Cheap beach detector...?

[GoVidGo]

Heading to the Outer Banks, NC for vacation for a week. I rented a beach house and I am definately gonna hit the beach with my E-Trac. My GF will be using my AT Pro that she claimed.

My daughter and her friend are coming (both 17), and I wanted to get them a cheap detector that will work on the beach so they can come along. (I'll keep them in dry sand if needed).

I know some lower-end detectors are almost impossible to use on the beach with all the chatter and falsing.

Anyone know of any cheap detectors from White's, Fisher, Tesoro, Garrett, Minelab, Teknetics, etc that work good on the beach?.....

Cheap as in 'under $300' ...new under $300 or a used detector I can get for that price.

I just hate to pick something up for them and get down there and it just frustrates or is un-usable. At that point, it would be better not getting anything, you know?

Any suggestions or ideas would help... especially on detectors that you have used on the beach or heard they work pretty good.


Thanks in advance..


Viddy

 

[razerback408]

Heading to the Outer Banks, NC for vacation for a week. I rented a beach house and I am definately gonna hit the beach with my E-Trac. My GF will be using my AT Pro that she claimed.

My daughter and her friend are coming (both 17), and I wanted to get them a cheap detector that will work on the beach so they can come along. (I'll keep them in dry sand if needed).

I know some lower-end detectors are almost impossible to use on the beach with all the chatter and falsing.

Anyone know of any cheap detectors from White's, Fisher, Tesoro, Garrett, Minelab, Teknetics, etc that work good on the beach?.....

Cheap as in 'under $300' ...new under $300 or a used detector I can get for that price.

I just hate to pick something up for them and get down there and it just frustrates or is un-usable. At that point, it would be better not getting anything, you know?

Any suggestions or ideas would help... especially on detectors that you have used on the beach or heard they work pretty good.


Thanks in advance..


Viddy

well i have given it some thought you dont wont them going of to far and a pi detector would be best so if you get a pi detector with a small coil http://www.kellycodetectors.com/accessories/index.php?model=384-730 . and win the week is over you can sell it to me for 1/2 price ha ha

 

[razerback408]

Heading to the Outer Banks, NC for vacation for a week. I rented a beach house and I am definately gonna hit the beach with my E-Trac. My GF will be using my AT Pro that she claimed.

My daughter and her friend are coming (both 17), and I wanted to get them a cheap detector that will work on the beach so they can come along. (I'll keep them in dry sand if needed).

I know some lower-end detectors are almost impossible to use on the beach with all the chatter and falsing.

Anyone know of any cheap detectors from White's, Fisher, Tesoro, Garrett, Minelab, Teknetics, etc that work good on the beach?.....

Cheap as in 'under $300' ...new under $300 or a used detector I can get for that price.

I just hate to pick something up for them and get down there and it just frustrates or is un-usable. At that point, it would be better not getting anything, you know?

Any suggestions or ideas would help... especially on detectors that you have used on the beach or heard they work pretty good.


Thanks in advance..


Viddy

and this http://www.metal-detector-town.com/treasure-hunter-aqua-vision-pro-p-30.html well maybe not its junk hears a good by on a garrett 250 http://www.kellycodetectors.com/preowned/preowneds.htm

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

Why not just rent one. Then you get whatever you want.

 

[pelanj]

I have used quite some detectors and the ones that were best in price/performance ratio were a Tesoro Silver uMax with a 12x10 SEF coil (the 9x8 web coil should work as well but with less coverage) and a C.Scope CS1MX. Both can find gold, the C.Scope is a bit more sensitive - but not really available in US and only two piece pole.

I wonder why noone has mentioned Tesoro Compadre yet - to me an ideal dry sand beach detector. I would have had one had I not bought the CS1MX before knowing about Compadre, so I got at least the small concentric coil for the Silver. With Compadre you are well below your price limit.

 

[E Gold Finger]

If we're talking C-Scope; Then I would take a 990 or 1220XD to search the top drier areas of a beach. I have an E-trac, but for that area I still use a 1220XD, as it is a none motion machine with audio tones meaning in practice that it is easy to use and quick to locate a non ferrous target. Good luck.

 

[Talon2B]

The Headhunter wader works great and very stable and u can get them on free-bay at a very reasonable price.

 

[Furious T]

Tesoro Silver or Compadre (dry sand only), or Cibola if they want to venture near or on wet sand...all a light and simple to use, and beginners would have a ball with any of those 3....then there is the Garrett Ace 250, Fisher f2, Teknetics Alpha or Delta...all would work ok in dry sand...I dont know whether any or all of these fit into your price range as I am not from USA. Good luck.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Cheap and beach are two things that don't work well together. If you want to stay in the dry (and I mean completely dry) then any land machine will work. If you are planning on hitting the wetsand or the surf, then you need a machine that can handle the salt mineralization.

 

[Smudge]

Cheap and beach are two things that don't work well together. If you want to stay in the dry (and I mean completely dry) then any land machine will work. If you are planning on hitting the wetsand or the surf, then you need a machine that can handle the salt mineralization.

Dead on correct. I would be very careful about buying a used beach machine. They tend to have more problems. I would only buy it if the seller met you at the beach and let you test it first.