cz3d & saltwater?

[Czhunter]

anyone else have any trouble with the 3d in wet saltwater sand? i ground balanced it, but it would just go crazy. this is the first time i tried hunting on a beach. im usually in the woods or parks, and it does great. but i just couldnt use it i the salt water sand for some reason. i did have it switched over to salt mode. i ran my sens on 4, disc, iron out.

 

[gmanlight]

All the CZs should handle the wet salt with no problem / maybe coil problem ?

 

[tvr]

Have not had a 3d ... but it is a CZ and in salt mode they should all be very stable in the wet salt areas at reasonable sensitivities. At that sensitivity setting, I'd expect it to do well. Only thing I can say is try the sensitivity at 2 and if it is still unstable, call the factory!
tvr

 

[thinkin2]

It's been a while since I used one but I think what you should try is running it in auto tune and then switch to disc when you find a target. Some beaches with high content of black sand (such as we have around here) can make it chatter a good bit. They must be a little different from the original cz 6 because I got one of those when the first came out and they ran very quiet on the same beaches. They were easy to ground balance back then. I don't know what changed.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Under most conditions a CZ and Sov. should handle wet salt well and are the best I have ever used..However some of these areas may have black sand conditions and only thing would work well would be a PI unit.......remember to ground balance in the wet salt sand for optimimum performance...

 

[Steve O]

I was just in New Jersey detecting on Long Beach Island (Beach Haven) with my cz3d. Never used it on a Jersey beach. Tried to GB but the threshold was the same no matter what number, so I set it on 5. It ran smooth and quiet in disc, 0 disc, 5 sens, salt mode, volume 5, 10.5" coil.
In the wet salt sand I was pulling clad deeper than 12", needless to say, I was impressed.
That unit with the 8", coil air tests a clad dime at 12-1/4"
The slope is kind of steep, so the water doesn't cave in the sand as it would on a lesser grade. I didn't chance getting in the water, just went at low tide. I believe the beach was replenished recently.
Only noticed a few smears of black sand, not much. A couple hrs turned up $6.55 and one silver 925 loop earring. After detecting I did some surf fishing for kingfish, man are they tasty.