Looking for a Dry Sand Machine...

[Pawnbroker_Bob]

Hi All,

I am looking for advice on a Dry Sand beach machine for SoCal beaches. The areas I am hunting are trashy, well hunted and some places have lots of black sand.

I have a Sand Shark (old style w/ coil connector) for the wet that kicks butt. A CZ-21 is being delivered any day which may be my solution. However I am still looking for a all around land, leaning towards gold/beach machine. Was thinking about the X-Terra 705?

Any input is appreciated!

Thanks,

PB

 

[Pawnbroker_Bob]

Was also wondering if the E-Trac is all that and a bag of chips with a beach program?

 

[goodmore]

IMHO you don't need to spend a bunch of money for a dry sand machine. Any detector with a nice big coil,decent depth, and light will fit the bill. To be honest with you I always say I'm going dry sand hunting and end up in the wet sand anyways. Something about those rocks and shells being washed in or exposed during the cold season draws me to them. So to make a long story very short, I use a Sovereign w/ a Sunray 12" coil. Wet? Dry? It don't matter. And no ground balancing in between.

 

[Tom Slick]

On the wet sand I use a Sovereign GT with the S-12 coil also, but for the dry I use a WHite's Classic III or IDX Pro with a BigFoot coil. Great coverage and very light weight combination. If hunting near fire rings, I like the IDX Pro with a 6" coil. It does great around all the nails left after the wood is burned.

 

[dewcon4414]

I think the Etrac would be over kill unless you do some dirt digging as well. there are just better small gold machine for this purpose.... gold bug, Sov, CZ6 and on and on. Deep machine will likely just pick up coins and deeper trash.... you are looking for the small gold and recent drops people walk over.

Dew