Sea Hunter II for a good cost...

[DavHut]

... this has come up and I am tempted. Let me just say that the street price divided by 2 and then reduced some more is what I can have this for. Oh, and its NIB! I know little of the unit, but imagine at that money, I cant be too choosy.

My one question is - is there any way to discern iron signals with the SHII ?

 

[newtohunting]

I used the Sea Hunter for 4 months before going Excal. I miss the unit and if you dont buy it, let me know, I will buy it as a back up unit. You can learn the tones but the Sea Hunter is made to look for deep deep loot. The problem I found out was the differences in foil, bottle caps and most bobby pins are not discernible. You dont know which one it is. Some silver crackles while some silver gives a strong tone no crackles. Gold is usually a low to moderate full body tone with no hollowness, however, the allmighty most hated pull tab is the problem to differentiate when it comes down between the two. Love the machine, would buy it aa a back up for my arsenal.Most importantly, usually unbreakable unless you treat it roughly and badly. Hope this helps.

 

[Gulf Hunter]

No the unit does not discriminate, without losing the gold. I ran 3 for my 1st 1.5 years water hunting. The best thing to do on this unit is run Standard Trash Elimination, 0 on discrimination and volume at barely audible and dig EVERYTHING, until you can auditorily discriminate some targets. Nails and bobby pins, as a general rule will double beep. Best to dig all targets for at least a year, cuz diamond or CZ earring studs double beep too. Wanna miss 1?

 

[DavHut]

OK thats good info. If I hear you correctly, there is some audio nuance, you just have to learn it well. Like I said, the price is right. I appreciate the tips... keep em coming