Using the DFX at the beach

Jost1308 · Mar 2, 2009

Hi all! I'm in Flordia for the week and have been trying some beach hunting. I was just wondering if anyone has a good program for beach hunting with the DFX. I've tried the preset program beach / jewelry but it won't adjust to the sand. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!!

TORRERO · Mar 2, 2009

Set the machine in "Coralate mode" in multifrequancey, then set the pre-amp gain to 3.
Put it in silent search and try that.

I don't know how my sens is set, but it works pretty good for me..
you will get some falsing if you bump the sand but regular sweeps work ok

Jost1308 · Mar 3, 2009

Thanks so much! I'm going to have to try that!

eathabs · Mar 3, 2009

Do you mean it won't ground balance?

Schrecky · Mar 3, 2009

If by "won't adjust to the sand" you mean that you are getting a message during your ground balance that says "installing presets" this a good thing. It means that the mineralization is so low that there is nothing to balance to. This is normal and a sign that you should get good depth.

I'd say try the Beach & Jewelry program and turn up the AC and Preamp. If your getting EMI use Correlate.

Remember that if you take your DFX in the water the coil is waterproof. However water will collect in the shaft and if you were to raise the coil higher up in the air than your control box the water can run down the shaft and into the control box.

Good luck.

gametalman52 · Mar 3, 2009

Schrecky is 100% right and I didn't read all of his post. Set it right and you can detect with it till your arm falls off. Have used mine that way and it works great. Turn it on beach program, balance it and ignore what it says, and crank the gain a little.