RIbeach_hunter

Very good advice for the newer detector users.  Learn your detector.  There are so many variables out there that the more you understand what the detector is telling you the more good targets especially in tough ground conditions.

On 3/21/2024 at 7:22 PM, Bill (S. CA) said:

Many good, valid points here.  I'd like to add one more: learn your detector.  Hunt with it a lot.  They are all nuanced and have their quirks be it by sound or TID.  Dig your first 1000 pulltabs and I guarantee you will start picking up on subtle differences between them and potentially good targets. 

For many years I was a one detector guy.  I'd save up my finds and then move up and buy another detector.  But only one because that's all that I could afford.  Now I'm spoiled and have too many choices.  If I was totally honest I'd have to say I haven't learned any of them to the degree that I learned my detectors back in the "I only own one" days.

Looking at the EQ 800 for another salt water beach machine. Have a Deus 1 but could never get used to it as a surfline detector. It does not handle salt and minerals [black sands]very well on the New England beaches that I hunt. 

I hunt mostly with an older CZ-20 which hunts deep as long as Bl. sands are not heavy.

Saw something in a previous post that the EQ 800 had some issues with finding targets after digging out of hole. Could be small pieces of ferrous wire or rusted nail that the machine has discriminated out when the halo is disrupted.

Thanks for the information on the D2 and 800!

Nice find!

 About how deep?

Thanks for the comparison.

 I talked with two other hunters while hunting the salt water surf-line today and both had EQ 800's.

 Both said that they handled soil minerals well and were good for small gold jewelry.

 I found an 8.7gm 14kt band today with my CZ-20, but the CZ does not like heavy black sands, otherwise a deep hunter.

By the way , what do you think of the Fisher AQ?

I owned a White's Surf PI [Gen 1], great with black sands and very deep but I ended up selling it.

 Very tough on a trashy beach!

I hunt the beaches [surf] here in RI and south eastern CT right through fall, winter and early spring. 

Best time of year. You can never tell what will be brought up with heavier surf action.

 You start hitting heavies like sinkers, copper, brass etc., good chance of gold in the area!

Thank You!

Yes, what a letdown.

 It pays to do the research before the hunt!

I do a a certain amount of old coin hunting at old home sites, and colonial cellar holes.

About the oldest coin I've found is a 1723 British Pence.

I would love to do some relic hunting in Virginia sometime.

Like any other type of hunting ,you got to dig junk to find good targets!