Salt beach hunt with Cibola?

[Anonymous]

Hello, folks! I'm leaving this afternoon to go to a beach in NC. Trying to decide which machine to take. I have a new Cibola that would make for light swinging(bad back). I also have a Silver uMax and a Tiger Shark. Folks don't talk about using a Cibola at the beach much.......wonder why? If you stay out of the water, it should be ok, I would think. Shouldn't I remove the coil cover for beach??

 

[RICKinFLA]

I DON'T REALLY KNOW AS I'M NEW BUT I HAVE HEARD THE CIBOLA W/A 12X10 DD WORKS WELL AT THE SALT BEACHES SO TAKE THAT FOR WHATS ITS WORTH !

 

[tvr]

You are probably already on your way to the beach. But here goes ... I have used a Cibola on some of the beaches in NC. There are some of the beaches that have a fair amount of black sand, some aren't so bad. I did not did not do well over the black sand with the Cibola.

Where there wasn't black sand, it did very well in the dry sand. Over the wet sand I had to cut the sensitivity down a little, lost some depth but still found good targets. I usually run the discrimination at iron but over the wet areas run a little higher, between the iron to foil mark to help knock out the conductive wet salt.

The most troublesome area (other than black sand) was the dry / wet cross over area where I would get more falsing. Hunt that area parallel to the wet / dry line and a foot or two either side of the line and the falsing mostly goes away. Then you can work the wet / dry transition area if you like to look for more blanket line drops. Hunting that area very slowly seems to help reduce the falsing too.

If you are in an area with deep tire ruts, I have sometimes stuck the coil into the ruts and walked the ruts to pull up some coins. Sometimes the rut hunting strikes out, but it can give a little window to deeper targets.

I haven't used a Tiger Shark, but I'd take that to the beach!

I use coil covers at the beach. If I know I've kicked a lot of sand on top of the coil and I have seen some of the black sand streaks, I clean out the cover more frequently.

There is so much beach to cover. Pick your area, do your best on settings, and enjoy!
tvr

 

[comcat]

hiya guys,,i have a cibola with a 12 x 10 dd coil,,,it works as well as my sovereign g.t. and dont make a squeek on salt wet here in the uk,,in or out of the water,,,it also picks up the tiny stuff every bit as good as the stock coil but at around 20%-25% deeper ,,,i think its the combination of 12 x 10 d.d. coil and the e d 180 extended disc that makes this machine stand out,,,i fitted mine with a precision 10 turn pot which also improves the ground balance performance to way past the auto setting from the factory in depth ,,,and seems better than the vachero in disc. at a faster sweep speed,,,in fact as the i,c,chip is different in both machines ,its better starting with a cibola and converting it,,,but even if you left it as bought the 12 x 10 coil on both standard machines will do it for you on the beach as good as anything (discriminator that is),,and the recovery speed after iron is the quickest,,,try your minelabs,,,i have a sov. g.t.,,swing over iron and see if you can pick up the coin or coins within a foot?,,and if you can,,, then let me know what im doing wrong,,,rgds comcat

 

[tvr]

Ah yes comcat ... I assumed stock Cibola with factory preset ground balance that is a bit positive in most places. Once you can properly ground balance at the salt beach things do improve a good bit. Still have to be mindful of the black sand and work your settings around it. I have not taken the 12 x 10 coil to the beach yet. One of these trips I may have to.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[Anonymous]

Thank y'all for the replies. I took the Ace 250, and wish I had taken the Cibola. Ace falsed alot, regardless of sensitivity or other settings. Next time.............Cibola.

 

[Crossbones]

n/t