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Can anyone tell me about the Beach Hunter 300 ?

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Flintstone

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I have never hunted in the water before, i have done the dry sand. This year is the time for this old man to do something that he has never done. I don,t think i want to go out to far, i don,t like them big fish that live in there. If i get up to my knees i will be happy. I will be on Myrtle Beach the most, but will try other places. If you can give me any info on the Beach Hunter would make a want-a-be water detector-est. I am getting it for it has some ID on it, and that was all i could get. Thanks for any help. Flintstone
 
BH300 should work. Water hunting has the best ratio of target vs trash so ID is less critical. Big factor is a top quality scoop and technique. Also remember that a waterproof detector is only waterproof if everything works like it is supposed to, correct alignments, lubed seals and no flaws are system critical. One mistake or error and its game over. But it is overall the best place to find the best stuff!
 
Thanks Tom, What lube do you use? Where can you get it. Dose this need done every time you detect? Sorry i have no idea about any of this water stuff. I have land hunted for a long time, this will be my first water detector. Someone said it don,t go to deep, but will ok for my first one. Tom do you use one? How dose it work, OK ? Thanks Dean
 
ground bal. on the wet sand & that should do it. Hunt in the AM mode , chest mount the box this way you can see the lights. If you want to hit the toggel switch it's right there .
Good luck & enjoy
 
I have a beach hunter with the 9.5 coil. Like gobble said, hunt in all metal. The id lights work in both all metal and discriminate, but discriminate is not nearly as deep as all metal. With time you will begin to learn the sounds of some of the junk targets and can skip some. I hate diigging booby pins and bottle caps. Just remember some good targets sound like junk targets so you are taking a chance. But sometimes I do skip over junk sounding targets to protect my sanity. The beach hunter can reach about as deep as the minelab Excalibur in all metal. I've tested mine along side a friends Excalibur and both could hit my wedding band at 10-12 inches in the wet sand. I don't chest mount my control box. I bought a diver straight shaft from whites. It balances so much better, I don't feel the need for the chest mount. I hunt MB quite a bit and find it difficult to ground balance there but I haven't seen a negative effect on performance. What I don't like about the BH it the amount of falsing in the water. I run the sensitivity wide open to get the depth and this is what I think is causing the falsing. Six of one half a dozen of the other. Coil does float in the water but it isn't as big a problem as so folks made me think it would be with the use of the straight shaft.

I recently picked up a used minelab soveriegn and love it on the beach. Much more stable in the wet sand. I put mine in a water proof box and wade the surf with it. No falsing in the water. Love it. Now my BH is my backup water machine.

Good luck hope to see you on the beach.

Lee in sc
 
Thanks Lee, Someone said to use a lube on the battery door, but i just read the manual and it said not to use anything. What do you do? You use anything or not? Thanks Dean
 
I've never used a lube. Read the same thing you did. Just be careful when you reinstall the battery cover. Be sure it is lined up straight and make sure both latches catch securely. I've had no problems with mine leaking--knock on wood.
 
Whites recommends no lube on their water machines....I've used them for years w/no lube and never had a leak. Hunt in all-metal - much deeper than discriminate - id lights still work in all-metal mode. Good coverage w/12' coil and I like to hipmount mine. If it's falsing in the waves may try turning sens down a little - doesn't false as bad in deeper water and you can turn sens back up a little. Have fun trying it out and hopefully finding something good....gl and hh!!!
 
Interesting thread.I mostly hunt the beaches myself and i'm thinking of venturing into the water so need a waterproof model.I currently use an M6 on the beach and i'm having a lot of success with it so the beach hunter 300 seemed like a logical step to take.Good info......thanks.
 
Thanks to all that replied, As soon as i can get to the beach i will report back and tell you all how i did. I see you guys with all these nice gold rings and think i might be able to do that. I know it takes alot of time to learn anything about detecting so i won,t be in no hurry. If any of you see anyone in the water that looks like they don,t know what they are doing It,s me, stop and say hi. Thanks Dean
 
Flintstone--get the straight shaft for it. I got mine from Pluggers i believe he goes by and when i got my excall2 i got one for it as well--makes a wolrd of difference. Listen for those faint whif sounds get a good quality scoop and dig everything--it's sand. HH
 
arclyt said:
Flintstone--get the straight shaft for it. I got mine from Pluggers i believe he goes by and when i got my excall2 i got one for it as well--makes a wolrd of difference. Listen for those faint whif sounds get a good quality scoop and dig everything--it's sand. HH
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Agreed...think the plugger shafts are like $79...can get 'em on e-bay also....gl and hh!!
 
I don't use a beach Hunter but use Fisher CZ-20's. The lube most divers use for anything is silicone grease. We use it on O rings for flashlights and I use it on both my metal detector seals for the battery compartment. It can be bought at Lowe's or Home Depot and its in the plumbing section in a small round container. A dive shop will charge you 4 times what it is actually worth.

You just get the seal moist with it. Do NOT cake it on. It just is another backup.
 
MANDAD76 said:
arclyt said:
Flintstone--get the straight shaft for it. I got mine from Pluggers i believe he goes by and when i got my excall2 i got one for it as well--makes a wolrd of difference. Listen for those faint whif sounds get a good quality scoop and dig everything--it's sand. HH
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Agreed...think the plugger shafts are like $79...can get 'em on e-bay also....gl and hh!!
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