Just wanted to ask before bringing it to the beach and frying it in shallow water. Thanks for any info you can provide. By the way, this IS a great little detector! I've been using it less than a week and it still found a couple of coins I missed in my back yard with my Sov XS and Coinsearch coil. That's saying something! The only issue I've had so far with the 11" DD is it's love for crown caps. They ID the same as pennies and dimes but I guess I have to look a little closer to the tell tell sign of the iron indicator flickering. HH George