Just got back into using my old xs after a 9 yr absence. Took it to the beach yesterday for the first time & kept hitting a lot of null areas. The only thing I did find in the wet sand was some tabs, 2 zincons, 2 bottle caps & a junk hoop earing. Should I increase my sensitivity to see if the nulls give up a tone?
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Nulls on beach
- Thread starter smoldrn
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dewcon4414
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If its a Fl beach it shouldnt be minerals. My advice is OPEN it up and hunt AM with reasonable sensitivity. That should give you a good smartscreen of what you are hitting. Also what depth... that should help you as well. Size a few targets.... is it a large deep target? Might be those pesty bobbie pins. The surfs edge..... well it might or might not produce a keeper. If its deep soft sand you are going to get floaters..... like surface targets, coins, tabs, can slaw and pennies especially. I you know you are getting good depth with the setting you are using...... say a dime at 12 inches then its a matter of getting used to what your machine is telling you. Some beaches are just trashy be glad you arent using a PI. I hunt with the SE and with an open screen i can choose which targets are worth the dig. You always have the option to run auto sensitivity and turn it up letting the machine select the proper setting. Ive done that in chattery situations..... its a thousand times quieter. People say dig it all..... there are targets you know arent worth the dig so DONT. Its not park hunting and theres a lot of beach so i let my scoop trail behind me and cover a lot of beach. Some times i hunt with a narrow pattern.... i dont dig anything that might not be gold. On a beach 1 gold ring will net you a LOT more than $5 in change.
Dew
Dew
It's a carolina beach, don't think there's much mineralization there. The beaches are pretty sanded in right now. I've been water hunting with an old Xcal I picked up, just had to see how the Explorer would perform. I actually think I had more hits with the xs. Just loaded up one of Andy's beach gold programs, going to give that a try.
When I'm not in the water I do drag my scoop, like to grid the sand that way.
When I'm not in the water I do drag my scoop, like to grid the sand that way.
dewcon4414
Well-known member
The Exp is a bit deeper and a lot more sensitive than our Xcals just because of the ability to tweak them better. You deal with a lot more noise than with the Xcal because of it. The XS is a darn good machine, but on the beach with no minerals we tend to OVERPOWER the machine just because we can. Sometimes less is more. Andy's got some good programs and like he said ... cover more beach with good results. You just have to be willing to walk over those nulls. If im gold hunting ..... and at $1700 an ounce i am..... id like to avoid distractions that take up digging time. Our beaches are sanded in as well, but ive still managed a couple of gold rings and earrings with the Exp SE on the wet sand at the tide line. But i find it really hard to put the Xcal down on a beach. Dragging the scoop is an excellent way to grid an area. Extending your rod fully covers more ground as well. Good luck... drop us a photo if you hit the heart stopper.
Dew
Dew