Looking For Advice On A good Water Detector

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Hello everyone out there. This is my first time on this site. I've been detecting for about 18 months now and love this hobby like I'm sure everyone on this site does as well. I have never really done any detecting in the water since I have started this hobby. I've been very fortunate to find allot on dry sand with over 25 rings, ear rings. bracelets, necklaces , coins, tokens and allot of other interesting things. I am now ready to expand my search into to unknown and am looking for some good advice from you all on purchasing a good detector for the water. I'm willing to spend about 500 to 600 dollars to expand my search. I take this hobby very serious and spend at least 8 to 10 hours on each hunt and want something that would take some abuse while detecting in the surf. Any honest and sincere advice would be very much appreciated.
HAPPY HUNTING AND THANKS IN ADVANCE
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[Bling]

for salt water,the Minelab Excal or a Fisher CZ21 is your best bet.they work well in salt water where others wont.if hunting fresh water you could get by with a Tesoro Tiger Shark or Fisher 1280x,they work well in fresh water but not as well in salt water. all 4 of these detectors are well built..

 

[Bobbie]

If you are finding that kind of stuff in the dry sand........maybe there is nothing out there in the water.......depends on where you are hunting.

Minelab Excal or Fisher CZ21 are the best and you are looking at well over $1000 new or take your chances with a used. And then there are the enhancements like different coils and headphones.....more $$$. DetectorPro Wader is a very good machine and that comes in at the top end of your budget. If you just want to do the wet sand and maybe up to waist deep in the water, again DetectorPro Pirate will fill the bill, the only disadvantage is the headphones are not totally waterproof, only water resistant. The Pirate is affordable and very good in finding gold. It can be retained as a backup machine when you finally find enough loot to pay for the big guns. Whites also makes a couple of water machines that are good. You need to do a lot of research before you decide.

 

[woodwizard]

I agree if your not into spending $1000. or more then go with the wader-its light ,goes deep-I hit a quarter at a measured 14" thru sand and clay.best of all it made in the USA.there is no fancy stuff on this machine-just a tone that won't take ya long to figure out mainly if it beebs- ya dig.with the wader I've pulled more gold and silver out of the water and sand then with any of my other detectors-it has quickly become my go to for all hunts.detector pro as several models to choose from including a PI . if ya want to buy a quality detector and save money then call MRBILL at surfscanner-he's extremely honest and will fix ya up at the best price available

 

[rayredditch]

Whites Surf Master PI Pro for salt water, and a Fisher 1280X for fresh water.

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[Craig-PI]

Your limiting yourself to either a used machine or a lower end detector...

If you want new look at the Detector Pro Wader... I would not go with the Pirate... its very noisy even with the sensitivity control... I tried one on our Connecticut beaches and it does not perform well unless you turn the sensitivity down... you might as well hunt the wet sand with an Ace 250 which also hates the wet CT sand..

You could also look at the Tereso Tiger Shark... it doesn't love the salt and minerals but it will do better than the Pirate and its waterproof where the Pirate is NOT.... the Tiger is also very good in freshwater and on small gold...

Now if you go used you can buy two detectors get a VLF for the dry and wet sand like the Sovereign GT its pretty deep ... I recently purchased one and am very happy with its performance for what I want it for...

You will be hard pressed to find a Excalibur in the price range you are looking... you could always save a little more money or just hunt the wet sand and dry stuff with a detector like the GT... you will find gold...

 

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Appreciate every ones input. I guess I'll just wait and save up for a good quality one so I don't get disappointed.
Thanks Again
HAPPY HUNTING
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