Can the Sand Shark be used on land?

[missmetaldetectingdiva]

How is the Sand Shark if used on land??

 

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[Adrian SS]

Use it wherever you like, just realise that it will sound off on every bit of junk in the ground and will be a bit noisy in high iron mineralisation and hot rock area. (It is set up for salt beach work).
Generally speaking, PIs tend to be a bit of a handfull in parks and gardens and tot lots and wherever there is a lot of electrical interference, but on the other hand you will find a lot of stuff. Personally I do not use a PI for general on land coin and relic detecting and prefere a No Motion VLF discriminator detector that has manual or auto Ground balance, good discrimination ability and a sensitivity control.

The silent search motion vlf discriminators are also very good but tend to get slightly less depth than the Ground Balancing types.

 

[Sandman]

Pulse detectors can be used on land, but they find all the junk and don't discriminate. They also don't pinpoint well enough so the grass is badly damaged in digging a big hole and deep too.

 

[Smudge]

Terry Soloman used his Sand Shark to hunt a schoolyard and was happy with what he found. Search his posts for the results.

Because a pulse detector hits on every single piece of metal, many find it frustrating to use on land. As digging in the sand is so much easier, it is less of an issue. But as Sandman pointed out, using it on land can get a bit messy.

I believe you can get nearly the same result using the Tesoro Compadre on dry land. It only costs $170, gets great depth and bangs on jewelry very nicely. It is also offers a true "ALL METAL" setting that will mimic the pulse (most VLF detectors do not offer a true "ALL METAL" setting as some are preset to knock out iron). It is also so much lighter than the Sand Shark you'll swear you're swinging a toy. You aren't. And you can use it all day without tiring your arm.

Just a thought. Good luck on your hunting!