Iron Mask Question...

[seahunter34]

Does anybody know if the iron mask of a BBS detector contributes to poor black sand performance? In other words will iron mask cause a BBS detector to null over black sand? In that case, on BBS mashines where one can turn off Iron Mask, would there be an improvement detecting in black sand?

I ask because there is a beach I detect on Caribbean vacations that has a mix of black sand, junk and gold. But it drives my Excalibur 800 buggy. Like it's constantly nulling out.

Thanks SH34

 

[TheDualFieldBandit]

So your detecting Guadeloupe? Have you tried a pulse unit? I don't have an excalibur yet but I did hear they false alot in heavy black sands? I don't have much trouble with the DF in black sand just slow the pulse delay down it helps the threshold smooth out.

 

[seahunter34]

We hunt every Island in the Caribbean. The Excaliburs have found the most gold in the past, but have real problems in black sand like in Guadeloupe. I want to try a Sovereign GT in black sand to see if it can punch deeper with IM off. I do us an Infinium and it loves gold and goes deep! I call the Infinium the Excalibur of PIs, because it's the first PI where I've avoided digging about 50% of the junk! Plus, like an Excal the Infinium is a gold magnet! I once tried a PI Pro- dug 175 targets in a row and 174 were junk! But my first target was a gold chain in ankle deep water! I did like how fast a machine the PI Pro was. Went back to Excalibur and never wanted to try a PI again. Well I finally did and the Infinium found more than 7 Oz's gold on 1 trip, the first time using it! But I still love the Excalibur and wonder if a waterproof Sovereign might work better in black sand? I may even waterproof my Explorer XS. But I know Excals better. I would really like to know if Iron Mask on with an Excalibur causes problems in heavy black sand, or actually helps? Oh, I hear some great things on the DF! SH34.

 

[john4840]

We hunt every Island in the Caribbean. The Excaliburs have found the most gold in the past, but have real problems in black sand like in Guadeloupe. I want to try a Sovereign GT in black sand to see if it can punch deeper with IM off. I do us an Infinium and it loves gold and goes deep! I call the Infinium the Excalibur of PIs, because it's the first PI where I've avoided digging about 50% of the junk! Plus, like an Excal the Infinium is a gold magnet! I once tried a PI Pro- dug 175 targets in a row and 174 were junk! But my first target was a gold chain in ankle deep water! I did like how fast a machine the PI Pro was. Went back to Excalibur and never wanted to try a PI again. Well I finally did and the Infinium found more than 7 Oz's gold on 1 trip, the first time using it! But I still love the Excalibur and wonder if a waterproof Sovereign might work better in black sand? I may even waterproof my Explorer XS. But I know Excals better. I would really like to know if Iron Mask on with an Excalibur causes problems in heavy black sand, or actually helps? Oh, I hear some great things on the DF! SH34.

Hello I did a search on forum and I came up these: Read what Rick(ND) wrote.

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?21,1465093,1465093#msg-1465093

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?21,1441444,1441444#msg-1441444

Also you could contact Minelab and ask them, here is the link.

http://www.minelab.com/usa/contact-us-3/consumer-enquiry

I hope this helps.

John