Best BH for mineralized soil?

[Goldfynger]

Any of you BH owners know which is best for mineralized soil, not expecting the performance of a Minelab, just thought 1 might be better than another. Thanks

 

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[Loco-Digger]

I would think you need a machine that can be ground balanced. The only two I know that can be ground balanced are the Land Ranger Pro and the Platinum. The Platinum is a repackaged Teknetics Gamma and the Land Ranger Pro is also being sold by Teknetics as the Liberator.

Hope this helps

 

[GB1]

my time ranger does pretty good but is not for the beach i figured that out a few weeks ago

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Any of you BH owners know which is best for mineralized soil, not expecting the performance of a Minelab, just thought 1 might be better than another. Thanks

If your talking wet salt sand No Bounty Hunter including the Platinum model is going to work well in wet salt sand, they are single freq detectors and because salt is made up of metal minerals it will think there is metal every where. The only way to counter that is turn you sensitivity way down but by doing so your also turning down your depth to a couple inches or less. Gold is denser that beach sand and will continue to sink until it hits something that stops it.

 

[Goldfynger]

Thanks for the responses guys, I did some further research and found that it actually is not to bad in mineralized soil, in fact there is a 4" Gold Nugget coil for it. I have had some other top machines so I have some experience. I had a Exterra 705 that worked great on the beach but was overwhelmed on a tailings pile.
So I picked up a Tracker just for fun, gonna see how it does. I'll post my results for sure.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Thanks for the responses guys, I did some further research and found that it actually is not to bad in mineralized soil, in fact there is a 4" Gold Nugget coil for it. I have had some other top machines so I have some experience. I had a Exterra 705 that worked great on the beach but was overwhelmed on a tailings pile.
So I picked up a Tracker just for fun, gonna see how it does. I'll post my results for sure.

On land not an issue it has manual ground balance on wet salt sand it sucks.

 

[Phantasman]

Might work. The Tracker IV has an old style autotracking of mineralization as you swing. The newer Whites Treasure Pro might get you a better depth though.

If you're hunting dry land, any manual/auto ground balance detector should be fine, the lower the freq the better.

 

[George (MN)]

I would think you need a machine that can be ground balanced. The only two I know that can be ground balanced are the Land Ranger Pro and the Platinum. The Platinum is a repackaged Teknetics Gamma and the Land Ranger Pro is also being sold by Teknetics as the Liberator.

Hope this helps

I definitely recommend those 2, but the discovery 3300 also has manual ground balance and can sometimes be found used for $100 or so.

 

[dgerst]

We've got everything from Oklahoma red dirt to Cimarron river and Salt Fork of the Arkansas river saline soil around here and my old 3300 deals with it quite well. Good machine for the money.

 

[bravobob]

If your talking wet salt sand No Bounty Hunter including the Platinum model is going to work well in wet salt sand, they are single freq detectors and because salt is made up of metal minerals it will think there is metal every where. The only way to counter that is turn you sensitivity way down but by doing so your also turning down your depth to a couple inches or less. Gold is denser that beach sand and will continue to sink until it hits something that stops it.

Everybody says that but i use my TK4 in wet salt sand with no problems. i run tone at 12:00 and sensitivity at 11:00 and have hit quarters at 6 inches , one good scoops worth. If i run all metal (more sensitive) it does false's a lot at the end of swing or if i hit the sand or seaweed. That's up to the waters edge. Need to swing slower and more carefully. In the ocean it does suck big time.

 

[BH505Man]

My Legacy 3500 has the option of manual ground balance (it's the same as a Discovery 3300 - only a newer version of it)