Etrec on the beach

stickyfingers427 · Feb 25, 2013

Just wondering how the etrac is on the salt water beach? I live on Long Island and I need a good detector that won't go crazy on the beach but also will be used inland.. Thanks for any replies

Sandman · Feb 26, 2013

It being a Minelab with more than one frequency, it will work fine in the wet sand too. Just place a baggie over the controls to protect it from any salt spray. Don't close the baggie up or condensation will make it unstable.

cudamark · Feb 26, 2013

It works great on the beach. Wet, Dry, Salt, it handles it all. If you plan on going into the water, I would recommend an Excalibur instead but the Etrac would also be an excellent land machine.

stickyfingers427 · Feb 26, 2013

Thank you for the help... Ill be selling the F5 right away and getting an etrac

Marko0916 · Feb 26, 2013

stickyfingers427 said:
Thank you for the help... Ill be selling the F5 right away and getting an etrac

I live on Long Island as well and chose the excal. I love the thing but I'm sure the etrac will do just as fine. I use it more on the beach than land. Good luck to you

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Bart@Big Boys Hobbies · Feb 28, 2013

Sandman said:
It being a Minelab with more than one frequency, it will work fine in the wet sand too. Just place a baggie over the controls to protect it from any salt spray. Don't close the baggie up or condensation will make it unstable.

great post! Mine worked well in Florida. CTX even better! :thumbsup:

Beach Papa · Mar 5, 2013

Bart@Big Boys Hobbies said:
great post! Mine worked well in Florida. CTX even better!

Bart is selling them, but I am not.... I too would go with the CTX. It is really the first land and sea unit I have seen that works great in and out of the water. I have 4 other detectors, all of which have done well, and I got a CTX 3 weeks ago and love it. Papa