Tiget Shark - not good for salt water??

[king-ghidorah]

I have been told that the Tiger Shark is no good for salt water which is kind of ironic because that is supposed to be one of it's specialties. Something to do with a lot of falsing as the waves hit the coil?? What is the deepest find anyone here has got with the Shark. Good & Bad info is all appreciated.

 

[waterdog15]

I looked at buying the Tiger Shark. Bought my first detector a couple of months ago and bought the Sand Shark because I was scared I would have problems in the gulf water. I love my sand shark and we found our first gold yesterday. Nice man's bracelet. As you know I dig everything and sometimes that can be tuff in trash.

 

[Scully]

And it has a great reputation for finding small gold rings and chains. But in some Salt Water beaches it does not do well, in others OK.

It has an amazing ability to hit on gold rings that are surrounded by rusty nails. I always chuckle when I dig up a scoop and see a nail on the top of pile. I know when I shake it down there will be a goodie in there too. I beleive I have dug "good" targets with as many as 6 nails in the scoop. Its also nice having the option to switch coils. The bigger coil (10.5") will give another 2-3 inches in depth over the 8" coil, and has just as much sensitivity to the small gold rings. Great choice for fresh water, not the best in salt water.

 

[nudels]

From what i've heard and read, it technically works in the salt, but to avoid chatter and falsing, sensitivity has to be set to the point that depth is lost. I looked at both recently and went with the Sandshark. 99% of my hunt is beach and I like to dig every target, so it fit. Also, for a underwater machine the Sandshark is the best value out there, IMHO.

 

[king-ghidorah]

From what i've heard and read, it technically works in the salt, but to avoid chatter and falsing, sensitivity has to be set to the point that depth is lost. I looked at both recently and went with the Sandshark. 99% of my hunt is beach and I like to dig every target, so it fit. Also, for a underwater machine the Sandshark is the best value out there, IMHO.

Amazing that this machine is "supposed" to a bit better than the Sand Shark, made for salt water and yet Tesoro advocates this as a salt water killer machine able to do land as well. You are probably better going with the Sand Shark. Tesoro has their banner on this forum too. I hope you are reading this Tesoro. I was looking at the Tiger Shark but I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole. The Sand Shark looks much better and it's cheaper. The Tiger Shark is more like a Paper Shark for salt water. It states "The Tiger Shark uses a completely different set of internal settings in the SALT Mode than in the NORM Mode. There are no special controls or techniques to remember." I can tell you what the internal settings are. NORM mode works and SALT Mode does not!

 

[Lake Hunter]

I have picked out rings at 6"-7" with the 8" coil. When I bought my Tigershark, I knew going in that the Tigershark only uses a single frequency. So I knew right away it would not be able to reject salt and blacksand together well at all. What sold me on the Tiger was it's ability to get gold chains and rings, not to mention the ability it has to hit on these items mixed in with junk targets at the same time. Since I hunt freshwater 90% of the time it was the obvious choice for me. My experience in saltwater is that you have to ground balance the machine at the depth you are hunting in and keep doing this as you get shallower or deeper . And this also holds true when going from wetsand to drysand. The falsing noise and good target noise are different and can be distinguished from each other in saltwater. But I can see the frustration one would have in saltwater since it has a salt mode. Wouldn't be my first pick for saltwater. But definately my first pick in freshwater. JMO

 

[king-ghidorah]

I have picked out rings at 6"-7" with the 8" coil. When I bought my Tigershark, I knew going in that the Tigershark only uses a single frequency. So I knew right away it would not be able to reject salt and blacksand together well at all. What sold me on the Tiger was it's ability to get gold chains and rings, not to mention the ability it has to hit on these items mixed in with junk targets at the same time.

That I do not deny. I should have highlighted the good points of it as well instead of going off on the negative.

Since I hunt freshwater 90% of the time it was the obvious choice for me. My experience in saltwater is that you have to ground balance the machine at the depth you are hunting in and keep doing this as you get shallower or deeper . And this also holds true when going from wetsand to drysand. The falsing noise and good target noise are different and can be distinguished from each other in saltwater. But I can see the frustration one would have in saltwater since it has a salt mode. Wouldn't be my first pick for saltwater. But definitely my first pick in freshwater. JMO

