Excal,
You are safe where you are, your south of the treasure leases. I have hunted Jensen Beach and West Palm Beach with no problems. From Jensen Beach south all the way to Miami and Key Biscayne you should have no problems as far as treasure leases and laws go.
Remember in Florida the beaches are owned by the public, so if there is public access you can hunt in front of hotels and time shares. There are a few private beaches, but they are few and far between.
Get in the water, the majority of good targets are in the water, or the wet sand that was under water on the last high tide.
Like the others said you have one of the best machines, my suggestion is you set your disc to 1 to 1.5, (I never go above 1 myself (min)), set threshold to where it is just audible, volume maxed out, sense to where it is stable, it will depend on the beach and the surroundings. Usually it is anywhere from 10 to 3 o'clock if the sense knob was a clock. I have ran mine on auto at times, but usually it is 11-2, it just depends on the conditions. Don't be afraid to adjust it, you want it stable.
Try to start hunting at least a couple hours before low tide, on the Atlantic side it is a big difference. Low tide does not last long, it comes back in fast after lowtide hits. If your digging poptops, your doing fine, learn the tones, dig all at first to learn the tones but I have never dug a null that turned out to be anything but iron............If you get a solid tone N-S and E-W dig it, no matter how faint the signal is.
Hope you got a good scoop, now get out there and find some gold.......................
Good Luck, and Good Hunting.........
