Eric, aquastar/aquapulse ?

[Anonymous]

Eric, I was directed to this site and have learned more here, than in all other sites combined! Am looking for a high quality detecter for the beach and for salt water <60', primarily for jewelry.Was considering pulse 8x,but now am leaning towards the aquastar II, and the aquapulse 1b, need deep search capibilities. In your opinion what would be the best choice? I live in west Florida . Thanks in advance for your reply! ED.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Edward,
The Aquastar and the Aquapulse are two very different machines. The Aquastar is designed for beach and water detecting up to chest depth, while the Aquapulse is primarily for deep diving. Both have waterproof cases that would work to over 100ft depth, but the major differences lie in the electronics. The Aquastar has a very high sensitivity to small gold items and is a motion type detector with auto tuning. These two features would not be useable for diving use because of the large signals generated by conductive seawater. The Aquapulse is manual tuning and does not have the sensitivity to small gold that would make it an efficient detector for medium/thin gold rings and jewelry. You really have to decide what your main use of the detector will be. If it is for wreck diving, looking for gold and silver coins and anything larger, then it is the Aquapulse. If you will be mainly on the beach and into water up to waist depth looking for lost rings and jewelry, then it is the Aquastar.
Eric.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Eric for taking the time to answer my questions. This forum is the best on the web!