Depth on beach with explorer any ideas ?

[jeff68aust]

Hi guys gals new to the explorer SE with slimline coil
Just wandering has any explorer uses hit the beach and if so what depths could I expect out of the Explorer SE in wet ?" and dry sand ?"
Thank you in advance for your info
Regards
Jeff

 

[dewcon4414]

Ive hunted a good bit with it on the beach. So id have to say it depends again on where the beach is, the size of target, crud that might be on the target, junk, and the size of coil you use. On deep targets like earrings you might not even get a reading. As you increase the sensitivity the foot print HALO will increase with the slimline and you might get falsing when you bump the sand... but keep it low it doesnt like air gap. With high sensitivity you will notice how tiny the targets can get.... like small pieces of copper. In dry sand somewhere around 14 inches. In wet sand....depends on how close you are to the wave line. At the wave line its a lot like dirt digging 8 to 10 inches. Id like to have it be a little more sensitive to gold ... but its factory GB is close to salt so you loose those tiny items like earring backs. But if it beeps in the wet sand dig it. If you havent hunted the beach there is more to learn than you think. You will find the SE transitions well between wet and dry sand. Except for the tiny tiny stuff if its there you have a BETTER chance of finding it than most.

Dew

 

[jeff68aust]

Thanks Dew,
I m thinking about getting another coil maybe a SEF10x12 I mainly dig parks, ovals etc .. 96% live inland, but would think that coil would also be better choice for beach?
maybe give bit more depth although nothing wrong with depth you have spoke about
Come holidays beach here we come
Regards
Jeff

 

[dewcon4414]

I have the SEF its a great coil you cover a lot of ground with it. Its about as large as id go with the SE just because you tend to loose even more of the tiny items. Dont discount the slimline it is a bit smaller with good depth and TID on small items. But they have a rep as a deep silver machine for a reason. Better get a good scoop. Also dont discount lead and can slaw hits in the 11-02 range or so. 80 percent of the jewerly bought is bought by women those bands ARENT hitting in the nickel range... closer to foil. Remember.... there is a LOT of beach out there chose a spot and work it well. Its not like park hunting where you may hunt 4 to 6 hours and be tired when you are done. On a beach 4 hours of swinging will flat wear you out because you just dont put it down enough to rest. Good luck... looks like in a month or so ill be back in Fla for good diggin sand.

Dew

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I'm using an Exp. II with standard 10.5" coil. That is probably similar, depthwise, to your setup. My experience on beach depth, for coin-sized targets, both dry and wet sand (assuming nothing wickedly mineralized or some other issue) is:

- About 9" (maybe 10" if I pushed it) and still get reliable TIDs to tell highs vs lows, etc...

- Up to 12" if I'm willing to chase some where I have no idea of conductive vs non-conductive. Usually if I scoop some out, and re-scan it after scaling back some sand, then it comes into the TID range.

- Up to 14" on coin-sized targets if I'm in sand that allows me to go up to 25 on the sens, and am investigating flutters that BARELY warble the threshold. In those cases, sometimes it's been my imagination, and there was no target. But other times, as I pull 6" off, and re-scan, there's a signal that comes into range.

But realistically, on coin sized targets, about 12" is max, if you're willing to for-go some TID on that last inch or two.

 

[dewcon4414]

I certainly dont disagree with Toms depths, that why i said depends on what part of the county you may be hunting. In Fla you can open up the sensitivity almost full blast... thou i found no depth increase beyond manual 29 on the SE. I do get a little better signal than he does on those 14 inch coin size targets possibly because of the sensitivity and maxed out gain ill use there. I often use AM Ferr there as well and am listening for any tone that may be different like he said... at that depth the screen isnt much good.

Dew