What's the good and bad and give and take with this machine?
you thinking of going pi? i have a sandshark with switchcable coils(i badly need the 10.5 or 3x18 if anyones selling) a quick google search tells me the sandshark is equal to or better than the seahunter!!
chuck.
Scoop the Sand Shark is what I use. I freakin love it. Easy to pinpoint with. Crank all settings and go.
The Pros with Seahunter mark ii is the changeable coils/headphones and the circuit board is protected from the battery compartment if u have a leak.
The cons with Seahunter=Very heavy and needs to chest/belt mount it for longer hunts,no external volume control but u can buy a adapter for the headphone jacket and use any headphones if u are on land/wading for example(not water proof and dont think they have a waterproof one) was that a con or a pro? the Discrimination knob is a joke and they could have skipped it.
I think Ive heard Treasurehunter say he gets comparable depth to the PI units with the large coils on his Excal...I would send him a PM.
"Realistically".....what is the general max depth on say, an average size gold band? Say something in the 4-5 gram range? Or even clad?
I get ya.This is true to a point and I swing pretty much the same setup as TH but I have a deeper water situation I'm wanting to play with where coil stability/control is going to be an issue. The large coil is fine as long as you can keep good control over it but once it starts seeing the effects of uneven bottoms and turbulence it's pretty much end game for the Excal and large coil setup. Not to mention the increased drag the large coil generates in currents, even with a harness.