This is good. Someone who has a little more experience on this model and is giving us the nuances of the things that people find frustrating. I had looked at it seriously but the Excal 1000 is the only machine in my opinion if you are going for the best in saltwater. In freshwater the Tiger is probably very good and for what you pay and with the its lifetime warranty which no other company has it can't be beat. The irregularities in the salt water mode from what you said can be learned and with experience differentiated from good tones. That's puts it into a better perspective for me. All I keep hearing is it's bad in saltwater, falsing, blah,blah,blah. One thing I wish Tesoro would do is throw in the 10" coil right from the get go. You have to pay another $130 or so with S&H and then add that to the price. They should just dump the 8" and just charge some extra and put on the 10". Right off the bat I am saying to myself,"8", I want the bigger coil, better coverage,greater depth." Now from what you have said at getting rings at 6-7" with 8" coil that is pretty good for an 8" and it probably can pick them at another 1-2" depending on conditions but I would want the 10" Reminds me of this Aerosmith song. Their best stuff was actually when they were partying their brains out. You could feel the rage and aggression from their lyrics and emotions coming from their playing & vocals.

I remember watching a show where they were interviewing Steve Tyler & the group. The woman asked him (Steve), "How much money do you think you have made?" He said,"Oh, thousands, tens of thousands, millions of dollars, millions" She said,"Where did it all go" and I'll never forget this, He said,"It went up my nose" and then right after that he starts laughing. I appreciated his candor and honesty. AT least he was honest. He did a stupid thing but he was honest about it. He also doesn't like the MPAA industry but that's another story. I got off on a tangent but that's the way I think and express myself sometimes. HH

PS) I almost forgot, "Get Your Wings" is an awesome album of theirs. Every song rocks! Listening to it now as I write this.

 

[Lake Hunter]

I have picked out rings at 6"-7" with the 8" coil. When I bought my Tigershark, I knew going in that the Tigershark only uses a single frequency. So I knew right away it would not be able to reject salt and blacksand together well at all. What sold me on the Tiger was it's ability to get gold chains and rings, not to mention the ability it has to hit on these items mixed in with junk targets at the same time. Since I hunt freshwater 90% of the time it was the obvious choice for me. My experience in saltwater is that you have to ground balance the machine at the depth you are hunting in and keep doing this as you get shallower or deeper . And this also holds true when going from wetsand to drysand. The falsing noise and good target noise are different and can be distinguished from each other in saltwater. But I can see the frustration one would have in saltwater since it has a salt mode. Wouldn't be my first pick for saltwater. But definately my first pick in freshwater. JMO

Also I should have stated that I got 6"-7" in freshwater and dry saltwater sand. I was only able to get 3"-4" max in saltwater and wet saltwater sand.

 

[king-ghidorah]

I have picked out rings at 6"-7" with the 8" coil. When I bought my Tigershark, I knew going in that the Tigershark only uses a single frequency. So I knew right away it would not be able to reject salt and blacksand together well at all. What sold me on the Tiger was it's ability to get gold chains and rings, not to mention the ability it has to hit on these items mixed in with junk targets at the same time. Since I hunt freshwater 90% of the time it was the obvious choice for me. My experience in saltwater is that you have to ground balance the machine at the depth you are hunting in and keep doing this as you get shallower or deeper . And this also holds true when going from wetsand to drysand. The falsing noise and good target noise are different and can be distinguished from each other in saltwater. But I can see the frustration one would have in saltwater since it has a salt mode. Wouldn't be my first pick for saltwater. But definately my first pick in freshwater. JMO

Also I should have stated that I got 6"-7" in freshwater and dry saltwater sand. I was only able to get 3"-4" max in saltwater and wet saltwater sand.

now the 3-4" in saltwater. That is not good.

 

[Lake Hunter]

now the 3-4" in saltwater. That is not good.

That's the best I could get out of it in saltwater with the 8" coil. I will test the 10 1/2" coil next time I am at the coast in late October.

 

[king-ghidorah]

now the 3-4" in saltwater. That is not good.

That's the best I could get out of it in saltwater with the 8" coil. I will test the 10 1/2" coil next time I am at the coast in late October.

ahh, you're right. I kept saying 10 but it's a 10

 

[nudels]

Also I should have stated that I got 6"-7" in freshwater and dry saltwater sand. I was only able to get 3"-4" max in saltwater and wet saltwater sand.

That is about what I have heard, "technically" works, but depth suffers in salt. I did a non-scientific depth air test with the Sandshark using various chains and a ring:

tinyurl.com/3l4e7o

 

[king-ghidorah]

Also I should have stated that I got 6"-7" in freshwater and dry saltwater sand. I was only able to get 3"-4" max in saltwater and wet saltwater sand.

That is about what I have heard, "technically" works, but depth suffers in salt. I did a non-scientific depth air test with the Sandshark using various chains and a ring:

tinyurl.com/3l4e7o

I saw that. Good post.