into-itbad said:
Thanks willoughby, did'nt consider the infinium but will give it a look-see now! Have you used one or more of the detectors listed?
I overlooked the point of you asking about a machine that will do shallow water, the Tesoro Lobo Suer Traq wont do shallow water, the coil from my understanding, can not be submersed. Scratch that idea.
However, I currently own the Infinium.
The Garrett Infinium is a really fine machine (two-tone machine, not a VDI), great for underwater and land hunting. There is no ground that can beat the Infinium, you dont even have to adjust it at all to deal with soil conditions. It is rated to go 200 feet deep in water, and it absolutely LOVES gold and silver in placer, lode, and jewelry form. The Infinium is a Pulse Induction machine like the Minelabs, only at a much lesser cost. There are 4 different levels of set up for it too. Bare in mind that like all P.I. machines, they are really sensitive to iron, you can tune out the small stuff, but larger iron is impossible to discriminate. The way we use the P.I. machines to tell the difference from the iron, is to "reverse discriminate". Meaning, when we get a very loud and clear signal, we turn the discriminate level all the way to max, if it's not iron the tone will lessen or disappear, if it is still the same loud tone, it's most likely iron. This machine's tones are Hi/lo and Lo/hi. Lo/hi being a good conductor (aluminum, iron, large gold and silver). The Hi/lo being any other low conducting alloys (clad coins, and other rubbish mixed metals). It's not a great machine at all for relics, but if you want to hunt for the really good gold and silver items in all forms, this is the right machine for you, its very easy to learn this machine and be good at it within a day or so. The Infinium also is a very deep seeker. I was digging items up to 16 inches deep.
Other great choices are the White's Surf Master and Pulse Diver, the Tesoro TigerShark or even the older Tesoro Stingray. All of these will do beaches, dry land, hot ground, and in salt and fresh enviroments. My advice is dont get into a rush, do research and ask alot of questions before buying anything. There are very honest dealers on here that will answer your questions wether you buy from them or not. They are in this hobby to help people. You can start buy contacting Woodland Detectors (Mike), Saltwater Max (Max Richardson) for starters. They both carry a very wide range of equipment that will cover every situation you can dream of (and even some machines that can almost do it all in one package).
