Beach detecting silver umax

[pristinelove89]

Going to the Jersey Shore tomorrow. Any tips for how to set up my umax in dry sand? I hope it's a jewelry magnet.

 

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[Rusted_Iron]

Hard to know just what you'll find, so it really depends on how much digging you're ready to do vs. what kinds of jewelry you're after. Good choice of detector, though! I'd probably set the Disc just above "Foil" and just dig whatever hits solid.

 

[pristinelove89]

Thank you! I'm ready to do a lot of digging. I heard it's still possible to find rings in dry sand. Let's hope so!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Oh yeah, if they're there you'll find 'em, and that's a good detector to do it. Today my Silver uMax found a deep flat button in an area I've POUNDED with a couple other detectors including (I won't say it because the guys who own those detectors would get mad).

 

[pristinelove89]

That's pretty sweet! A flat button is on my list to get. My dad and I are going, and he's going to use his garrett gti 2500. Too heavy for me.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Good luck on your hunt, can't wait to see what you find.

 

[pristinelove89]

Thank you, I will be sure to post my findings! *crosses fingers*

 

[pristinelove89]

Here's what I found. A bunch of Change, some copper wire, and a little bling earring!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Cool, hope you had a fun hunt. Couple of those pennies look like they were there a while.

Where did you set your disc knob? Wondering how many pulltabs you dug.

 

[pristinelove89]

These beaches were very clean. I dug 3 bottle caps and 2 pull tabs for 3 hours of hunting two beaches. I set my disc right above foil like you said with the sensitivity all the way up.

 

[tiderider]

Since it's a clean beach I would set to all metal and dig everything, tiderider

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Considering they combed the beaches with those machines, it looks like you did pretty well. We're pretty long after the peak season, so they've had some time to work.

But, you never know what you're going to find!

 

[pristinelove89]

Thanks tiderider, I will be sure to do that next time.

 

[pristinelove89]

Thanks rusted iron for helping me as well. It was a fun experience with my dad.

 

[justdon]

Nice haul you got there.I wish you continued good luck.HH.

 

[pristinelove89]

Thanks justdon. Maybe in a couple weeks we wi go back. Wish I could go back today. Just had a tiny tropical storm.

 

[rainyday101]

The Silver uMax is a great detector for that. Yes, rings are lost on the beach sand. My 8 year old found two gold rings on the sand just laying there. Somebody probably took them off before swimming and set them on the beach towel. When they went to leave they picked up the towel and off went the rings. This was a real fresh drop and they were his and her marriage rings. Because they were so fresh I contacted the city police and left them there. The next day somebody inquired and claimed them. I like gold rings but because these were so freshly dropped I figured someone might be looking for them. On the beach turn that sensitivity way down and scoop it all. Keep at it as no beach is every truly hunted out.

 

[pristinelove89]

Thanks rainyday, I will turn down the sensitivity next time. Should I be in all metal mode or discrimination mode?

 

[rainyday101]

Thanks rainyday, I will turn down the sensitivity next time. Should I be in all metal mode or discrimination mode?

Sorry, my typo. It was supposed to be turn the disc way down, keep sensitivity as high as you can without getting any falsing. Set the disc to the "O" in iron, maybe the "F" in foil. The point is use a handheld scoop and just scoop all good sounding targets. It's a lot easier than digging on turf, so there is no sense in missing anything. All you need is a handheld sand scoop, Garret has one on their site, scoop and shake the sand out. The goodies are left in the scoop.

For the money your Silver uMax is on hell of a detector and will outperform many detectors costing much more. Spend as much time with it as you can and learn the differences between a clean tone and a scratchy tone. I find my Silver to be one incredible detector. I have about 100 hours on mine this season. It has never let me down and continues to amaze me. No matter what I buy next I will never sell the Silver. In a nutshell- simple, inexpensive, effective.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Rainyday101 said it best. I still love to hunt with a Silver uMax. It's all about putting in the time to learn it. 100 hours, 200 hours... keep at it.

If it wasn't late and freezing outside, I'd want to go out and hunt w/ a uMax right now.