Minelabs X-Terra Pro.... Anyone Enjoying Theirs?

[BeachHunter]

I sure do like my Xterra Pro on the beach.

[BeachHunter]

Hey phrunt! Long time since I’ve been back here. Thanks for the like my friend.

Hope all is good in your part of the world. Best of Luck!

[StarVatrex]

On 10/30/2023 at 7:41 PM, BeachHunter said:

I sure do like my Xterra Pro on the beach.

Sure. The beach is its natural environment and 8 kHz works great. It's stable and very deep, like the Equinox.

Yesterday I tried a Simplex Ultra (new generation) and a men's wedding ring more than a foot deep and I can't even smell it in the wet sand...

 

 

[phrunt]

On 10/31/2023 at 7:49 AM, BeachHunter said:

Hey phrunt! Long time since I’ve been back here. Thanks for the like my friend.

Hope all is good in your part of the world. Best of Luck!

Thanks, I have been wondering where you have been of late! Good to see you back.

[2 Many Hobbies]

I found the VDI number jumping all over the place. Not too happy with it. If I wanted a beep and dig I would of kept my tesoro vaquero.  I emailed Minelab and the response was no future updates for it. I returned it and looking at a different machine.

[afreakofnature]

I am really enjoying the positive reviews with the XTP on the beach.  I am thinking of adding this as a strictly beach detector for overseas travel destinations.  Its cheap (incase stolen at customs), breaks down easy and can be put together easy with no tools and telescopes down as well.  Those are kind of my main 2 reasons, besides detecting ability.

Question though, is it really bad at black sand beaches?  I mean compared to the Nox, not just in general.

I would like to use this on Treasure Coast, FL beaches but they can have some serious black sand when eroded down to the pay layers (Spanish Fleet silver and relics).  Thoughts or has anyone tried yet?

[mcjtom]

On 7/22/2023 at 11:00 AM, StarVatrex said:

As you get closer to the water, you lower the sensitivity and reduce the Recovery speed to 1 and...what a coin shoter

Why reducing the recovery speed may be helpful in wet sand?