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X-Terra 50 on the beach.
- Thread starter birac
- Start date
70 model has a seperate way to ground balance for saltwater beaches and on fresh water beaches see no problems..
Never used the 50 or 70 on the beach but have heard some good feeback on the 70 for saltwater beaches, but of course beaches do differ and the same beach also from day to day depending on what tide is bringing in...
Never used the 50 or 70 on the beach but have heard some good feeback on the 70 for saltwater beaches, but of course beaches do differ and the same beach also from day to day depending on what tide is bringing in...
i called the Minelab dealer in Fla and ask them if the coils are water proof and they said yes.It worked in dry and wet areas,i dropped a coin in knee high water at Magens Bay just to check it out ,and got a loud clear signal.Be careful in rough surf don't get the control box splashed,i just covered mine with clear plastic nice and tight. i will eventually get a water proof detector but for now the X-50 did it for me. Yes i had a little trouble on one of the beaches on St John with the ground balance in knee high water it was very rocky,black rocks,so i stayed on the dry sand.
G'day birac, I'm truly amazed. I never even thought to ask if my XT50 was wet capable when I bought it.
I can't even recall seeing anything about it, the coil, being submersible in the dicky little book.
It's probably there if I take another look. . . and I will.
I've had it for nearly a year and a half now. about two-hours detecting across parks to get the hang of it and half an hour up
at Dunolly after rain. It was in very wet clay. . . messy and guess what? I decided to quit in case water got into the coil.
As a general rule; do beach shooters use any products on the coils and stems to protect from corrosion?
There are various silicon sprays around that may be suitable. . . I haven't used them on any of my detectors so far because I tend to avoid taking expensive electronics out in the rain.
lemons
I can't even recall seeing anything about it, the coil, being submersible in the dicky little book.
It's probably there if I take another look. . . and I will.
I've had it for nearly a year and a half now. about two-hours detecting across parks to get the hang of it and half an hour up
at Dunolly after rain. It was in very wet clay. . . messy and guess what? I decided to quit in case water got into the coil.
As a general rule; do beach shooters use any products on the coils and stems to protect from corrosion?
There are various silicon sprays around that may be suitable. . . I haven't used them on any of my detectors so far because I tend to avoid taking expensive electronics out in the rain.
lemons
All of the X-Terra coils are listed as being "water-proof" EXCEPT the elliptical DD. It is listed in Minelab's literature as being "water-resistant". Some have sealed around the coil cover with silicon, in an effort to make it more water-resistant. A search on this forum will provide you with quite a bit of useful information concerning coils and their attributes. HH Randy
Neil
Well-known member
On the old Sov coinsearch coils, they were also listed as water resistant and I always sealed where the cable left the coil by unscrewing the strain relief and loading that up with aquarium silicone. Never had one leak(knock on wood), so I would recommend likewise if anyone was to try waterproofing the 5x10 elliptical.
HH
Neil
HH
Neil