huntsman53
Gold Member
I agree with the others that stated that you have a great machine in a Metal Detector! You just need to learn the Metal Detector's capabilities, settings, idiosyncrasies and use them wisely. Use the Pinpoint/All Metals Mode to pick up everything. Have the Discriminate setting at "1", turn the Sensitivity to the highest setting in Sub-Aqua (this is for wet sand on salt water beaches and for concentrated deposits of Black Sand) and adjust up (more sensitivity) or down (less sensitivity) as necessary to maintain a steady Threshold once set. If working drier areas of the beach (away from the water), then you can probably adjust and maintain a much higher Sensitivity setting than when working closer to the water. Adjust the Threshold setting to a slight hum all of the time but if that is irritating to you, then adjust it to a slight hum and then back it off until the point that the signal or hum just goes away and no further.
If metal detecting the beaches, the best times to metal detect beaches with lots of tourists, is during evening hours (i.e. 5PM til dark or later) or surveil the beaches to see when other Md'ers are going and plan a time to get ahead of them. I have done both evening and morning searches of beaches and found that the evening hours are best. Also, when you surveil the beaches for other MD'ers, make sure to note where the beachgoers mainly lay their' beach towels or place their' beach chairs and/or lounge chairs. These areas are the best spots to start!
I won't get into points about using the MD underwater or in the water as I believe those have been covered well. Just don't give up as many folks do when they are having difficulty finding things they feel they should be finding. It takes time, eventually it will happen and when it does, the adrenaline will kick in and you will become a Metal Detecting Maniac.
Frank
If metal detecting the beaches, the best times to metal detect beaches with lots of tourists, is during evening hours (i.e. 5PM til dark or later) or surveil the beaches to see when other Md'ers are going and plan a time to get ahead of them. I have done both evening and morning searches of beaches and found that the evening hours are best. Also, when you surveil the beaches for other MD'ers, make sure to note where the beachgoers mainly lay their' beach towels or place their' beach chairs and/or lounge chairs. These areas are the best spots to start!
I won't get into points about using the MD underwater or in the water as I believe those have been covered well. Just don't give up as many folks do when they are having difficulty finding things they feel they should be finding. It takes time, eventually it will happen and when it does, the adrenaline will kick in and you will become a Metal Detecting Maniac.
Frank
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