What would be a good choice for hunting "dry sand" medium mineralized, salt water beaches here on the West coast? Some hunters say i should go with a pulse but while i believe it's a great choice in wet sand .....I'm not so sure it would be a wise choice where conditions are not as extreme and targets much more numerous.Any suggestions? Thanx.
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Recommendations needed...............please.
- Thread starter Ivan
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Stating that, it does come down to how much the dry sand is mineralized and how much salt content. A unit that can ground balance is essential. Fixed GB units will work, but there may be times when you do need the ability to ground balance.
Here in NJ in the dry sand, most any VLF ( both multi and single frequency units) work well.
There are lots of great VLF choices out there....as always it depends on how much you want to spend, what features you want, and what you are comforable using.
Hard to recommend just one VLF unit for dry sanding, unless you specifically want to sniff out gold versus old coins/clad. What would be your main target choice ?
One of the cool things about the Deus and Minelab 705/505 series (as well as other units) is you can change the frequency.....so if you want to have an advantage for lower conductive targets, use the higher frequencies, where as hunting for old silver, use the lower. These units can also mitigate being hot on surface foil and aluminum because you can utilize a lower frequency when you hit the areas where there is an abundacne of that type of trash. The unit will be less 'reactive' to those types of targets and can discriminate a bit better.
These 2 units ( along with others like the DFX, V3i ,etc.) where you can alter the frequency you are hunting in, give you more options when conditions change, or when your strategy changes.
JMO
Here in NJ in the dry sand, most any VLF ( both multi and single frequency units) work well.
There are lots of great VLF choices out there....as always it depends on how much you want to spend, what features you want, and what you are comforable using.
Hard to recommend just one VLF unit for dry sanding, unless you specifically want to sniff out gold versus old coins/clad. What would be your main target choice ?
One of the cool things about the Deus and Minelab 705/505 series (as well as other units) is you can change the frequency.....so if you want to have an advantage for lower conductive targets, use the higher frequencies, where as hunting for old silver, use the lower. These units can also mitigate being hot on surface foil and aluminum because you can utilize a lower frequency when you hit the areas where there is an abundacne of that type of trash. The unit will be less 'reactive' to those types of targets and can discriminate a bit better.
These 2 units ( along with others like the DFX, V3i ,etc.) where you can alter the frequency you are hunting in, give you more options when conditions change, or when your strategy changes.
JMO
dewcon4414
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Like Rover said...... there are a lot and i mean a lot of choices for dry sand hunting. It would have to be one clean beach before id recommend a PI thou. You also have a vast price range..... coils/coil sizes, weight, TID or not, and targets you'd like to find. Rarely have i met a person that hunts a beach that doesnt want to finally get to that wet sand.... which requires a multi freq or PI to do it right. Also, are you hunting older beaches where you need depth or high traffic spots looking for recent drops where you may want more sensitivity with reasonable depth? I went simple..... a Sov and Xcals. I cover a lot of ground get reasonable depth and good sensitivity to most targets. Nothing but tones and i dig everything but iron and a shallow bottle cap.... or at least i kick it to see what it is.... even foil. I like these machines because they HATE iron. Do i miss small stuff..... under say .3 grams yes..... but the amount of ground covered can make that up in just one find. Both gives me the option to hit wet sand and the Xcal i can hunt anywhere. Im just a beach hunter..... so i dont need a machine that may be used dirt digging as well. There will be pros and cons on any choice you make.
Dew
Dew