Garrett Axiom Saltwater Beach Hunting

[abenson]

There hasn't been much discussion about the Garrett Axiom saltwater beach hunting. One was the time Rich and I went out with his. There was one other but I don't remember the details of who or when.

So, I ventured out yesterday for about 5 hours with the Axiom to see how far I could push it at the Great Salt Lake in the super salt environment. Using the 13x11 DD coil the settings I ended up running were, search mode large, sensitivity 6, motion slow, threshold 5 and fixed GB. I managed to find 2 rings (not gold) and a few other things. Overall, I was very happy with the performance and stability of the Axiom in the salt. I'm sure a person would have to make adjustments to my settings based on their beach. Heavy black sand would probably require adjustments to sensitivity and possibly going to Salt mode. The beaches on the East coast a person could probably get away with running normal timing and higher sensitivity. But each person will need to play with those settings to determine for themselves what will work.

Here's a video for those who are interested.

 

[MD4V.org]

I took the Minelab GPX 5000 to the beach once - never again. 

[ivanll]

Do the Axiom with an 11x7" mono coil need ground balancing when used on wet salt water beaches in US. ?

[Knomad]

Just curious, you used the 13x11 DD coil, so did you happen to try using the Iron I.D function in that extreme salt.?

My guess is it would not be accurate, I know in bad mining ground it often is not.

And yes the headphone drop out I have been complaining about from the start, I may have to fix it myself.

[Steve Herschbach]

3 hours ago, ivanll said:

Do the Axiom with an 11x7" mono coil need ground balancing when used on wet salt water beaches in US. ?

In general yes but it might be better not to depending on the beach and settings. Take this tip from the ATX....

 

[abenson]

9 hours ago, Knomad said:

Just curious, you used the 13x11 DD coil, so did you happen to try using the Iron I.D function in that extreme salt.?

My guess is it would not be accurate, I know in bad mining ground it often is not.

And yes the headphone drop out I have been complaining about from the start, I may have to fix it myself.

Yes I used the iron ID on some targets. It's not accurate on anything deep. But it is useful in some cases with targets you can get closer to.

[abenson]

Here's a video i did last week that might help some people that want to use the Axiom Beach hunting.

 

[The Lama]

On a semi related topic i can't seem to drown out my Apex i hit ocean beaches almost every night on my way home usually working the wet sand but occasionally getting slammed by a 4 foot wall of white water and having to kinda body surf out but i always thought an Axiom is a bit expensive for that foolishness but then i started thinking maybe if you just ruined the control module it wouldn't be that crazy expensive,does anyone have an idea? 

[Steve Herschbach]

No point in guessing, call Garrett and get the real scoop.