wet sand

[kads]

I have a Minelab 305 with the standard 9" , 7.5 kHz coil, I have a had a few searches at the beach on dry sand with great success, however, when I get into wet sand I get a lot of false targets reading (-4) which on my machine is IRON, ....my question is - what coil would I need to successfully search in wet sand.?

 

[Paulmarr]

You need a new detector for wet sand - it doesn't seem that any of the 305/505/705 range likes wet sand or water very much.

We have been successful using the Minelab Sovereign, Explorer, Excaliber, or CTX3030 - all work well on the beach in wet sand.

The 305/505/705 range are great in parks, tot lots and dry sand so I would save your money for another detector rather than buying another coil to get similar results.

The detectors I am suggesting use a different detecting technology (BBS) than the 305/505/705 range, it uses multiple frequencies at the same time to overcome the salt and water of the lower beach.

Probably didn't want to hear that but I wish someone would have advised us of that before we purchased... (I didn't know to ask the question beforehand of course)

 

[Ungybungyboh]

I went through same problems as you on my 305.

You are better off on the beach with a 18.75khz coil, I got the 6" 18.75 and did all right, but you have to GB regularly. It really is not the best in the wet, I reckon you are better off sticking to the dry with the 305.

 

[Ramjet]

Same with my At Pro. Ok in dry sand but not in the wet. Went out with sandta the other day. He got a good signal with his sovereign down in the wet sand. Ran my pro over it... silence.