5.75 DD coil

[Tseeker]

I notice that there are mixed reviews on the stability of the Vaquero on salt beaches. Mine does a lot of falsing. Would the 5.75 DD coil improve this to any noticable degree? Has anyone tried it? Thanks.

 

[tvr]

Ive used Cibola and Tejon on salt water beaches.
I have the bigger DDs so not sure it fully applies to the 5.75, but the 12 x 10 and the 3 x 18 false too. If I run discrimination up to just below foil rather than at iron, it helps some and over the wet I cut the sensitivity down a little. If the sand has black streaks running through it, it'll false anyway. Listen for solid beeps that repeat when you swing over them again. I think the falsing sounds crackle or pop on the edges of the tones and are shorter and don't repeat. A more solid beep that repeats is worth investigating (digging).

If you find where the wet /dry boundary cross over is, my experience is that running a foot or two either side of that cross over boundary will be much more stable than right at the boundary where each sweep covers drastically varying wetness (conductivity) conditions. Of course that boundary is where a lot of towels and chairs get picked up from and moved quickly ... so maybe sweep that area slowly and accept that you will false a lot there. Repeatable hits are what you are listening for.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[Ism]

It makes little difference with falsing. However It seems to penetrate deeper in the salt than the concentric.