thanks for the coments

[DETECTOR GUY]

Look dont get me wrong I have found plenty of things in the parks and on dry sand in that repect I am happy with it but I do think I should have gone for the excal have to save up and buy one keep this one as a back up or when freinds visit. HH

 

[hamiddetecting]

 

[TreasurDiggrNY]

The only things I can think of is that your area has a large amount of mineralized ground/black sand OR there is a problem with the machine. The 1280X has been around a while, it's what everyone used before the excals and CZ20.
My 1280X with the 8" coil works well here in NY in the salty wet sand/water however, you do need to be either in or out of the water for one thing. Shallow salt water running over the coil will drive you nuts with falsing and secondly, you need to turn the sensitivity down so it's not chatty, this machine can't be run "hot" aka sensitivity wide open it will definitely degrade the performance. I've turned the sensitivity down to as low as 5 in some spots and still dug good deep targets.
Good Luck,
TDNY

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

You are better of selling it. Most entry level detectors will work well on dry sand or in the parks.
If you keep it and your primary detector fails, you will only be able to hunt one of three domains ( Dry Sand, Wet Sand, In the Water water) on Salt Water Beaches.