Axiom At The Beach Part 3

[Pyriteboy]

Some of you may have noticed that the Detech USA website has been unavailable for quite some time due to supply chain issues. This does not bode well for those of us who are waiting on after-market coils for the Axiom. I went ahead and purchased the Garrett 7x11 DD, which I can use in the gold fields. I took it out for 3 test runs at my local beaches recently, and now can say that the Axiom is well-suited for beach work- wet or dry sand. I ran NORMAL, MEDIUM, FIXED GROUND, THRESHOLD @ -4, SENSITIVITY=2. No problems with moving water, no problems with EMI, which was acute in all 3 test areas. At sensitivity 2, the weak, small junk targets were not "lit up" and registered as high-low signals. Most twist tops were high-low, with only a few types sounding off as low-high. Other high-low targets were foil, wire ties, and other small junk that falls through your scoop. Low-high targets found were lead, tent stakes, all coins, aluminum pull tabs, aluminum screw caps, junk rings, junk jewelry, a few twist tops, gold ring (test), silver ring (test), and the bane of all PI's- deep iron. I will be playing for keeps next time out and only digging low-high signals. Plenty of power at sensitivity 2, and more than enough to draw upon if you need to search for those faint signals in a hunted out patch.

-Jerry

[Steve Herschbach]

Thanks for the report.

I'm in the process of making a 11x13 mono coil into a weighted water coil. I was also hoping for Detech to make something less buoyant, or maybe even Garrett. I can actually get by with the small DD in the water, but the larger coils simply float too much. So I got a spare mono, opened it up and cut out the excess foam in the center, and am currently filling it with cement crack filler. Be next week before I give it a spin probably, but will report back on how it worked out once I do.

[Pyriteboy]

Sounds like a fun little project, Steve.....Mono coils are unruly at my beaches, and that is why I got the 7x11 DD.....It works very well, but as we all know, it is a bit on the small side for overall beach work......

-Jerry

[Steve Herschbach]

14 minutes ago, Pyriteboy said:

Sounds like a fun little project, Steve.....Mono coils are unruly at my beaches, and that is why I got the 7x11 DD.....It works very well, but as we all know, it is a bit on the small side for overall beach work......

-Jerry

Hi Jerry,

I will be hunting Tahoe, real bad magnetite but at least no salt. Main issue though for me was opening the coils and having enough empty foam to excavate. I did not think working around the innards of the focused core DD would be as easy.