Joe, I ran the MDT here up in Connecticut. Very difficult to quiet it down with our beaches. In the water, it ran quiet but i had to back off on the sensitivity which cost me some depth. The deepest machine so far in the water that I owned (Dual Field, Excal, Nox. Impact) is the Excal in pinpoint. With discrimination the MDT was ok and if I was lucky maybe an inch deeper than the Nox. As for wet sand the MDT was not smooth when you put sensitivity at 8 or 9, therefore when you ran it as a machine it was only as deep as a NOX. At least at my beaches, the MDT was not the best or the deepest. My hunting style may had something to do with it.