Detecting at Virginia Beach

[cx3]

I just got home from Virginia Beach after a week of vacation. I hunted daily with the Quattro using the stock coil, the Quattro did great in the dry sand and the damp sand but falsed quite a bit in the surf. I was using auto sensitivity and high trash setting with the relic mode. I also tried manual sensitivity at 17 this worked well in the dry sand but not in the wet sand and surf. Pinpoining on deep targets was difficult also. I noise cancelled regularly especially in the wet sand but the falsing was quite annoying. I found quite a bit of change, a 10k white gold ring, a pendant (junk) and a ear ring and a toe ring. On several targets I gave up on due to the depth, I dug some pull tabs at least 10" deep in the dry sand. Another thing of interest was the number of people who informed me of loosing jewelry hoping I could find their lost items, this happened daily. One young woman had lost her 1/2 caret diamond engagement ring about 30 min. prior the my arrival on the beach and was really upset. She lost the ring just as she left the ocean seeing the ring fall onto the wet sand and then a wave came in and away went the ring. I looked for about 30 minutes in the surf but had no luck, and also the falsing was not helping. Virginia Beach is the prettiest beach I have ever hunted it is around 80 yds. wide has a concrete board walk that is probably a couple of miles long with a separate bike path. The detecting pressure is quite high in the area I hunted I saw people detecting daily and at all times of the day. On the day we left to come home Saturday, I could see 7 detectorist in an area of around 100 yds. I havent decided how well the Quattro is going to be in the wet sand and surf but it doesnt look too promising in my view. I had a DFX prior to the Quattro and it definitely did much better in the surf and wet sand. HH


Jerry Murphy

 

[stan_moto]

Hello Jeff. The problem you are having with the falsing is probably that you may have to cut back in the sensitivity when hunting in the wet sand area. I see that you are using 17 sensitivity in the dry sand and I have also used between 17to18 manual settings with no problem. When I move into the wet sand and shallow water I have found that I have to back off on the sensitivity by two or three numbers to settle down on the falsing. By doing this you won

 

[Angela (Australia)]

Just on what you said there Stan about wet sand being more conductive to dry sand, I also found this to be true on the goldfields. I've often found that after a good rain, when the ground has been saturated to some degree, target reading is clearer. So it would appear that the same prinipal follows in wet sand. I have to agree with you about dropping the sensitivity back a few numbers, and this will settle the falsing.
Chhers Angela

 

[beachguy777]

Well, from what I "think I know about electricity" water is a good conductor. That's why you don't want to drop your cell phone into the dog's water like I did a few days ago. It did stop working, but "Thank God", it didn't seem to fry the circuits and it started working again, but in regards to the wet sand thing, I've found penny's in wet sand here in Callifornia at about a foot or so deep, and I've always read that the wet sand can help. Must be "something to it" as they say, but yea that sensitivity can get you sometimes. I've had to take off my coil cover at the beach sometimes to avoid too much wet, "salty", sand on the bottom of the coil, and it "seems" to help. Just my side of it, but I hope it helps.