Lobo ?

[Bromly]

Hi all
Has anybody tried using the Lobo in a heavy infested black sand beach? I see that the Lobo actually has a black sand setting and I would like to hear from somebody with some experience with this please.

Thanks!
Ken

 

[slowmotion]

Hi Ken;
You get about an inch or two thats it. In so. Calif.
Willard in Spokane

 

[Monte]

You didn't state Lobo SuperTRAQ so I will presume you are referring to the 'original' Tesoro Lobo.

Has anybody tried using the Lobo in a heavy infested black sand beach?

Here in NW Oregon we do have some very mineralized salt water beaches, and you have to keep in mind that in those conditions you're mainly dealing with the negative, iron mineralized material. Once out of the dry-sand areas, the wet salty sands and water are going to then have some very low-conductive elements to deal with. I have used several very good detectors, from Tesoro and White's, to hunt our "black sand" beaches and have relied on setting the best Ground balance for the nastier iron mineralization, then adjusting the broad-range (Tesoro calls it ED-180) Discriminate setting to just barely reject the very low conductive wet areas.

Worse yet, in my opinion, are the nasty, very mineralized freshwater beaches near Portland, Oregon along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. In late fall when they get low, it can be a challenge to work that bad ground. The better-performing models have been those that provide me the opportunity to properly GB to the higher mineralization (black sand type iron mineral), as well as set the motion Disc. control at the minimum so as to accept ALL metals. That affords the better depth and easier operation, with a slower sweep (2-filter type design) in the bad ground.

Of the two Lobo models, I owned both, but preferred the manually GB'ed 'original' Lobo. I don't own or use one now because I went with different models that were lighter and provided a little better versatility for some applications, but the Lobo can work black sand beaches okay.

Monte