Macro Gold Racer - Salt water beach

Terry Soloman

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May 28, 2010
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White Plains, New York
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Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Running at over 50kHz, the Makro Gold Racer will not work well in the wet sand, and not at all in the water. In the DRY sand you'll do fine. :skullflag:
 

pick1840

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Sep 20, 2017
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Sherman/Pottsboro, TX
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Makro Racer 2, Garrett ACE 250
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All Treasure Hunting
I'm still trying to learn this machine and how change the settings and what it is changing. You say running over 50kHz, is there a way to lower that or is that a factory setting?
 

Terry Soloman

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May 28, 2010
19,410
30,021
White Plains, New York
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Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I'm still trying to learn this machine and how change the settings and what it is changing. You say running over 50kHz, is there a way to lower that or is that a factory setting?

Nope. The Gold Racer is a gold prospecting machine - period. It was designed to find very SMALL low conducting targets (like gold pickers and nuggets). Saltwater beaches require machines that can handle the extreme mineralization from salt and other minerals in high concentrations.

Pulse induction, and Multi-frequency machines are used in saltwater, and on wet saltwater sand.

 

Tom Slick

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Jul 21, 2012
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Mesa AZ
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XP Deus & Deus II, Makro Multi Kruzer, White's DFX w/18" Arrow Coil
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All Treasure Hunting
Really a Fisher 1280? Why, because it's waterproof? Crappy saltwater beach detector. In my 40+ years beach detecting experience I say NOT. The rest, its just a matter of their ranking.
 

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