Lonestar on the Beach?

[abcoin]

Greetings!

I'm new to this forum. I use a BH Lonestar, and have thus far enjoyed it. I'm interested in taking my machine to a beach for the second time. In the past, I've only used it on dry sand, but this time, I'd like to try it on the wet shoreline sand. I'm going on the assumption that searching closer to the water will provide better hunting opportunities (i.e. jewelry and coins lost while going into/getting out of water). Has anyone tried this or a similar unit under saturated salt conditions? What's the best setting and/or coil choice? Any comments or advice would be much appreciated.

 

[GoGoGopher]

There have been plenty of past posts here on using Bounty Hunter Machines in the surf...Most of the Bounty Hunter Lineup was made for dry land, and do not do very well on the beaches...Most will start to false if the coil gets too much dew on it from wet grass...Salt water causes constant falsing with most of them...On the other hand, there are some on here who use the simplest tracker IV, and have great success on the beaches...it all boils down to your experience, how well you know your machine, and the settings you use in a given situation...if you intend to do any serious beach detecting, I would say save your money up for a good Pulse Induction unit...These are made for the Salt beaches...

HH,

 

[nugget]

Hi abcoin, I guess I'm one of the T4 users that GoGoGopher has mentioned. No matter what you do with your unit, it WILL false in the wet sand. I find that if the sensitivity is turned to just under half, and you keep your swing speed slow (about 5 seconds from extreme L to R), PLUS keep your coil the same height at all times about 1" off the ground, then you will be able to work the wet sand areas.You will still get falsing but it'll be managable for awhile. If your getting annoyed with the falsing then hit some dry for a bit and try again later. I wish you lots of success. HH regards Nugget.