where is the best place to detect a beach

[mrix]

Which types of detectors are suitable for beaches ?

Its all depends where you will be searching on the beach or what type of beach it is.... generally if you want to detect along the shoreline or around wet sand then you will need something like a pulse induction machine, here is a more affordable model ie http://www.csmetaldetectors.com/product.aspx?pid=22

If its dry sand then a fair few other brand models will be able to cope.

I use a Minelab E-Trac myself which copes very well on the beach in most situations but its a high end model and very expensive.

Cheers
mrix

[Beany_bot]

I have found that, although not designed or best suited for the wet sand, The Ace 250 doesn't entirely throw the toys out of the pram when it is presented with wet sand. Knock back the sensitivity and you will be able to use your machine successfully in all beach environments.

Will it get the depth of the PI Machines? No.
Will it occasionally still false? Possibly.
Will I be able to learn to use the machine on wet sand (learn to interpret the signals i.e. real and false)? Absolutely yes.

[yellow]

With reference to the p.i machines then it really is down to what type of beach you have.

We live on the north east coast and our beaches,as we have a few,are littered with iron and "slag" from the years of heavy industry.
I have a 4 month old c-scope cs4pi,that is a brill machine on beaches like whitby,blackpool etc as these seem to be what i would call a clean beach with depth etc marvellous,but on my beach is a right pain in the back as you can did fifty signals and get nothing apart from rubbish,so this is torturous and very hard work.

I've now got my explorer 2 which is good for any situation,which is why my p.i is now for sale,so if anyone interested then contact me for details.
As mrix said though minelabs such as this are top end machines but also top end money

Cya Yellow

[vic]

Thank you for your responses guys ! ( and girls )
So , from your replies , I think I can safely assume that I can take my trusty Rapier plus for a day
out to the seaside without fear of it short circuiting and blowing my arm off or the search head
melting to multen plastic as has been suggested to me by a detecting buddy who is obviously trying to
Discourage my enthusiasm to try the beach out !!!
All i have to remember is , its just not quite the ideal machine for that environment but it will do !
So , am I assuming correctly ????

[russ 1]

spring tides will give you the furthest movement of water when they ebb and flow mate , the higher the tide is when its in, the further it ll go back so make sure you know the tide times.As a rough guide,its approx 6 hours from one to the other.If say high tide is 9.00am then low tide will be approx 3.00pm but heavy rains and on or offshore winds can affect things a bit.A neap tide means the high water mark will be lower but the low water mark will be higher so not as much up and down movement of the water,you wont be able to get as far out at low tide if thats where your going.Just go careful mate check your tide table but keep a check over your shoulder now and agen. over 40 years of sea fishin and Im still here.good luck.

[hihosilver]

Some great tips in this thread. I've found so many badly corroded copper coins on the beach, usually in the loose stuff nearer the top dunes, that I tend to move down to the wet stuff nowadays. The euroace works pretty well on the wet sand, as mentioned before (about the ace 250) you need to turn the discrim down to avoid a lot of falsing. You might want to notch out iron (amazing how much of this there is on a beach) and shrapnel signals though as you'll surely find a fair bit of that too. Of course you might miss a few decent finds doing this so its up to you.

Just something extra I thought I should mention. If you're detecting in the south/south east/south west of the UK in particular then watch out for unexploded ordinance. Be careful when digging a strong signal. Lots of bombs were dumped in the sea during WW2, as planes flew back to their destinations (to lighten the load to conserve fuel) and get washed up on the beach and then covered over. They tend to be nearer the waters edge than higher up a beach but you never know. You dont want to run across an extremely corroded explosive device by accident, but if you do, contact the police.