Which Salt Water Wet Sand Detector To Buy?

[Hotwire]

I'm specifically interested in detecting in salt water wet sand for gold rings. I do not plan on going into the water. Several individuals told me that the Tesoro Cebola can be used for the above but with reduced sensitivity/depth. Suggestions or comments appreciated.

 

[Digger 45]

Get the Sand Shark and you will be happy. If there is a lot of metal and you need discrimination then get the Tiger Shark

 

[tvr]

My first salt water beach adventures with a metal detector were with a Cibola. Cibola does much better over the dry sand. It can be set up to hunt over the wet salt sand but you will not get much deeper than about 3 inches deep, maybe 4 inches on large targets and, in my opinion, you want to be able to search for targets deeper than that in the wet sand. I ended up adding a used Fisher CZ to the tool set and it completely smoked the Cibola over the wet salt sand. I still have and use both detectors, but the Cibola no longer makes salt water beach trips. I also now have a Sand Shark and use it on some of the salt water beaches.

I say some beaches because I don't even bother to pack a PI detector when I head to Atlantic City, NJ. In a few trips there I've found much of the Atlantic City beach areas have a lot of iron trash in the sand.

The Sand Shark will do the job and do it very well over the wet salt sand. The Sand Shark is very well balanced and easy to swing. It is deep and you will end up digging pretty much everything. However, if the beach(es) you hunt hold a lot of iron, you may not want a pulse induction detector like the Sand Shark since with the Sand shark you will be digging just about everything. If you want a detector that can discriminate and handle the wet salt sand; you may want to look at detectors other than Tesoro's.

Depends on where you are hunting. Sand Shark may be perfect for you ... or maybe not.
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