I am having problems with my Fisher 1280x 10" Aquanaut sensitivity, ask me a Question

[HumbleAdventurer]

I am having problems with my Fisher 1280x 10" Aquanaut sensitivity, ask me a Question

I can detect on dry sand well with high sensitivity , but when I am on wet sand it throws all kinds of erratic signals until I turn the sensitivity to near 1 or 2. Is the sensitivity reading minerals? I seem to still be able to pick up targets fairly deep with sensitivity low . I am just wondering what to make of this machine . I am guessing land hunting is not it's main function. I like that the control box comes off and I can mount it to a backstrap or shoulder strap. this makes the swinging easier. If anyone has any knowledge of the 1280x I would appreciate some advice. I seem to be getting weird stuttering as well it is strange . It seems to get stuck in a static stuttering effect. Any words of advice?

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

The 1280X is a single freq. 2.4 KHz detector and will struggle in the salt water and wet salt sand.
Did you ever have it work well in the Salt water/wetsand ?

 

[HumbleAdventurer]

I found many aluminum can pieces as well as a few shipwreck steel pieces , some small and deep. The problem is the sensitivity goes crazy in the et sand and needs adjusted. I feel like I am missing some targets because of background scatter. I am guessing this is a in the water detector only. Thank you for the response. I appreciate the information.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Humble
Talk to some of the other guys on the beach that have metal detectors...ask them what is going on,but i think you have the wrong detector for Salt, Multi- frequency detectors are made for Salt.

 

[Terry Soloman]

This is completely normal for the Fisher 1280X. It is a Freshwater machine. Like all single-frequency VLF machines, it struggles in wet saltwater sand as it tries to see the entire beach as a target. Decreasing your gain (sensitivity), is the only tool you have.

 

[CASPER-2]

My friend with 1280 had same probs in salt - had to let him borrow one of my back up CZ21s - (I own 3)
1280 great in fresh - very tough in salt if not impossible