Tom D... Any new thoughts?

[okara gold]

Hi Tom... I have been using your exact recommended Beach settings for the Manticore in and out of the saltwater for over a year now, with good, pleasing results. Just wondering if you have any recommendations or changes to these settings? I have also used to a lesser degree the Beach General in the water if conditions are just right. Thanks Bob

[Airtemisa]

Me too. I've been using your settings LC + Prospecting at wet sand and diving. Incredible outcomes.

Waiting for those comments Okara asks you

Thanks!

[NASA-Tom]

I'm still using the exact same settings.......except for one delta:

IF IF IF the wet sand is extremely flat (and electronically stable)....... I have been running Sens on 31 (and sometimes 32)....... BUT with coil moving at 1/2-speed.
What are the resultants? Why? What does this do? =
Stupendous performance on gold stud earrings and gold chains.

Let me start another post on this thread =

[NASA-Tom]

Something that I am currently experimenting with; yet, incomplete/inconclusive data (thus far) =

I am trying: GROUND BALANCE OFFSET ...... by just (up to) a few points.
Why =
1. To see if there is a more accurate ID of very low conductors near the salt ID range.
2. To see if there is a DIFFERENCE in weak target signals: enhancement or detriment.
3. To measure the hypersensitivity of wet-salt imbalance.
4. Any other (possibly unsuspecting) attributes/detriments.

A premise of mine: Of the entire spectrum of non-ferrous targets --- (Manticore ranges from 00-99)......... the targets that I am MOST interested in.... especially in a beach environ..... is targets that ID: 01

[okara gold]

Thanks for the information Tom. I'm in the water unless it is too rough or there are some nice cuts. Always thinking... Chains, but they are elusive. We all know there are loads of them out there but securing them is another challenge. I'll give it a try as to a higher sensitivity on the wet sand but the majority of beaches I'm hunting on the gulf side of Florida are darker, shelly and moderately sloped.
Apparently, Tom, you are still ground balancing near the water's edge as you suggested quite some time ago and using a fixed GB. I tend to use GB tracking on the wet sand in Beach LC. It seems the ground conditions change rapidly at times, therefore using tracking. Perhaps I should use fixed?
I am also using the M9 more often than the M8 but if the 8 is your go to for these results, then I'll give it a try.
Thanks again!

[NASA-Tom]

I have NEVER gone back to the 11" coil (or any other coil) for the beach........ once I installed the M8 coil. It makes THAT much of a difference.... in a wet-salt environ.

[Bklein]

I have yet to try the beach, but….
Gold Chain: Beach General Multi IQ vs Gold/Prospecting 40KHz
https://youtu.be/f8Jz-xsREus

[NASA-Tom]

Barry....... that's exactly correct! BUT........ if you plan on ONLY hunting the dry sand at the beach; YES....... by all means...... utilize the Goldfield Mode (in concert with Prospecting Audio)....... to find the extremely low-conductive gold. It is a LOT of work....... but worth it. Blanket/towel-line & Volleyball courts will (statistically) produce the best/most.

But....... IF you plan on hunting the salt-wet slope....... you MUST be in a Salt Mode........ like Beach: Low Conductor.
((( This is to say = A single-frequency Mode will work VERY poorly (including: complete failure)....... in a wet-salt environment ))).

[Bklein]

I’m confused though. Some people use All Terrain mode at the beach. It can be set to 40 KHz. Is it like traditionally bad in saltwater or has Minelab improved its performance such that it may be usable?

[NASA-Tom]

Are you saying: Any of the All Terrain Modes.....then switching over to 40-Khz single frequency?....in the wet-salt?