XLT ON THE BEACH?

[Seajay]

Has anyone used the XLT on the beach? I have hunted along the waters edge, but mostly in the dry sand areas here in eastern NC. I have found a few coins along with the junk. I used the pre-programmed beach mode w/o making any adjustments. Any tips and advice would be appreciated. Thanx!

Seajay

[sniffer]

I used my DFX on the beach in florida and I just put it on coin and jewelry and it worked great

[Seajay]

Thanx for the reply, Sniffer. I have worked in that mode and the jewelry & beach mode as well. I get some erratic responses on wet sand; especailly near the surf.

[sniffer]

try turning down the sensitivity

[lalal09]

Used my XLT at Kure beach and Myrtle beach and it worked ok in dry sand but damp sand gave a lot bad singles and couldn't get near wet sand. Sniffer is right lowering the sensitivity helped but I haven't found a program that will work here in NC.

[B.A.]

I use mine on the beaches in Ct,RI.and P.R. and mostly with the presets and so far no problems.And have good luck with finds.But I will say ...it does not like getting splashed.......

[pshaw54]

my xlt works good on dry sand. i don't even go near wet sand. when you find a good setting, please share it. thanks and good luck!

[minton7]

the XLT goes insane in salt water surf.... or at least that has been my experience... and I have hunted with it since it first came out.... sens. helps some.. but the minerals etc. in the water(at Myrtle beach anyways)made it go nuts.... I avoid the water and hit the dry sand

[Seajay]

Tried using the xlt on the beach here at on N. Topsail Beach and received all kinds of erratic responses in the Beach and Jewelry mode and coins and jewelry. I pulled out my PI and did just fine. Though I did dig a few bottlecaps and one nail (no discrimination on this type of machine), I did not have to deal with all the erratic responses. On top of that pulled a 10k wedding band as well; first one of the season. So, its the PI for the beaches for me.

Seajay

[U.K. Brian]

DFX is a totally different beast with twin frequency option to cope with the positive conditions of wet salt.

The XLT is a great detector but whatever you do, like most other single frequency machines, its really a land/dry sand machine. With a struggle you should be able to find a point where you can ground balance out the salt by rejecting the positive salt effect. This would mean rejecting everything right up to large foil. Large foil is about where salt causes problems. Reducing sensitivity means you retain the problems but just hear them less. The problem of using the discrimination to balance out the salt is that fine gold rings often come in below the large foil setting your forced to use so you have discriminated them out and reduced performance on larger gold targets.

For the wet you really do need either twin or multifrequency or a P.I.

[Sandman]

DFX is a totally different beast with twin frequency option to cope with the positive conditions of wet salt.

The XLT is a great detector but whatever you do, like most other single frequency machines, its really a land/dry sand machine. With a struggle you should be able to find a point where you can ground balance out the salt by rejecting the positive salt effect. This would mean rejecting everything right up to large foil. Large foil is about where salt causes problems. Reducing sensitivity means you retain the problems but just hear them less. The problem of using the discrimination to balance out the salt is that fine gold rings often come in below the large foil setting your forced to use so you have discriminated them out and reduced performance on larger gold targets.

For the wet you really do need either twin or multifrequency or a P.I.

This is good advice. The DFX is a hopped up super charged XLT and naturally behaves differently on beaches because you have more options for settings.

[Seajay]

Thanx for the reply UK!

Seajay