What minelab for salt water?

[PappyInSC]

I'm looking for recommendations from you guys (and gals) on what minelab is the best suited for salt water detecting... At the beach I like my mxt (a chatter box though), my troy x5 works better (somewhat chattery ) ..... I had a HH wader (fixing to buy another), but I'm looking to spend a lot of time this year hitting the beach. I've been detecting for around 30 years and have always wanted a minelab. I've researched and like a "newbie" I'm completely confused by minelabs.... Maybe its just info overload. Anyway any experiences or thoughts would be Greatly Appreciated! And while I've still got it out their on my server you can pick up a copy of my treasure logging software. And best of all its FREE! http://www.shiftrack.com/dl/setupmd.exe

thanks...
Pappy

 

[NH Bob]

n/t

 

[Elton]

Why the Minelab works so well..................Has 17 frequencys..One frequency is dedicated when in operation to the Ground( Salt) where ever your hunting..The other 16 balance out for the targets and outside interference. They do work very very well on Salt water beaches...... "For certain"

 

[VinceB]

It might depend on which beach you'll be detecting. I'm in southern California and use an Explorer XS with a SunRay 12" coil for dry and wet sand and shallow water. I use an Excalibur with a Bill Babb straight shaft and stock coil if I think I'll be wading a lot. You can't get the Explorer box wet, and I've had a few close calls. They're both great detectors. Our beaches are heavily mineralized and the Minelabs work really well here. We have a lot of nails from people burning warehouse pallets for beach fires. So, while I found a lot of great stuff with a Whites PI, I got tired of digging nails and switched to the Explorer. The bigger the coil the better on dry and wet sand, however when wading, the stock coil on the Excal should be sufficient. There's a lot of drag through the water with a bigger coil.

 

[BigDan]

I have both an MXT and a Minelab SE. The closer you get to the salt water the more "chattery" the MXT gets. You can even stick the SE right in the ocean up to its console and the SE remains stable. Be careful however, even near the water however as just one unexpected wave or a fumble with your hold can destroy your machine in the drink. I believe it is too good and expensive of a machine to take the risk of shallow salt water detecting. I know from a bad experience with an unexpected wave..