Buying a salt water rig

[Honeyman]

Just sold my trusty Silver uMax and I'm ready to buy my first salt water rig. I know I want a Tesorro Tiger Shark. What are he top online retailers I should consider buying from? Thanks!

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

I would contact one of our 'Supporting Vendors" they will help you with the purchase.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Just sold my trusty Silver uMax and I'm ready to buy my first salt water rig. I know I want a Tesorro Tiger Shark. What are he top online retailers I should consider buying from? Thanks!

You DO NOT want a Tiger Shark!!!! That is a FRESH water machine, a single frequency VLF machine. For $650.00 You can get a Minelab Equinox 600 3720-0001 | Minelab Equinox 600 | Fort Bedford Metal Detectors that will give you Multi-Frequency AND Single frequency capabilities.

 

[Yolton]

You DO NOT want a Tiger Shark!!!! That is a FRESH water machine, a single frequency VLF machine. For $650.00 You can get a Minelab Equinox 600 3720-0001 | Minelab Equinox 600 | Fort Bedford Metal Detectors that will give you Multi-Frequency AND Single frequency capabilities.

thanks for this information!



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[Honeyman]

Boy, I just read the Tiger Shark description on the Tesoro web site and they say it has a normal mode and a salt mode and is waterproof to 200'. Am I missing something? I don't want to spend that much on a detector and not be able to use it in salt water!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Boy, I just read the Tiger Shark description on the Tesoro web site and they say it has a normal mode and a salt mode and is waterproof to 200'. Am I missing something? I don't want to spend that much on a detector and not be able to use it in salt water!

Ignore what the web site says it is NOT a salt water detector. The salt mode sucks, it is designed for hunting fresh water lakes, it is a single freq detector. The Sand shark is a salt water detector, a pulse detector so be prepared to dig every tiny piece of iron ever lost.

What is your budget? There are a lot better choices than a pulse detector, pulse detectors are very good on clean beaches but a nightmare on dirty beaches with lots of tiny pieces of iron which is what most tourists beaches are.

 

[Honeyman]

Ignore what the web site says it is NOT a salt water detector. The salt mode sucks, it is designed for hunting fresh water lakes, it is a single freq detector. The Sand shark is a salt water detector, a pulse detector so be prepared to dig every tiny piece of iron ever lost.

What is your budget? There are a lot better choices than a pulse detector, pulse detectors are very good on clean beaches but a nightmare on dirty beaches with lots of tiny pieces of iron which is what most tourists beaches are.

I'd like to be below $750. I'd like to be able to search dry sand and all the way to knee deep salt water with the same rig. What would you suggest?

 

[Terry Soloman]

I'd like to be below $750. I'd like to be able to search dry sand and all the way to knee deep salt water with the same rig. What would you suggest?

Minelab Equinox 600

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Minelab Equinox 600

Best option in that price range is what Terry said, Equinox 600 for $649, or spring for the equinox 800 for $899.