Metal detecting on beach, in sea and in a heavily mineralized area

[Jagerfield]

Can you please advice me on a good detector for use on the beach and in sea in a heavily mineralized area? I have done a lot of reading, and in the beginning I thought the Garrett Infinium was a good choice as it looks deep on land and in sea, and has a balancing feature. However, this PI machine would have me busy digging up each and every signal as it has no discrimination, and that is a lot of wasted time and hard work. Then I thought the VLF machine CTX 3030 would be the answer, till I found out that it can't handle mineralized soil well.

 

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[Jagerfield]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I am starting to favor the Excalibur for it's price and performance.

I have been doing some searching and I found what could be a best kept secret. It is a detector called Nexus, and it seems to outperform ALL competition in hot grounds. Now it is from Bulgaria so I don't know how much their claims are realistic but they have made several YT videos showing impressive capabilities:






If the unit can do what they claim it can do then I think we have a winner here and it is even cheaper than both Garrett and Minelab. I have sent a question to the shop and video maker "emporion359" asking if the unit could be used under water which I doubt it is.

 

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[Fletch88]

Not another Nexxus thread! They've been raved about here before by a couple members. Unless you live in close proximity to Bulgaria I would stick with the Excal or CZ.

 

[Jackalope]

... but nothing like what is in that video in Hawaii.

I think that video was about the ATX failing in the black sand on a Mexican beach. Not Hawaii. There are a few black sand beach areas on the Big Island (Punaluu) near the volcano, but most other beaches contain black volcanic glass - which is not magnetic.

 

[Jagerfield]

I think this video was shot in the Canary Islands.

 

[SoCalBeachScanner]

The guy that posted that video has an email address that ends with .es, which is Spain, so maybe Spain.

Nonetheless, a normal black sand beach has nothing on that beach. That beach should be called Anti MD Iron Beach

 

[Jagerfield]

Thanks for the advice.

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

PI detectors such as the ATX are great for heavy minelz. area but you wil have to digg, digg and digg.

CTX is great but you will need to turn on the Seawater function which will makes you loose depth... When the area is not so trashy, I preffer to take a PI like the White's TDI PRO. You will find almost everything, including microscopique trash

Excals are great machines but I will only recommand them if you dive, the CTX 3030 reprents a serious VLF updated version of it.