Excalibur for finding black sand

[alton]

I reluctant to take a non water detector in the water. When the water is deep, it is totally out of the question anyway. I have an Excalibur and I was wondering if anyone here has ever used it to detect black sand in the streams. If so, what was you listening for and what setting were you using? I live in the East and almost all of my opportunities are dredging. It would help to find the black sand in many cases with a detector. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

TIA
Alton

 

[Aussie MXT]

This technique is explained on a you tube vid called "Finding gold V" Done by a bloke who calls himself "flagold".

I learnt heaps from watching his video's.

Dicko..

 

[alton]

I am concerned that I might fall or drop a non water detector in the water. Most of the time there are rocks that you can slip on in the creeks and rivers here in the Eastern Gold Belt of the US. The only kind of work I have available to me is in the water so the MXT would be out. My Excalibur on the other hand is made for water. Since my first post I have thought more about it. I think the Excalibur might be used by listening for the "null" that it give when it goes over iron. That probably will not be as effective as the MXT, but if it works at all that would help. I'm going to test it in the yard to know what sound (or lack thereof) to listen for. Then when it is warm enough to get back in the water I'll see if I can make it work.