help with my sand shark

[bxlarry]

I've had my sand shark about 6 months. I do mostly the salt water beaches, South Florida . Wet sand and shallow water.
I've played with my settings, but I'm still not sure I have the best setting when working the beach.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Bill G]

I've had my sand shark about 6 months. I do mostly the salt water beaches, South Florida . Wet sand and shallow water.
I've played with my settings, but I'm still not sure I have the best setting when working the beach.
Any help would be appreciated.

There is no perfect pre set anyone can give you . The best thing for you to do is set the detector according to the beach or ground at the time. Set the T-Set how you like it then set the mode where you like it either in VCO or normal. Then Set the threshold level ( keep it low but make sure you can hear it steady ) Then run your pulse up as high as the detector will handle according to the beach. Most times the pulse setting ( basically sensitivity ) can be pushed past the pre set to up around the 2:30 to 3:00 O clock position or more with no problems, sometimes less down closer to the pre set if not stable ( this will be your best setting ) not a setting someone gives you on a forum that works for them. There setting may not work for you in your area, you got to set the detector for the moment and the ground your in at the time for best performance.

It all depends on the Beach or the ground conditions, push the detector to the point of instability and back it down until stable and hunt away, again this will be your best setting.

Happy Hunting,
Bill G

 

[tvr]

Sand Shark is pretty forgiving on settings. Like Bill indicates, figure out if you prefer the VCO or normal mode. I've found VCO catches my attention a little better when just skirting targets, but normal seems to stretch the threshold rise just a little and that may help just a little when listening for deep ones.

Most places I run with pulse width about half way between the preset and max. I normally run volume at full and threshold just audible. Two years ago I was in Daytona beach with the Sand Shark and was having trouble with an unstable threshold. Played with settings and found that turning the volume down just barely off full really smoothed out the threshold. Not sure how the volume interacts with the threshold in the circuit design, but a small setting change sure made a difference in smoothness of threshold at that location.

It is pretty hard to fail with any settings on the Sand Shark. Play with them and listen to the detector carefully to see what the detector tells you as you are hunting. Don't sweep real fast, it likes a relaxed sweep speed. At Daytona I also found spots of pink to red sand that I had to really slow the sweep speed down or the Sand Shark would sound on the sand. With a very slow sweep I was able to pick up coins through the colorful, mineralized, sand.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[bxlarry]

Thanks for the input. I'll be trying it again soon