Best Beach / Underwater Detectors?

[Reed Lukens]

It's been a while since I have seen best all around detector thread for the shallow water hunting at the beach. I have an old Excalibur but it's time for an upgrade. I'm thinking of the Surf Master Pro but I'm just not familiar with any of the other brands out there. From you guys with multiple detector experience, what do you think are great choices in beach detectors these days?

 

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[cudamark]

IMO, you already have the best of the water machines. Get the CTX if you must, but, I get more depth with my Excal/NEL Attack combo.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I use the Tesoro Sand Shark. I have paid for the machine many-times-over since 2012, in gold jewelry alone.

 

[cudamark]

Same here.....with the Excalibur, E-trac, and all my other machines though the years. If you have a beach with little iron, sure, get a PI machine like the Sand Shark. Our beaches here are too iron infested for me to use a PI machine. You waste too much time and effort digging ferrous junk instead of digging potentially good targets.

 

[Fletch88]

CTX 3030 if you want to be able to dunk the machine or any FBS machine will work well up out of the water.

 

[Reed Lukens]

Thanks everyone Some great answers as usual. I've had my Excalibur for over 10 years It's been to Minelab a few times for tune up's, but now knowing that it's still a solid contender after all this time just put a big smile on my face tonight

 

[beerguy]

If you really need to spend some money, get a carbon fiber shaft to improve the balance.

I just picked one up and it is really nice. I should be able to swing all day in comfort.

 

[Mudflap]

I use as Whites Dual Field and a PI Pro on the beach and in the water. Great machines but remember they are PI. I am slowly getting tired of digging a zillion bobi pins so am looking at getting a CZ-21 to add a bit of discrimination. I believe the Xcalibre and the CZ are two machines using dual or multiple frequency that can handle the salt and still discriminate.

 

[Reed Lukens]

If you really need to spend some money, get a carbon fiber shaft to improve the balance.

I just picked one up and it is really nice. I should be able to swing all day in comfort.

No, I'm not buying a new one, just helping a friend take the step in the right direction with everyone's help here

 

[Fletch88]

I use as Whites Dual Field and a PI Pro on the beach and in the water. Great machines but remember they are PI. I am slowly getting tired of digging a zillion bobi pins so am looking at getting a CZ-21 to add a bit of discrimination. I believe the Xcalibre and the CZ are two machines using dual or multiple frequency that can handle the salt and still discriminate.

I got very good at NOT digging bobby pins by simply sweeping target whike doing a circle around target. A Bobby pin will have that double hit sound in the threshold. The one thing that kept getting me was those darn fresh sparkler wires! I don't know why but they would not hardly seem to give that drawn out, double beep sound. I know longer have the Dually and went back to my 3rd Excalibur.