705 beach mode vs ATP on a salt beach

[DetectorOCD]

I know that there are MANY factors involved in the performance of any machine at a saltwater beach, but can anyone make a general comparison? I was wondering how both would do on the east coast beaches such as Ocean City MD down to the Outer banks SC. Can you get in the wet sand without too much chatter on the 705? I would think that with its auto ground tracking it would work better than the AT Pro in that area although the stock concentric wouldn't be ideal..

 

[Neil]

Ive used them both on beaches here in NJ and both can be adjusted to minimal chatter but you have to adjust the AT pro more since it doesn't have continuous tracking. The ground changes so much from right at the oceans tide to the high tide mark and then again up in the dry sand.
Try and keep the coils on either machine close to the soil without touching the soil, this helps a lot.