tiger shark

[grumpy]

Can some of you fine folks here on the tesoro group tell me how the tiger shark works on salt water beaches? Most interested if any one has experience in comparing the teger to the minela excalibur.??
I have a excal an am thinking about a tiger for the wife .
Any help or info on the matter appreciated
Grumpy.

 

[ringading]

The tiger is manly a fresh water unit,but the sand shark is what you will need for is for salt water I have used in in fresh water but you have to dig it all.I have not used the xcal but have used a M sov(which a non water proof xcal) on the beach.the sand shark with 10.5 inch coil will go as deep or deeper than the xcal but like I said you have to dig it all, the sand shark will find thinner gold chains but the xcal will knock out nails and iron so the choice is yours.

 

[ken ward]

The tiger in the dry sand is OK. Get on the wet sand and it is unstable. Not the best for salt. You can not beat it in fresh water. I had an excaliber. I did not like it for fresh water.... KEN

 

[BarberBill]

I"ve only used mine in fresh water as I'm not near any salt water beaches, but every reference I've read seems to concur with what Ken wrote.
BB

 

[Sandtick]

I took mine to the beaches of South Carolina this summer. Like posted earlier it worked great in dry sand. Once you get to the damped stuff it would chatter a lot. The salt knob worked a little but not enough for me. Hope this helps.