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<img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?"> Hello, It is proving to be impossible to sort thru the variety of beach/underwater M-Ds.Do I have to spend a fortune to have a good unit,we started with a Bounty Hunter Lone Star. We have found tons of stuff but thought the identification and depth would be more accurate. We always dig everything because have learned not to fully trust what I hear or see. Enough of my rambling and thanks for any and all help or advice
 
The white pi is a good one.I just don't like digging iron so I like the Exalibur.My main likings are the depth and coverage it give a plus it sees good target around iron.The ID is nice but I dig everything above iron.Just my thoughts,Joe
 
hi, maybe you should try the sov.elite. it goes deep and you can use it in any kind of soil( at the beach, wet and dry sand, and anywhere else). It also has a iron mask switch so you dont have to dig up junk.
 
For Saltwater beaches in and out of the water you really only 3 choices. Minelab Excalibur, Fisher CZ-20, or a PI. The first two can reject iron the PI can't. For hunting the wet sand and wading up to your knees on a saltwater beach you can add the Minelab Explorer, Quattro, Soveriegn, and Elite. Also the Fisher CZ-5 and CZ-3D. As well as a Whites DFX and Beach Hunter ID.
For fresh water lake hunting you can use PI's, the Excalibur, CZ-20, and the Tesoro Tiger Shark. The Tiger Shark is the most sensitive to gold of the Freshwater detectors currently on the market but is no good at all raound the saltwater.
Bottom line is that it all depends on the type of hunting you plan on doing!
Hope this helps!!!!
HH
Beachcomber
 
I use a Minelab Explorer 2. It is great at the beach. I found quarters over 10" deep loud and clear. Pulltabs at 8+ in wet sand. I can move from dry sand to wetted salt sand with no problems. It has all the bells and whistles too. It is not a water machine so you need to be careful of the control box. It is a good land/beach machine if you can't afford to have both. Hope this helps.
HH-Ed
 
Also why is a Tesoro Tiger Shark not good in salt water. I am new to detecting just bought Ace 250.Am interested in possibly getting a MD that I can use in the water most probably wading that I don't have to worry about if I drop it and it gets submerged.Any suggestions? MNust be good in salt water.
 
The Tiger Shark is only a single freguency detector and like all single frequency detectors it's use in and around saltwater is limited. The machines that work best in and around saltwater are the multifrequency detectors that I mentioned in the post above. To do what you want you really only have 3 choices if you want the ability it reject iron. That would be the Minelab Excalibur, the Fisher CZ-20, and the Whites Beach Hunter ID.
Any waterproof PI will also do what you want but without the ability to reject iron. You will have to dig everything and if your beaches have an abundance of iron like my beaches do then it becomes a problem. If you are in relatively iron free area a PI can be a good choice. They are working on PI's that can reject or identify iron but no one has perfected it yet. Hopefully soon they will. The difference between a PI and other detectors is that most detectors run the transmit section and the receiver section at all the time. In a PI the Transmitter sends out a pulse and is then shut off and the receive section is turned on and listens for the return signal from metal objects. Due to the fact that the signal from Saltwater and mineralization fade away very very fast a PI will not see the saltwater or most mineralization which makes them an excellent choice for saltwater detecting or detecting in areas of high mineralization. This is just a very brief discription of how a PI works there is really a lot more to it. But the main difference between a PI and other machines is that the Transmit and Receive sections are not turned on at the same time. If you want to find out more about PI's ther eis a Forum here in Findmall dedicated to just PI's.
I have included a link to the PI Forum below. I am sure they can answer any and all questions you ahve about PI's over there.
Hope this helps!
HH
Beachcomber
 
Thanks Beachcomber, Are the PI detectors that work in salt enviroments multi-frequency also.
 
No. PI's work in and around the saltwater because of the way they operate. PI's work similar to ACTIVE SONAR. They send out a pulse then turn off the transmitter and listen for the return signal. Even though the saltwater actually does create a return signal it fades away before the receive circuit is turned on so the PI doesn't see the saltwater.
HH
Beachcomber
 
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