Gold Scan ferrous discrim on the beach

[Papa Bear]

I am considering a Gold Scan strictly for salt water beach use. I have several questions:

1. Will it reliably ID ferrous targets at depth?
2. Is it as deep as the Aquastar on small gold?
3. Is there any loss of depth in ID mode?
4. Which coil would be best on wet saltwater beach?

My beaches have no mineralization, just lots of salt.

Thanks for any responses.

 

[buttondigger]

I have dug very little iron by sweeping over targets and hearing a woo woo or double tone on most iron. Never used an Aqua star but this one has to be tops on depth. Id mode is better used on land but will work fine on salt water beach. Depth is very close to the same.Straight PI mode has no ground balance so if your beach has no minerals and you use the stock 11" coil better be prepared to dig a deep hole. I like the smaller coils in straight PI on mineralised beaches. The depth is deep and you will dig all the gold you run over including tiny earing studs. Remember, this detector is total manual adjustments. If you can handle that you should do well. Tex

 

[Papa Bear]

Thanks Buttondigger.