Question

[Anonymous]

When swinging the coil of my aquastar parallel to the beach the threshold increases when swung towards the ocean. Can this effect be reduced by adjusting the SAT control inside the unit? If not what is the best way to minimize this effect which I imagine results from the conductivity of the salt water. Thanks for any help on this.

 

[Anonymous]

On October 9, 2003 Eric wrote:
On any saltwater beach, the ground signal will rise as you swing the coil toward the water

 

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[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Beside running the coil wire up the shaft, straight up the shaft and tapeing it down so it does not move with ocean currents I put a series of straws on the coil wire at the coil.. Use a pop straw (smallest) then a malt straw (bigger) and so on. I use 3. Split them down the middle and overlap each other. No movement of the coil wire by sweeping and ocean currents. Photo attached...
Frank

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Joe,
Aside from the suggestions above, which may help, the only other thing is to search at right angles to the water's edge. The water content of the beach will then be similar throughout the sweep.
Eric.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Everyone
Great help. I have found that working at right angles to the beach eliminates the problem, although this method seams to slow down my search speed.
The beach had at the time a pretty good slope which I am sure contributed to the problem.
I am going to adjust the SAT speed up and see what happens. Thanks to all for your input.

 

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[Anonymous]

i would say that most of the threshold noise comes from that area when the waves go over the coil great idea straw enginerring larry ca

 

[Anonymous]

When you colapse the coil towards the stem, the cable will be extracted for the loop housing !
You must leave some slack to allow changing the loop angle.
Happy Hunting
proscan