First time on the beach

[PaulL]

Today I had a couple of hours on the local beach , my first choice was heaving with wind surfers dog walkers etc so went with option 2 . Being new to detecting it was my first time on the beach and with a new machine also . With the xterra in beach mode , ground balanced etc away I go . I stayed on the damp sand but the xterra was falsing , tried turning the sensitivity down but just couldn't get happy with the set up
A little more research I think ! . I ended up turning the beach mode off and continued my search in my normal mode all metal and the sensitivity was happy at 23 , felt more confident with this set up and managed 4 pence , a pound of fishing lead , a brass hinge and couple of .303 cases . Very windy but a lovely day nevertheless , just need to sort out my beach mode .
Paul

[sweepstick47]

It's just a matter of time until you become familiar with the nuances. All Minelab detectors are said to be very good on the wet beach and there is a good plentiful amount of users on this forum so you should be able to obtain a few words of wisdom from them.
Good Luck

[onlyonegazza]

Well done, just remember not to expect too much straight away, takes a while to learn a beach and the way to set up your equipment. Enjoy the experience and don't put too much pressure on yourself to find the yellow stuff.
I tend to do the low tide marks then switch to a bit of dry sanding to mix things up, keep it a fun experience, good hunting

[newseeker]

i dont do much beach detecting, the xterra is not very good on wet sand, i found the same thing as other people its worse on beach mode than normal mode.if i was doing a lot of beach detecting i would get a minelab fbs or bbs machine to add to my arsenal.My cscope newforce r1 handles the wet sand a little better.

[LanceB]

Hi Paul, that sounds just like one of my detecting sessions at the beach. Keep at it & happy hunting

[slowsweep]

ignore other beach users, you have as much right to be there as anyone else but in the summer just dont detect among the sun worshipers as thats just a bit creepy

[Resurgam]

Sounds like a good start Paul; the machine has got you thinking! Keep at it and your finds will improve as you progress. I use a EuroAce on the beach and it hates the wet stuff. I also have a C-Scope CS4PI and it works fine on wet sand but the darned thing can't tell the difference between a gold ring and a steel washer!

Good luck and happy hunting.

[jimbotrucker]

Beach hunting is a bit of a dark art :-) I keep having a go whenever I get a chance, I have read loads of bumf to tell me where to search and find nowt.Then as I go to walk off the beach I uusually find something interesting :-)