Although Detector Pro states it is for fresh or salt water, it will not work well in salt water. If that is what you hunt, don't waste your money.I'm thinking of buying the head hunter, Does anyone here have one and tell me if it's good. I Currently use the sand shark.
I was reffering to the underwater head hunter, so you say that it doesn't work well in salt water?
I'm thinking of buying the head hunter, Does anyone here have one and tell me if it's good. I Currently use the sand shark.
I just tested the Head Hunter UW 12 with NEL coil on a gulf beach near Clearwater Fl. That machine falsed constantly like any single frequency machine. There are videos showing it working in salt water but wading it did not work for me. You can run the sens down to stop the chatter running in silent mode but you lose up to 4" in depth. Even at silent mode it would false making you think there is a target. Just false signal, slows you down for nothing.I was reffering to the underwater head hunter, so you say that it doesn't work well in salt water?
+1 David was exactly right on. He warned me sort of before I used mine. Sent it back the next day. Don't waste your money.Owned / used 4 models.....
The DetectorPro was made with two configurations, a pulse induction and an analog single freqency platform based on fishers 1280x. The pulse induction works like any other pulse machine and handles the salt superbly! The single frequency platforms are another story. My diver model with the 8" coil was tuned and it worked the same as a new 10" diver and the brand new setup with the 12" NEL coil. However, "worked" is a relative term based on context.
Context in freshwater (Single freq). In fresh water with stable ground with low or no mineralization, you'll hear a nice steady humm of the threshold. If you hear a beep, swing back and forth over the target, and most of the time the signal will be repeatable and yield an actual target. With sensitivity near max, you can dig targets 8-12". Its simple and usually accurate. BTW, there is only one tone....gold, silver, alum, iron....all the same beep.
Context in saltwater / wet salt sand (Single Freq). At the ocean, the first thing you notice is chatter and false/erroneous signals. To mitigate the erroneous signals you will decrease the sensitivity, and decrease it A LOT if you have black sand. Regardless of 8, 10, or the 12 NEL coil, your target depth will be reduced. In these conditions with the 12" NEL, the max depth was 6" and even less for the 8"/10" coils. Even with reduced sensitivity you'll hear chatter and random beeps. The random beeps mean you will stop to check, recheck, and triple check swings because you are afraid of skipping over a real signal.
The thing I liked about the DP was it would fold up and fit in my briefcase so I could keep it with me when traveling for work. But where is it now? I sold it, my ocean hunting pals sold theirs too.....well, except the guy who has the PI version. Anyhow, for salt water hunting, I'd stick with proven machines like the Fisher CZ21 or Minelab Excalibur.
thx!+1 David was exactly right on. He warned me sort of before I used mine. Sent it back the next day. Don't waste your money.
Well, they are not lying at all. It will work. The AT Pro will work in salt too and the Tiger Shark has a setting along with the MXT. You just have to turn down the sensitivity a LOT to stop the noise. Doing that will give you a few inches. No way can any of those machines get close to the depth the CZ gets and it is only 2 frequencies. The Excal has many frequencies and seems to be the favorite water machine. So, those other guys are not lying, just not being honest on the depth. On the positive side, the Detector Pro UW model is solid built. Heavy coil wire and good coil. I would have one if we did not have alligators in our lakes here. I can see how it would be a fresh water diving machine. Although the price is high, you can get a Tiger Shark much cheaper and the Tiger is well known as a very deep fresh water machine. Even Tesoro says this:That sux that Detector pro would flat out lie about their product saying it works in saltwater.
...Can't they add $10(?) to the cost and make it a dual/multi-frequency machine that can work in salt water and not just be limited to fresh water? To me it just makes business sense...!