Really like if for fresh water hunting...Killer unit but in salt water, at least up north in Connecticut and RI its useless....I've tried every combination with it I could think of and 3 friends thing of and no luck in salt water unless backed down to the point of no sense in being out there.
That should sound like a strangled duck when passed over about any target. They sing out over a target.
Battery life on mine is around 60 to 90 hours....
The beeps are the battery life. If you can try someone elses coil. Check and see if coil is tightly screwed in, more than likely it is, but worth a look. I use mine for fresh water almost daily and I've been traveling the last 2 years a lot around the USA and it works in all fresh water lakes, ponds and rivers... Great in the dirt also.....salt I have to give it the thumbs down.....
Theres a lot to choose from for salt, Fisher, Minelab, most of the PI units do a decent job, even Garrett. I've found if its working the rest seems to be the guy with the headphones on and how well he covers a bottom, how well he knows his machine and tones, and not all tones are user friendly, headphones, where and when you hunt...A lot of suddle stuff that taken as a whole can make or break your day at the beach. In many cases some machines might hunt well, but in iron laden or trashy areas may give you fits.... Do as your doing , ask a lot of question, try as many machines as you can, and them when you settle on one, learn it well...
I have 3 Minelabs, 2 Garretts, 1 Tesoro and always on the prowl for another one to try....That half the fun of it.....Enjoy, and safe and good hunting...
George-CT
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