3 by18 Clean Sweep coil and Salt beaches..

[nad]

I know several people have mentioned that they are using the clean sweep coil on beaches.I am wondering how far into the wet sand , and what detector(s) are you using.?..AND, IF you are working the salt sand, is there much of a drop off? Thanks, all these neat little questions and so many people to file them away..Cordially NAD

 

[jabbo]

Hey Nad, you old geezer. From my experience, the 3 x 18 on the Vaquero gets a coin about 2-3 inches in the wet salt sand, lots of falsing. In the dry sand I buried a dime at 5 inches and got a somewhat decent signal. Jabbo

 

[nad]

Old Geezer???? Pleeeeze ,just because I am a month older than you, that makes me an old geezer??..Snow and crap out here..Am planning on visiting a couple of sites to mark things off..I'll be out this Summer, so take your vitamins, get in shape, and have a good bail bondsman available...If we are fast, you know, we can clean out North 7th Avenue before the cops get there. I have that package of stuff for you to deliver, to get into the old back yard and play field..Will send when it gets warmer. You ever go around the old water tower?. Stay warm Cordially Nad.

 

[jabbo]

That one month squeeked me into the next eon. In another post you said your first detector was a BFO that beat off of a radio signal. So was my first one, saw plans in Popular Mechanics mag, made the coil circuit, got a broom handle and a transistor radio. That baby squealed on large iron things in the fields, I was hooked. About a week later I ordered a HeathKit detector and started finding old coins in parks. Back then in the early 70's, people told me to go to the beach. I'm thinking only new coins are there, man was I wrong, didn't know people were losing gold. Had to be a lot accumulated back then before detectors started to catch on. The water tower has a fence around it now. I'm as passionate with this hobby today because now finding the good stuff is more of a challenge. Jabbo

 

[nad]

The BFO was a one tube affair, and I used a tube type portable radio.Had those batteries hanging like bricks on either side of me..Was lucky that coins were so darn plentiful,otherwise batteries would have put an end to that. May have built the same one, used a CK722 transistor, later in about 66 to 67, Popular Electronics had a schematic. built one worked fine on coins, sold it to someone in Alton Ill,Was a shielded copper coil.black plastic box, speaker on top, white plastic around speaker..What beaches did you work? I used to see beach cleaners that scooped up everything in the sand including glass. Am wondering if you added a Faraday shield to the "V" coil,if you couldn't fool the circuit into thinking everything is just shifted over a bit.. A loss of some depth, maybe no falsing. You don't have a copy of the PE article do you? Larry, aka Nad

 

[jabbo]

Larry, The solid state plans I followed was in Popular Mechanics. The beach cleaner rake doesn't get small things like rings, some chains might get snagged. Right now I have a Cortes, CZ20, CZ7aPro. Any of the CZ's can get a gold ring in the wet salt sand at 8 inches. Move back to Jersey and I'll loan you one. You know we have great beaches. Dave