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Relic on beach? Should i take it?
- Thread starter juit
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And, I have usually had very satisfactory results based upon the amount and type of 'beach' I hunted and average uses. That said, I will also clarify that I don't swim so I don't dive. Also, with my mobility limitations the past thirty-six years I've usually not waded out as far as I used to since my detectors haven't been waterproof and, at times, I tend to stumble or drop things.
So, as you might guess, a truly waterproof, submersible detector is on my list as the next detector next to be added to my detector arsenal. I'll also clarify here that I have water/beach hunted in some of the saltiest beach waters imaginable, and also in some very salt water associated with very mineralized ground and I need to have all the functional performance I usually demand of a detector. Therefore, it isn't going to make the cut simply because it can get wet. It needs to be based on a proven, reliable, performance-based circuitry design that provides in-the-field [size=small](or in-the-water)[/size] results like I get with my current Regular-Use Detector Team.
I would part with the 705 due to the weaknesses and quirks I know it has, and for me I'd also part with the older technology CZ5. Yes, I know their strengths, but my aging and achy body doesn't care for the top-heavy physical design, plus I like to have more functional control features, simple to access and keep on hunting, and would consider saving the $$$ from those two to put towards a waterproof detector in the near future. That is, if a good percentage of your detecting is beach hunting, river hunting, or just spending wet seasonal months enduring a lot of rain.
Will this all be an open area to search or will you be dealing with obstructions on the beach and/or working gathering 'party' [size=small](trashy)[/size] sites as well?
Most of the beach hunting I do is at freshwater locations that are also quite mineralized. My main reason to select beaches to hunt is because they are high-use areas and more likely to have desired target losses, especially gold and silver jewelry. That's one reason I like to use my 19 kHz FORS Relic although my 15 kHz FORS CoRe does fine as well as my 5/14/20 kHz Impact. On the Relic, in very wide-open areas I might work the standard 7X11 DD coil, but often I grab my Relic with the 5½X10 Concentric coil attached, When I know there can be some smaller and trashier environments I will put the round 5" DD to work to better handle the masking trash.
When you get back home, be sure top post the results of your detecting jaunt, both on the beaches and park settings.
Monte
So, as you might guess, a truly waterproof, submersible detector is on my list as the next detector next to be added to my detector arsenal. I'll also clarify here that I have water/beach hunted in some of the saltiest beach waters imaginable, and also in some very salt water associated with very mineralized ground and I need to have all the functional performance I usually demand of a detector. Therefore, it isn't going to make the cut simply because it can get wet. It needs to be based on a proven, reliable, performance-based circuitry design that provides in-the-field [size=small](or in-the-water)[/size] results like I get with my current Regular-Use Detector Team.
I those four detectors were all that I owned, then the Nokta Relic would most definitely be the first detector I would grab to get things done almost anywhere ... including beach work. I currently have 3 Relic units in my working battery, and I have owned a few White's M6 in the past, three or four Fisher CZ5's [size=small](my favorite of the CZ series)[/size] and had the early Minelab X-Terra 70 and have used the 705.juit said:
I would part with the 705 due to the weaknesses and quirks I know it has, and for me I'd also part with the older technology CZ5. Yes, I know their strengths, but my aging and achy body doesn't care for the top-heavy physical design, plus I like to have more functional control features, simple to access and keep on hunting, and would consider saving the $$$ from those two to put towards a waterproof detector in the near future. That is, if a good percentage of your detecting is beach hunting, river hunting, or just spending wet seasonal months enduring a lot of rain.
Are you referring to a wet-salt beach area, coastal or inland, or is your beach hunting going to be in freshwater lakes and streams?juit said:
Will this all be an open area to search or will you be dealing with obstructions on the beach and/or working gathering 'party' [size=small](trashy)[/size] sites as well?
Most of the beach hunting I do is at freshwater locations that are also quite mineralized. My main reason to select beaches to hunt is because they are high-use areas and more likely to have desired target losses, especially gold and silver jewelry. That's one reason I like to use my 19 kHz FORS Relic although my 15 kHz FORS CoRe does fine as well as my 5/14/20 kHz Impact. On the Relic, in very wide-open areas I might work the standard 7X11 DD coil, but often I grab my Relic with the 5½X10 Concentric coil attached, When I know there can be some smaller and trashier environments I will put the round 5" DD to work to better handle the masking trash.
When you get back home, be sure top post the results of your detecting jaunt, both on the beaches and park settings.
Monte
I have the Core and it works very well on the beach in COG mode. You will have to adjust all your settings based on the beach to achieve the quietness you desire. My Core is so quiet on my saltwater beach that I have to periodicly sweep some metal just to be sure it is still working. However, you will get deeper targets in the wet sand with the CZ5, based on what I have read. Around here, the beaches are hit so hard that the deeper you can detect, the better. That is why I use a PI detector on the beach.
It has been a while, so it would be a guess to say. The main thing is to be in COG, ground balance and then adjust your sensitivity as high as you can without getting a lot of falsing. Every beach will be different, and even within the beach will be different based on how wet the sand is, minerals in the sand, etc...You will probably have to adjust your sensitivity as you move up and down the beach (further from and closer to the water). Assuming you are at a saltwater beach. As I remember, once you get a ground balance you should be able to change modes. That being the case, you will get a little more depth in GEN mode. Oh, and the TID numbers will be way off in the wet sand, so be careful about ignoring targets until you figure out what the detector is telling you. (Dig it all isn't a bad way to go) Also, please refill all your holes. I know it's a beach, but it makes us all look bad when one person leaves a moon-cratered beach behind......
Hope you find great stuff!
Hope you find great stuff!
