Undecided

[PI PETE]

Hello,

I'm a water hunter and have an infinium LS

What would you suggest for my ocean water machine! I've spent years with a noisy machine in the ocean and want something that's quiet!

Undecided between whites dual field, minelab Excal, fisher Cz21, Tesoro sand shark

Any suggestions? Thanks for your time

 

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[cudamark]

The PI's like the Dual Field and Sand Shark, won't be quiet on my beaches, so I don't think they'll be any quieter than your Infinium. If you want total silence while hunting (except when you hit a target), get a CZ21. The don't use a threshold tone. You can also get the Excalibur and turn down the threshold to silent or just a slight hum.

 

[penzfan]

Excal or CTX. There's a good reason so many ocean hunters use them...

 

[bigscoop]

Excal.....there's a reason why it's still the top seller and still #1. For every hunter who has a CTX, CZ, ATX, Dual Field, etc., nearly all of them still own and often fall back to the reliable and time proven Excal.

PI machines have their place but hit the beach after a storm and you'll be digging tiny pieces of scrap until the cows come home. The CZ is a fantastic machine but it is susceptible to hot rocks, etc., and when currents slow the coil speed you also risk missing targets. But the Excal is time tested and proven to perform coast to coast under a wide variety of hunting conditions.

 

[sonnar28]

Go for the Excalibur.

You have obviously learned coil control from using a PI machine for years, it will be easy to leverage that into hunting by tones with the Excal in discriminate mode, which has a nice stable threshold. You can also hunt in pinpoint (all-metal) mode, which is very much like using a PI. And then you can "reverse hunt", where you acquire the target in all-metal, then check it in discriminate to make sure it is not iron before you dig it.

If you really want total silence except for targets, the CZ 21 will do exactly what you want.

Good luck with whatever you choose!

Charles

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

Excal. Eventually with the OBN PP mod + new headphones.

bigscoop describes me perfectly: I have and hunt a CTX on dirt, dry, wet and water, i but fall back on the Excal when conditions warrant it. (and am going to get a PI someday when I can get to the beach more regularlyl)

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

Bigscoop echos my thought - Excal. A lot of the beaches I detect have tons of black sand and no problem. I'm in the surf all day long and no problem in terms of battery life (about 13 hrs on original and you can get longer lasting batteries), quiet running and I dig deep targets. I run in all metal and use discrimination only to check for iron. Don't expect to use the original shaft - Uggg.

 

[sandmartin]

I thought long and hard before I bought my beach machine, I tried an Excal but didn't like the constant hum so I went for the CZ21, very happy with it and if it's good enough for Casper 2........

 

[cudamark]

I thought long and hard before I bought my beach machine, I tried an Excal but didn't like the constant hum so I went for the CZ21, very happy with it and if it's good enough for Casper 2........

You can turn that hum off you know........

 

[bigscoop]

cudamark is correct, you can always turn the threshold (the buzzing) off and hunt in silent mode. But the CZ is also a great machine. Gook luck and enjoy!