Tesoro's on Dry Sand Beaches

[Berryman]

I use my Mohave, my Silver Sabre uMAX and my Golden on my local dry sand ocean beaches with great success. Am I the only one to use their Tesoro's this way or are there others of you out there? If so, I'd appreciate hearing some of the techniques you use to improve your odds of finding coins and jewelry on the beach.

 

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[tabman]

I'm glad to hear that because I'm headed to Galveston next week to stay at my sister's beach home. How did they do in wet sand?

tabman

 

[Terry Soloman]

I use my Cibola in the dry sand with great success as well. The 11" x 8" Widescan is perfect for gridding the towel line when the tide comes back in and I'm finished hitting the water and wet sand with the Sand Shark. I pick a spot about 20' wide by 30' long where people were putting down there blankets, towels and chairs earlier in the day or the day before, and grid it north to south, then east to west.

 

[steve1357]

I think it was mentioned use a baggie over the control box to keep the salt moisture out of it......

 

[Berryman]

Tesoro's at the Beach

It will chirp a bit on wet/damp sand if the coil touches the sand. So I try to swing the coil one to two inches above the sand. I haven't tried putting the coil in the seawater but suspect it would become quite unstable. BTW - beach sand in my area is heavily mineralized, so I have to run the Mohave with the ground switch on "high".

I'm glad to hear that because I'm headed to Galveston next week to stay at my sister's beach home. How did they do in wet sand?

tabman

 

[Hobojo]

Outlaw in all metal motion works great in dry sand.

 

[KirkS]

I've mentioned this before, but I have successfully used my Compadre in wet salt sand, and even saltwater. Now, it's not a deep machine in these conditions, nor would I take it out past knee-deep, but it runs quiet and stable in both wet sand and water. The only caveat is it only gets 1-2" from what I can tell in the water. In the wet sand, I think it was hitting about 3". Now those don't sound like very impressive depths, but the stability is what was impressive. I pulled an earring back out of the water at about 2", which is a small target, but a valid target nonetheless. A week or so later, I hit the same beach with my Explorer SE, and a week after that with my Sand Shark. Both the Exp SE and SS were comparative depth monsters, but the Compadre will work just fine if you're just looking for recent drops (ie, shallow drops).

If I could justify a Mojave, I would love to try one out in the wet sand and shallow water. If the Mojave truly is a Compadre on steroids, I think it may possibly be an excellent wet sand machine. But, having the Compadre already, along with the SS and SE, the Mojave is not in my foreseeable future. I'd love to hear feedback from Mojave owners on trying it out in wet salt sand.

But to the original question, but the Compadre and Sand Shark are both great on dry sand.

 

[Berryman]

38 clad, two keys, a metal car and a small silver charm with the Mohave at San Clemente beach (CA) yesterday morning in a little less than two hours.

I've mentioned this before, but I have successfully used my Compadre in wet salt sand, and even saltwater. Now, it's not a deep machine in these conditions, nor would I take it out past knee-deep, but it runs quiet and stable in both wet sand and water. The only caveat is it only gets 1-2" from what I can tell in the water. In the wet sand, I think it was hitting about 3". Now those don't sound like very impressive depths, but the stability is what was impressive. I pulled an earring back out of the water at about 2", which is a small target, but a valid target nonetheless. A week or so later, I hit the same beach with my Explorer SE, and a week after that with my Sand Shark. Both the Exp SE and SS were comparative depth monsters, but the Compadre will work just fine if you're just looking for recent drops (ie, shallow drops).

If I could justify a Mojave, I would love to try one out in the wet sand and shallow water. If the Mojave truly is a Compadre on steroids, I think it may possibly be an excellent wet sand machine. But, having the Compadre already, along with the SS and SE, the Mojave is not in my foreseeable future. I'd love to hear feedback from Mojave owners on trying it out in wet salt sand.

But to the original question, but the Compadre and Sand Shark are both great on dry sand.

 

[tabman]

I'm taking my Mojave to Galveston Beach with me next week to see how it will do.

tabman