Mx5 beach ready metal detector.. so they say..

[Gabe232]

So I took my mx5 out to the beach and I have been let down by this detector again.. It dont work on the beach at all.. I think my hobby with Whites is over for good this time.. And one more thing I pic up a brand new 13" dd coil as well and all I can say with the mx5 and the 13" dd coil Sucks It cant read the right target for Shit..

 

[Hombre]

My suggestion? I would put on the stock 9" spider coil, it is a better coil than that big DD.

 

[Grilled Scallops]

What do you mean it doesn't work on the beach? As in you're finding nothing but junk? In that case, welcome to beach hunting.

 

[MattBullSummerville]

Define will not work at the beach? Dry sand I can run my MX5 almost wide open. Sure soon as you hit the wet line you have to cut the sensitivity back a little. Salt water sure it is going to false, not many single frequency machines will not give a false tone in the surf action or when the coil bumps the bottom. The MX5 is not a salt water detector, get you wallet out or go pi and do a lot of digging. II have pulled dimes out of dry sand at 8 inches with the stock coil and the SEF WSS 5x10 coil. Quarters in wet sand at 10 inches with a solid tone. The beach mode helps a lot in wet sand. All metal works in the dry sand. I have found small gold rings and charms in Fort Lauderdale beaches. Where my MX5 shines though is coin shooting in the dirt which is what it machine was made for.

 

[Woodstock]

I hate to be cruel or rude but I'd have to say your actually admitting to "operator error" if you admit it or not . Many , many time I became frustrated learning some of my detectors and blamed the machine for my lack of good finds . I re great selling some I failed to be comfortable with .. first I loose the 13" coil because they may be deep but not as right in the ID department and learn the MX5 with the stock coil . Then if you have issues take a deep breath and relax and learn what mistakes you might be making and overlooking before you blame the MX5 or Whites in general .... IMHO , Woodstock

 

[slingshot]

I hate to be cruel or rude but I'd have to say your actually admitting to "operator error" if you admit it or not . Many , many time I became frustrated learning some of my detectors and blamed the machine for my lack of good finds . I re great selling some I failed to be comfortable with .. first I loose the 13" coil because they may be deep but not as right in the ID department and learn the MX5 with the stock coil . Then if you have issues take a deep breath and relax and learn what mistakes you might be making and overlooking before you blame the MX5 or Whites in general .... IMHO , Woodstock

Reminds me of a fellow I met who noticed I was using an Ace 250 w/sniper coil. He approached me and was a little concerned because he wasn't finding much-I had found several dollars. I looked at HIS Ace and he had the 12" coil on it and I just flat out told him that coil was useless in parks, schools, ballparks here in east Texas because of the trash and large iron he would be encountering-and every other detector I owned reacted the same way. Now in fields and specific older sites, I woulda loved his coil.