it your primary detector) than an Excal II with the 8 inch coil may be a better machine. I believe the BHID300 is almost strictly a beach machine due to the larger coil and the ability to sweep pretty quickly. Not saying it can't be used on land, but there are much better options.

My 2 cents.

JC
 
Where do you get the Anderson shaft?

Thanks,
Steve
 
I'll admit when I first got mine I was very unhappy with it, UNTIL I discovered How to use it in AM supertuned mode- After that it was hitting targets so deep it was wearing me out on saltwater beaches with the depth! It will also hit things so deep all you get is a rise in the threshold = DIG,DIG,DIG!!!
 
When I had my BHID it was only used in fresh water.I used in all metal also and did the super tune method but still my buddies X-cal w/10 inch coil was kicking my but.He would get a hit and call me over to see if the BHID could sound off. Not a chirp in either mode.Coin was down about 9 inches only.Im wondering if you guys using the BHID are getting the depth you say is because the signals are more inhanced by the saltwaters conductivity over the freshwater targets.
I think someone said here that a faster sweep = more finds; well that simply is not true.In our freshwater lakes that are filthy with iron and shot shells any other machine that is swept faster than the X-cal I guarantee you are going to over run targets and they also will be nulled out because of the ammount of iron.Slooooooooow sweep speed = a full goody bag. Steve


Machines used: X-cal 1 and 2 W/ 10 and 15 inch coils, CZ-21 W/ 10 inch coil and Headhunter
 
I sure do wish that I could get two of you together in the Newport news Virginia area one with the BHID 300 and one with the XCAL 1000 and see for my self which one had better depth and recovery speed. I want to buy a beach machine and work the water about chest deep to shore line as far as sweep speed when your chest deep you can only sweep so fast because the unit is under water too. can you still get good depth with BHID 300 with a slow sweep . I have not used a detector for about 10 years. but now kids are grown and I have more time to hunt . I hunt VA beach, Jamestown beach, and Yorktown beach. my 1280x would only get a ring about 6 inch's mans high school ring that is. I have found a lot of gold rings in the past but never very deep. any help from you guys as for which one to buy would be great. thanks so much ......Jerry
 
if ya looking for depth nightman ya may want to look at a PI unit you"ll dig more junk but you wont miss the deep gold.
 
I only used my BHID300 in salt water, in the wet sand and suds. Fresh water hunting and the conditions you speak of Glas, it's probably better to use a slower sweep due to the number or targets and the fact that you are hunting in waist deep water, and the Excal may be the better machine to use.

That's why it's so hard to recommend a detector when someone asks. Too many variables. All one can do is state what they like best, based on the hunting they do and where.
 
Jerry,I've got a Beachunter ID with a whites 12 inch coil I added last Spring that I'd sell you for $525 shipped.The new coil has only been used twice in fresh water.I'm just selling it because I need the money for something else.Let me know.Thanks, Norm Marsh
 
nightman said:
I sure do wish that I could get two of you together in the Newport news Virginia area one with the BHID 300 and one with the XCAL 1000 and see for my self which one had better depth and recovery speed. I want to buy a beach machine and work the water about chest deep to shore line as far as sweep speed when your chest deep you can only sweep so fast because the unit is under water too. can you still get good depth with BHID 300 with a slow sweep . I have not used a detector for about 10 years. but now kids are grown and I have more time to hunt . I hunt VA beach, Jamestown beach, and Yorktown beach. my 1280x would only get a ring about 6 inch's mans high school ring that is. I have found a lot of gold rings in the past but never very deep. any help from you guys as for which one to buy would be great. thanks so much ......Jerry
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Jerry, I guess you are trying to save a few dollars on the price of a water detector.

Considering that the machine WILL pay you back as you use it, and that the Minelab Excalibur's have a proven salt water track record, I dont see why you would even consider "the other" machine for doing the type of hunting you are talking about doing in salt water.
This is an easy one ... Get the Excalibur II ... With the 10" coil you will dig things about as deep as you would want while fighting wind and waves in the surf.
What good is a detector that will detect a target three feet deep if you can only dig down 1 foot or so with the scoop?
If you have ever been in waist deep surf and loose sand you know what I am talking about ... the hole will fill in about as fast as you can scoop it out.
If you really want to dig targets deeper than 14" then you should be looking at the PI detectors.

The Minelab Excalibur II is IMHO "the" top machine for saltwater and surf, undoubtedly the ultimate test for any water detector.
 
Here is a link that might help you decide.

http://jimyce.home.netcom.com/test.html
 
Willee said:
Here is a link that might help you decide.

http://jimyce.home.netcom.com/test.html
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No BHID 300 on the list ? ? ?
 
Thanks for putting up the supertune from Gobble Gobble. The link above seemed to favor Minelab as the machines were bold lettered. I just bought a used BH300ID with warranty still left and IS TRANSFERABLE unlike Minelab's policy. I have been using a Fisher 1280x for two years which did great for me and found a nice ring and bought the BHID300 and had it out about 4 times. I barely got a signal on the 1280x when I found a gold chain with a thin cross sticking out of the ground around a lake. I hoped the White's was going to be somewhat better on chains but seemed the same result. I am still wondering if I need a tune up since when I go to super tune, most of the time when I turn up the sensitivity to max, I do not get the high shrill before resetting like in step 5 and 6. I switch back to all metal mode and ground balance and find increased depth. I do also get a null sound without lights when going over things and was wondering if this is normal too. I mainly use this on the beach and found a 1941 D Mercury dime with it yesterday. It was about 10 inches deep. I hope I will be able to get the supertune to perfection or I may have to send it in. Do you have any suggestions?[attachment 153214 frontviewCU.jpg] I have found more pull tabs deeper than the 1280x and I know I will pick up rings before too long. Here is a picture of the ring that lead me to the BH!D300.
Thanks again from a different Steve
 
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