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considering the Whites Dual Band PI or Beach Hunter ID 300, any experience/advice?

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comisoas

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I have been considering one of these 2 detectors. I understand the PI does not disc at all, and the BHID 300 knocks out the iron mess. What is your preference based on experience? I would use it for freshwater lakes and the NC coast in and out of the water. Thanks and I hope this is not an old question. Thanks, Bryan
 
I've always been a Bh,300 GUY AND REASONING being is it's a do all unit with great depth and sensitivity. 3 led lites whioch indicate possible good targets and red for bad. Run it in AM mode and it's like a pulse unit with target I.D . which is very cool. The dual frequency allows it to handle the salt water conditions like a champ. Can be chest mounted, hip mounted and pole mounted.

Easy to ground ballance . water proof. What more can you ask for. It's the detector thats best been kept secret so it seems as you don't hear to much about it. I can guarantee you tho it will run with any of the water units out there and still find the goods. JHMO.


If I were going to pick a pulse unit. It prolly be a Tesoro sand shark.

Good luck.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I think I will eventually get a unit that will knock out the iron. The BHID sounds like it might fit the bill....eventually
 
It is true there are times and places that a PI is a fast tract to migraine pain, but there are times it is the best choice and dose great things. No one machine is a do all. IMHO
 
comisoas said:
Just ordered the BHID 300....excited to hit the surf before long for my first time
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Plan on it NOT going like you want it to haha. The first time is certainly the toughest. Good luck thou!
 
Just got it. My F-75 is out for repair, so I used the BHID at a land spot yesterday and found a few coins. Looks like it will be a fun detector. The only disappointment is the volume level in the headphones. Man is it loud. I tried putting several different objects in the headphones to cut the sound level, none really brought it down to a comfortable level. Finally decided that earplugs are the best solution. Why in the world there is no volume control is beyond me. Does anyone else have something that works well in the headphones to cut the noise level to comfort? Thanks. Monday is my "ring challenge" day at the beach that I negotiated with my wife. She has great doubts. I am going to leave Sun night and spend the entire day detecting off and on at the beach. Hit both sides of the low tides, which according to the charts, look minimal. Oh well, it will be plenty of time to try different parts of the beach....in the surf, water line, towel line, etc. I really would like to impress my wife with at least a couple of rings. But I know it is going to be a ton of work. I will give a report when I return. Bryan
 
Well here is my report. I went to Onslow Beach at Camp Lejeune. I detected 5 solid hours both in the surf and out. The next day, I went out for about another 3 hours, but most of the time at Emerald Isle. My first 5 hours I did not find much, to my suprise. I know beach conditions are everything, I think the beach was sanded in. Not many signals in or out. I saw a nice runnel that was down to the peat for about 10 feet toward low tide. No coins or much at all, which was a suprise. As far as it not going as I liked, you were right. Alot of work with little result. I think the final tally was 1 small silver ring found on the upper beach, one quarter mid beach in the wet sand, for 3 quarters total, 3 nickels, 13 pennies and one dime. Several shell casings from Onslow. It was frustrating seeing all the folk in the surf, yet finding no gold. No jewelry, save for the ring. I know timing and perseverence is the key though. I found that ground balancing the BHID 300 was a bit frustrating, because when I would lower the coil from about a foot to the ground, there did not seem to be much difference when I made changes to the GB control. I was looking for the steady threshold, but it would always seem to quiet when it got closer to the sand, so I just did the best I could. Any advice/experience would be appreciated. Overall I had a blast, at 51 yrs old, was totally sore in my calves after about 8 hrs total of hunting, and a bit upset that I could not prove to my wife that I would come home with the gold. Winds were E@5, so the wind was blowing in toward the beach at a very slight angle which perhaps would give credence to a sanded in beach and the lack of signals. Are there any other persons with experience in the areas I searched and perhaps with the BHID that can share some experience? Thanks for listening to my rant. Bryan
 
Thanks for your report...as you said, perseverence goes a long way to achieving success. I dont have a Beach Hunter, so cant help with the loudness or ground balancing issues....might be an idea to contact the dealer you bought it from to check those things out, and/or, contact Whites directly. If it's not ground balancing properly, then your depth with suffer so you would be relying on luck most of the time. You did not say how deep were the targets that you found....good depth could be an indication that your detector is working well. HH
 
I was detecting deep items, very small items at that. Another forum member said that there probably was not high mineralization on the beach so that is why it acted like it did. White's also said that I did it correctly and I have nothing to worry about. I did not have any problems detecting very small items deep though. Thanks for your comment.
 
Bryan beach detecting can be hard work. Especially working the surf. I have had days that my total take was 45 cents in clad. Best clad day was over $17.00. Gold can be very hard to find and you may make many trips before you find your first gold. The more visitors a beach has the better your odds. Learning to read a beach also takes time. Most of the gold that I have found has been where the ocean has washed the soft sand away leaving the harder sand/shell layer. Good Luck.
 
Thanks George, that is the kind of advice I need to hear. So you have found most of your gold where the dry sand meets the wet, on the wet side. I probable should have just concentrated on the wet sand to the surf line. That hunting in the water and waves is no joke. Made me long for a calm lake!
 
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