Frozen Beach

[Fizzle]

All-
I am all iced out in Massachusetts. My only reprieve will be the beach. Going to try to find some ground to work tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on running the Deus in beach mode on the beach during the winter. Any special considerations? I generally do not do any detecting on the beach.

Thanks

-Fizzle

 

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[Red James Cash]

sand freezes also when its went.youll be digging chunks of sand,not loose sand.

 

[vferrari]

Any of the modes are fine in the dry sand. I use Deus fast and set frequency up to at least 18 khz to get jewelry (higher frequencies are better for gold and small jewelry and you will still hit high conductive coins plenty deep in the sand). If you are going to detect the dry sand, you can use pretty much any mode that will run stable. You should use some sort of sand scoop thst let's sand fall away leaving the target in the scoop for target recovery when detecting the beach, it makes recovery easier, trying to find a target in the sand with a digging tool and a pinpointer gets old pretty fast as you will want to recover all targets in order to learn what both trash and keeper targets sound like. As far as reading the beach is concerned, in the off season it is a lot harder to find any lingering "fresh" drops around concession stands, lifeguard stands, beach entrances and towel lines. Your best bet is looking for older drops on the tide line where the surf has made cuts and has stripped off the sand. Time your trip to get there before low tide so you can follow the tide out, if you can. In the wet sand, switch to beach ground balance for stability in the higher salt concentrations of wet sand and adjust GB setting manually and turn sensitivity down as necessary to get stability (i.e., minimal chatter). Wet beach mode is just Deus Fast with GB set to beach. HTH HH

 

[boss driver]

Any tips on reactivity and silencer in the dry sand?

 

[vferrari]

Unless there is really thick trash causing masking, there is no need to run reactivity higher than 2 and 1 should be fine. Since I am not concerned about masking, wouldn't have a problem running silencer up few notches (2 or 3) which helps break up rusty bottlecap tones that otherwise sound like quarters.

 

[boss driver]

Thanks, I’ll give it a try. Been running at 2 with -1 silencer. Haven’t had much luck with gold jewelry.

 

[vferrari]

Based on the detectors in your profile, I probably am already telling you what you already know, but you need to read the beach to figure out where the gold likely will be and that is typically in the water or severely eroded parts of the beach. Fresh gold drops are rare in the dry sand because people tend to mostly lose their gold bling in the water when their fingers and wrists shrink in the cold water. Your Sand Shark and Excal II will outperform the Deus in the water and even the wet salt sand. Good luck.