how is the cortes or deloen on the salt water beach?

[amcjavelin]

hey there cortez or deleon owners just currious on the performance on salt beaches with these machines so any feed back would be great i think i will be aquiring a cortes very soon and yet to own one so currious what to expect.

 

[AUDuke]

They do ok in the dry sand, not so good in the wet salt sand.

 

[amcjavelin]

do you think a wide scan coil would help?

 

[AUDuke]

Mabee, a little. The cortez will work ,it just not the best, you will probably have to back off on the sens.

 

[Furious T]

I've used the DeLeon on the dry sand....it worked well with good depth. I haven't used it on the wet sand, but would not expect fantastic results or great depth..it's just not built for that sort of stuff. HH

 

[amcjavelin]

yeah no big deal just trying to get a average opinion i'll just break down and get another vaquero again someday for speacialized hunts

 

[Ism]

Its noisy over wet sand. Like working a trashy area with GB detuned.

 

[SandCat]

Hey Javelin, you used to have a V didn't you? Did you ever use it on the beach?

I'm heading to the beach this weekend and will try mine out.

 

[amcjavelin]

Yes i did and it worked good for me very stable better than my tejon

 

[jabbo]

Hey Sandcat, I had a V. Excellent depth in the dry sand with some chatter in black sand areas, not too good on wet. If I remember correctly, 4-5 inches max in the wet when I tested a gold ring or coin.

 

[SandCat]

Thanks for the info javelin and jabbo.