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Beach hunting
- Thread starter Steelhead
- Start date
My first piece of advice is be very careful if there's wave action and never turn your back on a wave. 
That could be a very expensive mistake.
In the wet packed sand, I'm pretty much able to run very hot. Run the sensitivity to the point of it being unstable and back off until you have a steady threshold. If you are in the water at all, expect to hear some falsing from the wave / water movement and you'll have to back off a bit. Where I hunt, there's very little trash in that shallow surf / wet packed sand area so I just hunt in IM-14 although I sometimes just run all metal -16...
I dig everything that's not iron; even if it's an "iffy" signal. You just never know. I've dug a couple of very small gold rings, chains, stud earrings, that sounded like garbage.
Deep on
Fast off
Audio 2 (I happen to prefer it to audio 1)
Limits / variability; I've been playing with Cody's setup of just 3 tones. Interesting. However, since there's so little trash, it really doesn't make a difference since you're digging just about anything anyway.
Gain: Usually between 5 and 7
Get to the beach about 2 hours before low tide; look for negative tides. Go real slow and swing real low. I like to do a little zig-zag along the shore until I hit some targets. If I'm hitting quarters that are green or look like they've been buried for a while I try to work that line. You'll find (if you look back at your holes) that they line up along the shore in almost a straight line. Listen for the fainter deep hits.
Hope you have a nice big, strong scoop. Be prepared to dig some insane depths at the beach. It's quite remarkable.
That could be a very expensive mistake.In the wet packed sand, I'm pretty much able to run very hot. Run the sensitivity to the point of it being unstable and back off until you have a steady threshold. If you are in the water at all, expect to hear some falsing from the wave / water movement and you'll have to back off a bit. Where I hunt, there's very little trash in that shallow surf / wet packed sand area so I just hunt in IM-14 although I sometimes just run all metal -16...
I dig everything that's not iron; even if it's an "iffy" signal. You just never know. I've dug a couple of very small gold rings, chains, stud earrings, that sounded like garbage.
Deep on
Fast off
Audio 2 (I happen to prefer it to audio 1)
Limits / variability; I've been playing with Cody's setup of just 3 tones. Interesting. However, since there's so little trash, it really doesn't make a difference since you're digging just about anything anyway.
Gain: Usually between 5 and 7
Get to the beach about 2 hours before low tide; look for negative tides. Go real slow and swing real low. I like to do a little zig-zag along the shore until I hit some targets. If I'm hitting quarters that are green or look like they've been buried for a while I try to work that line. You'll find (if you look back at your holes) that they line up along the shore in almost a straight line. Listen for the fainter deep hits.
Hope you have a nice big, strong scoop. Be prepared to dig some insane depths at the beach. It's quite remarkable.
Tough question as all beaches differ and even the same one differs from day to day depending on the wave action...Basically you want to dig all as the rings come in all over the meter and that tab or piece of foil you ignore may be a nice gold ring..WOT sure gives you a lot of coverage so that should be taken into consideration...If saltwater beaches may have to lower sensitivity depending on the particuliar beach..Andy Sabisch in his book on the Explorer gives some good info....
Captain Kirk
New member
Joe,
I would add the suggestion of using FERROUS mode. This makes it easy to reject the iron and dig everything else.
HH,
Glenn
I would add the suggestion of using FERROUS mode. This makes it easy to reject the iron and dig everything else.
HH,
Glenn