Ace 250 for beach hunting?

[mike_n_nc]

Hello Everyone,
Does anyone here have any experience using an ACE 250 for hunting at the beach in either dry sand or wet sand? I am considering an ACE 250 but most of my hunting will be at the beach. Is the search coil water proof? I do not plan to get the whole thing wet but, I probably will be in water that is ankle to knee deep.
Any comments, suggestions, or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

 

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[echodog]

The Garrett's don't like salt water. The coil is water proof but the mineralization of the salt water gives the detector problems. Fresh water is cool though. HH

 

[Old Dominion Thomas]

Dry sand my ACE250 worked fine (found an 1862 British penny I do not think it was in the sand that long ) But when the sand turned wet it sounded like a pinball machine. I have since upgraded to the AT-PRO

 

[bbells]

Mine was fine on the beach. Fund lots of fun things.

 

[lookindown]

Wet sand will give it a fit...you will have to turn the sensitivty down so low to stop falsing that you will get very little depth...dry sand it will work great.