Metal detecting in Hawaii HELP HELP

[treasurenut]

I am in Hawaii today for a weeks vacations an off course the island is beautifull but here are some things I did not know about metal detecting in hawaii. I use the Minelab excalibur 1000.

I am on Waikiki beach and people come up to you and ask all the time if I can find this or that so there should be plenty of stuff there. The problem is the minerals of the beach, volcanic rock and what not makes the metal detector go crazzy.

I am using the machine with out hearing the treashold as the tone is erratic all the time because off the mineral. I have tried everything and finally called the Minelab/white dealer here on the island. Very nice guy. He told me that here in hawaii things are done a little different. Use the treashold below audio and then set the sensetivity at 80% (about 10-11 o'clock). This will give me a tone when something good is found and else stay quite. Walking up and down waikiki beach I found 3 penies and 1 dime. This is on a 2 hour hunt. Now you think to your self, with this setting how much am I missing. I have been in the water also and found 2 pennies on a 2 hour hunt.

So maybe Waikiki is not the metal detector paradise that I thought it was or I am using the wrong machine.

The Minelab/ white dealer I talked to this morning told me that the PI units have the same problem as the minerals in the beach and the salt water will give it a falsh signal all the time.

Anybody with any info on metal detecting in Hawaii, including other machines that will 100% (proven) work better I am open for suggestions. I am here for another 6 days so I have time to break in a new machine if that is the problem.

Please help if you have been here metal detecting.

 

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[ggmaui]

hey treasurenut, i live on Maui and have a whites surfmaster II, it does not do good at all in the water, but great on the sand. I just got an excalibur 1000 and we usually have it at 9-10 and havent had a problem. Only had it about a week lots of coins and 1 watch so far. I havent been too deep in the water but it does not make noise like your saying. Good luck!! waikiki is probably not the best beach, local detectors probably do it often. try another beach, local beaches are great.!!!

aloha,
ggmaui

 

[Sandman]

I have not hunted any beaches in Hawaii, but I know Minelab Excals. Your dealer is right is turning down the sensitivity some to get rid of the noise as not all beaches are the same. First thing I would check is the coil cover if you have one. Clean it out of any black sand that could have gotten inside to drive it nuts. How does it behave in Auto?

The lack of finds could be from over hunting or just a lack of swimmers in the salt water instead of the hot tub or pool. Check out the pools with a mask too. It works here in the other states.

Sandman

 

[treasurenut]

Thanks all

Have been much better to work the machine in silent mode, without the treashold, It will only give me a signal if there is a good target. I found a gold ring and small silver ring today. I will get pictures up when I get back. I am now confident that the machine will pickup even a very small target. The silver toe ring is very small. The tip that worked was trying other beaches. I found the gold and silver ring this way, my coin amount is also up to maybe 25 today.

This morning a japanees man lost 100 x 100 dollar bills in the water outside my hotel. As the lifeguard told me about it, I left for the water found 1 and saw a second one could not get to number 2. Spend 3 hours searching for more but did not find any more. If anybody wants to look, they where lost in the water outside dukes resturant in Waikiki beach. When you see the life tower my 100 was found in the water about 10 feet from shore. There where 4 local guys in the water this morning, not sure who much they found.