sand shark target sounds

[flabuckrud]

can someone with experience with the sand shark help me with the sounds the targets make I got the nails figured out all the rest that I have heard sound the same pull tabs, bottle cap, iron.I read in a book that Clive wrote to look for the round sound targets if I read it right and I read it twice they sound the same to me is this the "Pulse World"




Steve

 

[Smudge]

Some people swear that you can tell what is under a PI coil by the sound it makes.

I have never been able to do this, which means nothing in itself, but I have my doubts whether that line of thinking is wise.

I think not digging any signal based on a PI's sound is a mistake.

If you have an aversion to digging nails or other junk, you should never have bought a Sand Shark. It is a straight beep and dig detector, like any other PI.

If you want to avoid nails, both the Excal and the CZ-21 are excellent beach detectors that offer some discrimination. Granted they are more expensive, but the cost unavoidable.

Any time you refuse to dig a signal the Sand Shark is giving you, you run the risk of not digging a good target, and it will happen eventually.

One day you won't dig a double beep thinking its a nail and it will turn out to be a gold broach with ruby inlays.

That will kick all your previous assumptions about sounds to the ground.

I cannot advise you strongly enough to forget trying to figure out the tones.

If you get a signal, dig it regardless. Thats the best advice I can give you.

 

[donlor4u]

after 6 years the about the only thing i can be sure of is what a battery sounds like. i always scoop even the double blips as it might be a heavy barcelet etc.

 

[tvr]

My opinion is that to get every good target you need to dig every target. Not just with the Sand Shark but with a CZ or Excal too (I have and use all three detectors).

If you don't want to dig it all, then you can reduce your odds of digging trash; you just need to understand that you will leave at least a few good targets behind. The decision point is about using the information available and then making choices.

With the Sandshark, you can reduce the junk percentage by not digging the double blips and the very large oblong targets that are often tent stakes that are not laying flat in the sand. When the tent stakes are not flat, they frequently are not giving a double blip but do trace as large oblong targets. A large oblong object maybe a very large chain and pendant worth thousands of dollars or it maybe a tent stake. Dig some and see what the sand is holding and then decide how many you want to walk away from to try another target. I have dug double blips that are not iron, one medium link size plated bracelet comes to mind as well as some of the clad pennies that are starting to bubble and fall apart. Some larger iron kind of draws out the tone as the coil sweeps over it. Coins and rings tend to be tight, short sounding small objects. You need to explore a lot of targets and listen closely, make mental notes.

If you are not in difficult water, sweep the coil over the target several times and walk around the target while sweeping. Listen closely then recover the target. After digging many junk targets, you can start to get a feel of when a target has a high probability of being iron trash. It is your choice to walk away or dig. When you walk away from targets, you will walk away from a good one at some time.

If I find a cut that is producing multiple good targets, I may start digging every target because there is a reason heavy non-iron targets found their way to that cut area. If there are very few targets on the beach at all, I tend to dig it all since I am not getting fatigued by digging it all. The decision points depend on the beach and the day; some beaches can change a lot in a few hours.

Use what the beach and the detector tell you and make your choices about what to dig. Recovering a target is the only way to know for certain what the target is; good or bad.
tvr

 

[froggy38383]

Some people swear that you can tell what is under a PI coil by the sound it makes.

I have never been able to do this, which means nothing in itself, but I have my doubts whether that line of thinking is wise.

I think not digging any signal based on a PI's sound is a mistake.

If you have an aversion to digging nails or other junk, you should never have bought a Sand Shark. It is a straight beep and dig detector, like any other PI.

If you want to avoid nails, both the Excal and the CZ-21 are excellent beach detectors that offer some discrimination. Granted they are more expensive, but the cost unavoidable.

Any time you refuse to dig a signal the Sand Shark is giving you, you run the risk of not digging a good target, and it will happen eventually.

One day you won't dig a double beep thinking its a nail and it will turn out to be a gold broach with ruby inlays.

That will kick all your previous assumptions about sounds to the ground.

I cannot advise you strongly enough to forget trying to figure out the tones.

If you get a signal, dig it regardless. Thats the best advice I can give you.

I could not agree more, one reason I bought a Sand Shark for was to find all metal on beach areas, if it beeps dig it.

 

[calibil]

Bbeeeep and aDiigg or you will nerver know.

 

[cuzzi25]

If im at a beach with many targets I will pick and choose because sometimes time is a factor and you can cover more ground. If targets are few n far between I dig everything but the doubles. The last 3 doubles I dug were gold rings and I NEVER dig doubles. There were just some different characteristics about these 3 sounds and I dug. With practice you can discriminate by sound with a PI but when in doubt dig it out of course, its the only way to learn. I recently got a DF and im digging everything just to learn the new sound, even the obvious junk. I still like taking the Sand Shark out sometimes because its a great machine and has been so good to me.

HH