Help with wet sand

[k3travel]

I am kinda new to this whole detecting thing and I really enjoy it but I have one problem and it is I can't seem to get my whites coin master set to search in wet saltwater sand any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated its really straying to frustrate me I do very well in dry sand but once over wet sand my unit goes a wall

 

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[GioTheGreek]

If the coinmaster is a VLF machine, you will never be able to search the wet sand without it going bananas. I know I never had any success with my Xterra on it. You should be okay on river and lake beaches though.

 

[k3travel]

Do you know why or Wht causes it to do that

 

[coinshooter]

Not sure why, but I think it has alot to do with the high mineral content in the salt water and the sand.
Buy a Minelab Sov. and keep the Whites for the dirt.
My XLT used to do the same thing on any beach. Dry sand was fine, but with wet sand it used to go crazy.
My suggestion. Ask Whites for some settings.

 

[0121stockpicker]

Common problem with a lot of machines - same thing happens with my Garrett. Try lowering sensitivity (try this first) or increasing discrimination until the phantom signals lessen. Not optimal but should make it possible.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I am kinda new to this whole detecting thing and I really enjoy it but I have one problem and it is I can't seem to get my whites coin master set to search in wet saltwater sand any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated its really straying to frustrate me I do very well in dry sand but once over wet sand my unit goes a wall

Single frequency VLF machines (Very Low Frequency) like your Coin Master, have limitations in the harsh saltwater environment. Take for example the Tesoro Lobo Super Traq. This VLF single frequency machine (17.9Khz) is one of the finest and deepest gold nugget finders on the market today. The Lobo Super Traq, is capable of finding BB-sized gold nuggets eight-inches deep in heavily mineralized ground, or a nickel in dry beach sand at 14-inches. Put that same nugget – or even the nickel, seven-inches deep in wet saltwater sand and the Lobo could walk right over it while chattering, or maybe without seeing it at all. Why?

The magnetic iron sands (“Black Sands”), salt, and high concentrations of other minerals in the water and sand conspire to bounce the radio waves away from the target. Conductivity and mineralization act like a shield around the target and create white noise that must be filtered electronically. Think of it as turning on your bright headlights in a heavy fog at night. All that powerful light is diffused and causes a complete white out – you can’t see anything three-feet past the hood of your car! However when you turn on your yellow fog lights, you can see a little further – not as far as you could in clear daylight, but further. That is why all radio wave machines (VLF) must be “ground balanced” or tuned, to maximize their depth potential, and why BBS (Broad Band Spectrum) filters and multi-frequencies are so effective – yet still limited. In wet saltwater sand you need either Multi-frequency or a Pulse Induction machine.

 

[k3travel]

Thanks guys for the help on this that explains alot sounds like I will jut stick to the dry sand is that where most of the people find the gold rings and stud then since it is hard to use the machines in the saltwater wet sand?

 

[Terry Soloman]

Thanks guys for the help on this that explains alot sounds like I will jut stick to the dry sand is that where most of the people find the gold rings and stud then since it is hard to use the machines in the saltwater wet sand?

I actually find a lot more jewelry in the wet sand and water than I do in the dry sand. You'll need at least $600.00 to get iin the wet, so grid that dry sand with that Coin Master, till you have enough in melt to get a water machine!