Heading to the Surf witn Ace 250

[Bws]

Hi guys, heading to Lido Beach Aug 16 for 9 days, Are there any detector stores near by? I need some sand tools- Also may want to look at a water detector. Any advice on settings etc? Thanks, Blair

 

[CraZyLeS]

I found these on Google maps
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[Mick in Dubbo]

I've only ever hunted the beach a couple of times with the Ace. Operate with the coil cover off (so that you aren't getting sand trapped between the coil and cover). You can often run with the sensitivity cranked right up on the dry sand, if you start to get a lot of false signals, then reduce it. Use the large coil if you have one. When you get down to the wet sand, reduce the sensitivity and see how it runs (about 4 bars). If it falses, drop the sensitivity further. I've tried to run my Ace in the surf at one beach and found that there was too much mineralisation present to run it there. I don't know how often this will occur, just try it and find out.
Dig all repeatable signals that give fairly consistent reading, even if they bounce between a couple of notches. Dig all pull tabs as some of the are going to be gold rings! You may need to pull up a fair few pull tabs though, but the sight of a gold ring will be worth it. Most rings will be found close to the water.
For more info, pop down to the beach detecting forum; also there are a few books on how to hunt beaches. I reckon, that if you can get to hunt at a beach, then it's probably the easiest place to hunt. just remember to keep the thinking cap on and you'll come up with finds that your average detectorists will miss. I was talking to a club member a few weeks back that hunted one of the popular beaches in Sydney a while back. he left the main beach area to hunt a rock pool not far from the beach and came up with $143 in an area the size of a tennis court. He complained that he had a hard time trying to put his coil down on a spot that didn't have a coin in it!
Mick Evans.