.. Craig there has been a lot of member's most recently inquiring on question's Will certain land machine's work on the beach-wet-water -ECT, so we don't have to explain the water hunting requirement's on equipment , it would be nice for all of us to have a ( MINIMUM EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT INFORMATION THREAD FOR BEACH HUNTING ) this would eliminate thread's generated by wannabee- new bee threads by beach hunting seeker's , before Craig respond's everybody else( Beach Water Hunters) can Chime in
I got ya....see below
Need to find another detector!
I would like some input from those of you have been hunting with the Makro Racer 1 on the wetsand.
How is it depth wise?
Makro makes some nice advertisements and debatable claims. Then again, many company over sensationalize their detectors capabilities. With that said....
In short, any detector will work in the dry sand. Getting detectors to work in the wet salt sand or submerged in salt water is the challenge that becomes expensive.
Single frequency detectors (Makro) will work in the wet salt sand by decreasing the sensitivity. This means you'll lose depth and/or sensitivity to small targets. Additionally, it is common for these detectors to give random erroneous signals and endless noisy chatter.
Multi-frequency detectors will compensate for the conductive salt and mineralization without losing depth and sensitivity. The benefit is they (usually) are quiet and give an honest signal, if it beeps, there is something there. M/F detectors consequently cost more and the price goes up if you want them waterproof. The main advantage to a M/F detector is that you can discriminate unwanted targets like iron. This means you can cherry pick targets and make the most use of limited time.
PI or pulse induction detectors are the cost efficient alternative to MF detectors. They work great in salt water, but the caveat is they do not discriminate (well).
Multifrequency detectors would include the following:
Fisher:
CZ-3d (older models were the CZ-5 and CZ-6) not waterproof
CZ-7, 7a, 7apro & 70 (all are older models that are splash proof)
CZ-21 (older model is the 20) completely waterproof
Minelab
Safari (older model was the Quattro) not waterproof
Explorer (all are older models... X, XS, II, Se, & SePro) not waterproof
Sovereign (older model not waterproof)
E-trac (not waterproof)
Excallibur (waterproof)
CTX-3030 (waterproof)
Whites -
Beach Hunter ID (waterproof)
DFX (not waterproof)
VXi and variants (not waterproof)
PI units...
Garrett Sea hunter, Infinium, ATX
Tesoro Sand Shark
Aquasound/pulse
JW Fisher
Fisher Impulse
Whites surf pi, T1000
Minelab GP series
Detectorpro pulse (note: only the pulse model, not the diver, wader, or pirate)
That should get you going ..... be sure to ask forum sponsors about special pricing or preowned models. It's much better to get a good used machine than a so-so new machine!
