I agree with Sandman. I have a Silver Umax with a couple different coils for land. Different coils for trashy areas, fields, tot lots, relics, etc. I have a Tiger Shark for the water.Sandman said:For water I prefer the Excal 1000, but there are times I like the CZ20/21 or even my Tiger Shark. A lot depends on if you are hunting fresh or saltwater beaches too.
Land hunting is best done with a light weight jobbie with a wide range of coils. The use of it having a meter is a personal preference. You could use a water detector for land, but they are built heavier to withstand the water pressure and rough conditions.
Anyone else wanna add to this?
dex378 said:Ok Thanks guys. I guess I need to be more specific, so here goes : I enjoy mostly coin/jewelry hunting on old house lots and parks. I have also been doing some beach hunting ( low tide no underwater) but only sporadically , so should I go with 2 machines? Thanks again!
bscofield6 said:If you want the deep, old coins then the explorer is for you. I don't dig any gold with mine, though. But that is because I am only going for the deep silver coins. Digging lots of trash for the occasional gold ring doesn't interest me. It also works beautifully at the beach and you can go into the water with it, just not super deep. The wet sand doesn't faze it like it does many other land machines.
But, when I am at the beach I use a minelab excalibur.
dex378 said:bscofield6 said:If you want the deep, old coins then the explorer is for you. I don't dig any gold with mine, though. But that is because I am only going for the deep silver coins. Digging lots of trash for the occasional gold ring doesn't interest me. It also works beautifully at the beach and you can go into the water with it, just not super deep. The wet sand doesn't faze it like it does many other land machines.
But, when I am at the beach I use a minelab excalibur.
So your combo of the excaliber/explorer works pretty good for you ? All for under $2400?
bscofield6 said:Unless you go for the new Minelab E-Trac at about $1500, I would recommend a good, used Explorer XS with a sunray probe and then purchase the new 11" PRO coil. All of this can generally be had for around $600-800 depending on how good of a deal you can find.
Your right you want to hunt.... water get a water detector ...gold get a gold detector...beach get a beach detector... the rest are for inland..coins a coin detector ..relics ect...ect...ect...dex378 said:So there is no "all around" detector?
littletwig said:I think you need to look real seriously at the Whites DFX, MXT or M6.