Unable to ground balance in wet sand.

[Lash]

Took my new Fisher 1270 to the beach yesterday. Was unable to tune out the minerals in the wet (saltwater) sand with the ground adjust knob. I tried several combinations of settings. Should this machine be able to work in the wet sand? (I did recover targets in dry sand.)

Mothership nesting below the surface?

Didn't try another stretch of beach; had to get home for turkey.

Much obliged,

Lash

 

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[Sandman]

Sometimes because of the varying amounts of salt and black sand many detectors can't run on the wet sand. This is usually the ground for Minelabs and PI's.

You might have gotten some hunting done by turning down the sensitivity a lot.

 

[Lash]

Thanks again, Sandman. I'll try it again with sensitivity reduced a lot.

I will be majorly bummed if this machine won't work at the beach because that is my primary hunting ground. There may be a new Fisher 1270 for sale real cheap if it doesn't perform well at the beach.

Which PI or Minelab would do the job at the beach and also be a good dry-ground machine for the least $?

 

[lonewolfe]

Just remember - when you turn the sensitivity down - you also lose depth (the more you turn it down - the more you lose too)

the method will work for salt/mineralized sand/ground to bal the machine out & keep it from falsing but you do lose out on depth

best bet on salt water beaches?

Try one of the better machines sandman states are better equipped to handle the job (yours is ok for fresh water beach/hunting but that's about it)

HH and good luck

LW

 

[JoeSWFla]

That problem is common with single frequency machines.Almost impossible to hunt the wet salt
areas.Multi-freq. machines and PI's are the way to go.If you want a good combo machine for
inland and beach,I like the Minelab Sovereings. You can find used ones from $275 and up for
the older black box models and higher for the Elite and GT.Just buy from a trusted seller.
The Sov. will blow your mind when you use it in wet salt sand as it is stable and very deep,
and you can use a meter if you wish.I like mine hip mounted with no meter,on a fairly tight
belt,and to the back pocket area once adjusted.It's out of the way,and you can hunt for hours
comfortably,without having Popeye arms.Just not good to go too far into the water,that's where
the Excalibur comes in.Good luck with your efforts,Joe