I just got a new Tiger Shark this past week and hit the beach this weekend. We live on the Atlantic - this seemed to be the best choice for both parks and the salt beaches. On the beach, I set the ground balance so that it keeps the same hum as I lower it from about 12". When in Discriminate mode (set on 2-3), I'll get a faint beep that's barely repeatable - I switch to All Metals mode so that I can pinpoint the metal and the hum seems to go lower or stop when I get over the spot where it beeped. It does this every time the detector passes the spot (I'm in salt mode, the sand is wet, but I'm not in the actual water). I'd expect the detector to beep as it did when I did the table testing or ran it in my back yard. The only time it actually beeps is when I find a large target (matchbox cars, tent stakes, bottle tops). So far, I've only had a couple hours to play with it on the beach, but was wondering if I should dig if the hum drops or stops as I move the detector or wait until I find areas where the tone raises and it beeps.
I thought about taking some coins to the beach and burying them to test with so that I can learn the sounds and how it reacts to each better. The detector also seems to be very unstable in salt mode. If I bump the sand with the coil, it beeps - in Normal mode, it didn't do this.
Any insight or thoughts would be very helpful - Our local detector club is a Minelab Explorer club, so they wouldn't really be able to help me with these questions I don't think.
Thanks,
John
I thought about taking some coins to the beach and burying them to test with so that I can learn the sounds and how it reacts to each better. The detector also seems to be very unstable in salt mode. If I bump the sand with the coil, it beeps - in Normal mode, it didn't do this.
Any insight or thoughts would be very helpful - Our local detector club is a Minelab Explorer club, so they wouldn't really be able to help me with these questions I don't think.
Thanks,
John