BEEP BEEP when I touch wet sand ?????? HELP

[ferdware]

Hi again.
I now have a new problem that just started. Let me mention again that I am very new to this sport and I am still learning. I have been hunting now for about three weeks.
I mostly hunt the beach. I have no problems in the dry sand. As I move towards the wet sand I usually have to turn down my gain and rebalance a few times. Then I can hunt the wet sand and sometimes hunt just into the surf about a foot deep.
All of a sudden. The past two days that I have gone out hunting the beach. I have had problems in the wet sand. The dry sand is no problem, but as soon as I move to the wet sand My detector is going crazy. I have rebalanced over and over pumping the coil like 30 times even. I have turned down my gain as low as 4 and still it keeps chirping and beeping all over the place. Also every time I just touched the wet sand with the coil, it would beep. It was very frustrating. I could touch the coil to the sand and every time like a button, "touch" "touch" touch" and I get a "beep" "beep" "beep". I did not want to turn down my gain any more figuring if I did I would lose all depth.
Please tell me its not my detector... and somthing I can do
I would appreciate any help in this matter.

Thank you
FERD

 

[nw1886]

Hey Ferd, We need to know what you have your machine set up like.

 

[Larry (IL)]

Do you have a coil cover on your coil?.............if so, take it off and clean it................often. Many find it more of a nuisance and leave it off.

 

[ramases]

You are using Salt Beach mode aren't you? And Salt Soil setting? Sorry - just want to be sure.

 

[ferdware]

Sorry I forfot to mention that. I currently run the "Salt Beach" Program.

under sensitivity
all metal = 65
disc = 90

under transmit ferq
three freq = on
best data
offset =0

under ground tracking
auto track = on
soil = salt
offset = 0
speed = 25

Yes I do have a coil cover on. I take it off and rinse it daily.

thank you
FERD

 

[ak_1234]

For salt water hunting, you want to make sure that the frequency is set to salt, not 3 freq. (If that's what you meant, my apologies). 3 Frequency will not remove salt from the signals - you need to run salt frequency.

Also, when hunting in the water, make sure that you don't lift the coil above the box - water can get in to the box that way and salt is not good on the electronics.

 

[ferdware]

I am an idiot. I had been hunting at a park using the "Salt Beach" mode and took it off salt soil. When I returned to the beach I just forgot to put salt soil back on.
Thanks for the reminder guys..

 

[Rob (IL)]

You can't run 3 frequency as you are listing.
You said you are running salt beach, but; under transmit frequency you have 3 frequency = ON

under transmit ferq
three freq = on (not if you are running salt beach)
best data
offset =0

under ground tracking
auto track = on
soil = salt
offset = 0
speed = 25

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It's salt compensate or 3 frequency. You can't be doing both. Which are you using? You should be running salt under transmit frequency with or without salt soil.[attachment 165191 ani_einstein.gif]............Rob