At Pro at the beach...struggles

[Jay In NewKen]

So i was finally able to swing the pro at the beach for the first time yesterday. Wow, wet sand and water was just not happening. I tried GB'ing and lower sens but holy chattery. I know its not a multi freq or pulse but i expected a little more. Had trouble even gb'ing in the dry sand. I thought there might have been water between the coil and coil cover, idk. I'll continue to try as i'm here for another 6 days.

Any tips from other AT swingers?

Jay

 

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[knightsquad]

Did you Auto gb or do it manually?

I do mine manually, seems a little better...

Little chattery BUT if that coil goes over something
good you will surely know it, so no problem there!

Pete

 

[Potts]

After hunting for several weeks I just happened to check the head phone and coil adapter screw in's and found mine to be loose and had re-tightened them.....Also after a battery change you should do a Unit Reset by pressing and holding the power button for 5-10 seconds.....

 

[Jay In NewKen]

I do both. Start with auto the manual. The water and wet sand was gb around 12-15. When i tried in the dry sand, it didnt move. Finally it moved to around 45 in the dry. Thats why i thought water may have been trapped between the coil cover.

The fact that i haven't seen any fellow md'ers make me think there should be some good targets available

 

[christo000]

That happend to me good amount of chatter I took my coil cover off auto ground balanced it seemed to be getting better did a factory reset I was good to go beaches & sand I usually take the c cover off no sticks & rocks to do any damage try it may work worked for me

 

[dustytrails123]

good luck i dont know if anything you do will change the chatter the garret's make they do love to false each swing only thing you can do is listen for repeating targets throughout the chattering

 

[Jay In NewKen]

I snuck back onto the beach while my fiancee was taking a nap. LoL Did some setting tweaks and managed to quiet the chatter. Although not quiet, finding a bottle cap at 6" gave me the peace of mind that i could hear good tones through the noise.

The settings that worked: Freq at F1; sens at 2 bars below max. Gb at 11 in the wet and damp sand.

Managed to pull 6 coins (clad) about 10 pull tabs at depths about 6"

 

[rks1949]

I snuck back onto the beach while my fiancee was taking a nap. LoL Did some setting tweaks and managed to quiet the chatter. Although not quiet, finding a bottle cap at 6" gave me the peace of mind that i could hear good tones through the noise.

The settings that worked: Freq at F1; sens at 2 bars below max. Gb at 11 in the wet and damp sand.

Managed to pull 6 coins (clad) about 10 pull tabs at depths about 6"

Sounds like you got it "dialed in" now! HH