f4 salt water beach

[lorin]

Hi, anyone out there using an f4 on a salt water beach that could sell me on it? It comes with the dd coil which I understand is great for salt etc. I am thinking of the new garrett a.t., but it seems a little too technical for me. I would use it to the water line and dry sand. I like the display better on the fishers and teknetics detectors too. thanks

 

[crusher28]

MY F5 works great on salt water beaches right down to the wet sand and in the wet sand. Ground bal the best you can your F4 should work good. I had a Garrett PI Salt water detector it found a lot of junk. The f5 has dicm which I set to about 15-20.
Most of my finds are in the dry sand. check my photos out from the summer under f5

 

[crusher28]

go to F5 coin size targets see my photos

 

[Boston Metal]

I have the F4 and it works fine on dry and wet sand at the beach in my area. I haven't really tried it in the surf. I have been able to properly ground balance it at every beach condition I've tried it, except once when it wouldn't stop chattering, it could have been emi. I don't have experience with other machines, so I can't say how it compares to a machine with a salt mode or the equivalent.

Frank

 

[bthom]

Yes I use mine at the beach alot. In the wet ,as is said above, ground balance the best you can, work in all metal... and work a bit slower, targets ring in just as loud as elsewhere.