My take on the American Hawk + Beach Finds

[old_mikee]

As promised, my wife's first encounter with her Armerican Hawk, and a picture of her finds taken at the beach this morning. We were only there about 3 hours before we got hungry and decided to head to town for lunch. All in all, I think she really had a great time, which is what we went to find out.

I must admit, I was getting a little worried as every time I looked over at her, she was digging something, and I was always too far away to see what she was doing... When curiosity would get the best of me and I would work my way over to her and ask what she found, she wouldn't tell me. Finally back at the car, she handed over her cache, and here it is........note to self get better sand scoops


and here is what the MXT found in the same time period. I have to admit that I am a novice at this and I am just getting to the point where I feel comfortable enough to be able to rely on the display so as to not have to dig as much as her. She has to dig everything, as neither of us could not come up with a way to discriminate a coin from a pull tab, or hairpin.


As you can see, little Hawk, weighing in at less than 1 1/2 pounds, does an adequate job working the beach (at least from our very limited experience) It held its own against the MXT, but keep in mind I am just learning and know diddle squat about metal detectors. (I would love to spend a few hours learning with someone who really could work one of these)

I hope this helps someone

mikee

 

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[Keppy]

...Was you useing the american hawk water detector at $199.00 you can't beat the price on those detectors i am thinking of getting one of the water detectors.....i found them on the net under........American Hawk metal detectors.com..........Amazon sold them but American hawk.took them from Amazon for they were selling from a distributor who was sending detectors that looked like American Hawk but were not and poorly made if you want a good one go to .....American Hawk metal detector.com..........Now you see that a $199.00 detector that is water proof to 65 feet and has water proof head phones..................... keeping up with a $700.00 detector. ...does that tell you something ... I think Easy money was right.........

 

[Keppy]

On that Mxt it is a turn on and go detector i have one not much to learn about it.................

 

[nudels]

Their website is onemetaldetector.com

 

[SC_hunter]

Would love to see some more reviews on this one....I think back in my youth, I lost that much in a poker game..I don't do a lot of beach hunting so it might just fit the bill.

 

[Keppy]

Their website is onemetaldetector.com

...onemetaldetector.com..and..americanhawkmetaldetectors.com...will take you to the same web site they both are right..that water detector is for salt water & fresh water & inland..also it comes with a nice heavy carry bag and water proof ear phones............For $199.00 shipped.....

 

[old_mikee]

Jim

This was not the $199 metal detector, but the $69.00 Explorer detector, and although I bought it on Amazon, it came directly from American Hawk. (As Jim stated, be careful on Amazon, there is a guy selling these and he has bad reviews, so don't buy from him)

I was amazed at how well it worked, especially after assembling it, but as the photos showed, it worked well at the beach. I'm not sure about the depth difference between this and the MXT, I did not try to to a point by point comparison, but as far as I can tell its only real drawback is that it lacked target ID, so you pretty much had to dig everything that sounded off.

My wife is perfectly content with it. She had a great time and was lightweight enough she did not tire or complain at all, and that is exactly what was required. We will go to the beach a few more times just to make sure she holds interest, then move her up to a better unit... If I can find a better unit than this that is this lightweight.

mikee

 

[Keppy]

Mikee ....it will get just as deep as the MXT I had that $69.00 and sold it i should have kept it .....It went just as deep in my test garden as my ..MXT.. Ace 250..and get this my Sovereign..........But now i am glad i sold it for i am going to get that $199.00 water detector..it goes to 65 feet has waterproof ear phones and thier carry bags are as thick and heavy as Minelabs and you get one of them with it.also .......And you can use it in salt & fresh water and inland..............Can't beat that deal........All the water hunting i will do is surf but if i drop it or get the phones wet no problem....As far as i would go in is waist deep i don't dive..............Jim.

 

[old_mikee]

It has other features the cheaper units do not..... I would be curious to know how well it discriminates and ID's targets. You are in Ohio, so you its safe to assume you are going to use it in fresh water?
Please let us know how you like it....

mikee

 

[Keppy]

It has other features the cheaper units do not..... I would be curious to know how well it discriminates and ID's targets. You are in Ohio, so you its safe to assume you are going to use it in fresh water?
Please let us know how you like it....

mikee

Yes fresh water but i will get it to salt water sometime ...Your detector has..Sensitivity..discrimination..& Volume...............The water detector has only ..Sensitivty..& ..discrimination...........it has no volume......but you get free shipping from them

 

[thompy]

let us know how it works Jim

 

[Keppy]

let us know how it works Jim
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