Recommendations for My first metal detector for salt water beach use

[Stoop14]

I love on a island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean in eastern Canada, my boys have been wanting a metal detector and I’ve given in lol, with all the tourist beaches I think that would be the best place for to go looking for jewelry/coins ecttt. What would be a good detector for dry and wet sand and maybe in a couple inches of salt water surf. I keep seeing ppl say the equinox 600 those are about 899$ Canadian. Not sure if I want to drop a 1000$ after taxes on one yet. So what do you veterans recommend? Thanks in advance.

 

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[OBN]

Simple........ I would go Nox..

All it takes is one big gold..or Diamond.

Hard to believe I don't have one but if I hunted the ocean beach's it would be my first choice, for the out of the water machine.

 

[angelito1]

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[Xraywolf]

Detectors that do well in salt are few and far in between and not cheap, more than likely Nox is the least expensive option.

[Nox because its multi freq, single freq detectors, which most are, are known to false like crazy in salt conditions]. AT Pro may be an exception, but I think its about the same cost as a nox.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Go down to supporting vendors and look at what they have available.I checked Metal Detecting Stuff's website (the small red letters of their name) and the Nokta simplex might fit what you need, pretty much an entry level detector in the $250.00 range.

 

[Xraywolf]

Bad advice, simplex or any single freq detector will not fare well in salt

 

[Stoop14]

Bad advice, simplex or any single freq detector will not fare well in salt

So they wouldn’t even work on dry sand, because of all the salt?

 

[sphillips]

No need to go to the beach if you are not going to detect dry and wet sand, need a multi freq detector, nox

 

[smokeythecat]

My old Tesoro Cibola would do very well in wet sand. You just had to detune it a bit but a 10" or deeper coin was no biggie for it. They are inexpensive but Tesoro is now out of business. I have my 10 year old machine still with me and it works great. Never needed a repair.

Lots of folks like the multi frequency machines, but I found quite a lot of stuff with the basically turn in and go Cibola. Warranty would be the issue, but it you don't drop it in the ocean, I have never been able to break mine and it's seen hard use.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Bad advice, simplex or any single freq detector will not fare well in salt

I don't hunt the ocean I was just reading the description on the detector.That is why I suggested to the poster to go down to the supporting vendors and look around.He is trying to find an entry level machine.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

So they wouldn’t even work on dry sand, because of all the salt?

The few times I have gone to the coast I use my AT Gold in the dry sand and it works fine but it doesn't work good in wet sand.Sorry if I gave you bad advice I was just trying to find something in a better price range for you.Just in case your kids decide they don't like detecting you wouldn't be out a lot of money.

 

[ColonelDan]

If you're going to a salt water beach...sand or surf hunting, the multi frequency Equinox (600 or 800) is the way to go and stay well within your stated price limit.

 

[cladpirate]

Only thing as cheap as a nox is a low end pulse like the Garrett sea hunter, you will dig heaps of iron with it as it has no discrimination.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

So they wouldn’t even work on dry sand, because of all the salt?

As long as the sand is above the high tide line and there hasn't been a recent storm with higher than normal hide tides any detector will work in dry sand.. Food for thought, there are more gold items lost in water than dry sand so odds are higher of finding gold in the wet sand and water.

 

[Xraywolf]

I don't hunt the ocean I was just reading the description on the detector.That is why I suggested to the poster to go down to the supporting vendors and look around.He is trying to find an entry level machine.

Therein lies the problem, really no entry level machines that do well in salt, though the simplex should do fine in dry sand.

So they wouldn’t even work on dry sand, because of all the salt?

Dry should be fine, your OP said you wanted a detector for wet, dry and in the water. Yes, dry, uncontaminated sand simplifies things but its a pretty big sacrifice not to be able to go towards and in the water, better than nothing if you are pinched for $$

 

[MKW]

The MineLab Vanquish series of detectors do really well in wet and dry. A cheaper multi-freq detector.

 

[TooManyHobbies]

DetectorPro Headhunter Underwater. VLF. I love it in fresh or salt water. Only $600. Rechargeable (40hrs /charge). Electronics in the headphones, so the shaft is lighter to swing. Easily finds coins to ten inches. Easy to use. Only downside is the 8" coil, but I think they make a 12" too. Not interchangeable though.

 

[ivanll]

There is no trouble in using a Nokta Simplex+ on dry or wet salt water beaches works in water to, it has all the settings/adjustments required to do so . . and yes, I am using one !

Picture from a video, Target was an ear ring/dangle/ornament ?