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Beach hunter ID problem

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Here's my problem. I have the Whites Beach hunter ID It's a pretty good machine except for one big problem. It will not detect a gold necklace. I have tried several different types of gold chains, Nothing. I have been testing it with my 14kt rope chain and if I use the all metal function I can barely get a slight hit so faint that you can barely hear it. If I use the disc function I get absolutely nothing. I have tried laying the chain straight out. I have tried putting it in a loop. and putting it all together in a ball and still nothing. I have tried on top of the ground, in the ground, air test, and zero zip nothing. The sad part is my Garrett ace 250 hits it loud and clear. I called whites and the company I bought this machine from and they say oh yeh this machine won't pick up a necklace unless it's under ideal conditions ie: heavy build up of minerals around it. I feel like I made a big mistake with this detector. It will pick up everything else coins pulltabs etc. I would like to get some advice from you all if I could. Or is this typical of this type of detector. Thank you.
 
especially on a salt water beach. Your Garrett probably ain't worth dog crap on a salt beach. If your hunting fresh water, you probably could have picked a better machine, but if your ocean hunting, don't let a gold chain bust your bubble, there's plenty of other gold that it will find.
 
THE LINKS ARE OF A FAIR SIZE OR IT HAS A GOOD SIZE CLASP. THE ONLY WAY I GET THE SMALL ONES IS WITH SENSITIVITY MAXED AND THE BLACK SAND SWITCH FLIPPED.EVEN THEN I GET A ODD SIGNAL AND THE ITEM MUST BE SHALLOW.ITS SEEMS TO ME THAT THE BEACH HUNTER SHOULD AT LEAST WORK AS WELL AS THE CLASSIC III. I HAVE FOUND JUST 14K CLASP THAT BROKE OFF CHAINS THAT WERE ONLY A LITTLE BIGGER THAN A PENCIL ERASER.I ALSO JUST CHANGED MY HEAD SET TO A BETTER SET WITH VOLUME CONTROLL THIS SEEMS TO BE MAKING A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.HOPE YOU CAN GET SOME HELP FROM WHITES WITH THIS ISSUE.DID YOU TEST IT ON SMALL RINGS? GOOD LUCK GB
 
Thanks for the information. I still love the thrill of the hunt, no matter what I find.
 
Small to medium gold chains are hard for just about any detector except maby gold machines. My MXT is has a prospect mode. It reads mine like 0 to 10 on the ID which is were steel wire to low foil is and that is in the air. It might get one on the surface but that is about it. I think most chains are found by the clasp or whats attached to them.
I have been hunting for a long time and have never found a gold or silver chain cept eyeballing one on the ground.
 
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