Seeking comments on detecting at salt water beaches to include dry sand and packed sand shoreline, anyone? Thank you
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I took mine on saltwater beaches about 2 moths ago in Florida. The detector worked very well in dry sand but as soon as you step foot on wet sand, the detector gives a bunch of false signals. I found that if you turn the detector off and back on again, it will do a little better, but you have to discriminate out iron, foil, tab, and nickel for it to give no false signals.
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Have not used it on sand or at the beach, but I do know that it works great on grass and dirt roads! Hope this helps.
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I've used the AT Pro since September 2013..I've used it on the beaches here in Oahu and found all kinds of stuff.(pull tabs, bottle caps, coins, nails, fishing hooks and weights etc.) It's pretty simple to use once you've viewed the dvd a couple of times. I have not found any gold rings yet, but I did find a Gold earring post. I've been reading and comparing detectors since owning the AT Pro and my opinion, the Garrett ATX sounds like a superior detector and it can be used in salt and fresh water. It also is excellent for nugget detecting. See Youtube Garrett ATX versus the Minelab 2000.... Garrett is 1/2 the price....well just watch and you be the judge. I've used the AT Pro since September 2013..I've used it on the beaches here in Oahu and found all kinds of stuff.(pull tabs, bottle caps, coins, nails, fishing hooks and weights etc.) It's pretty simple to use once you've viewed the dvd a couple of times. I have not found any gold rings yet, but I did find a Gold earring post. I've been reading and comparing detectors since owning the AT Pro and my opinion, the Garrett ATX sounds like a superior detector and it can be used in salt and fresh water. It also is excellent for nugget detecting. See Youtube Garrett ATX versus the Minelab 2000....... » Read More I've used the AT Pro since September 2013..I've used it on the beaches here in Oahu and found all kinds of stuff.(pull tabs, bottle caps, coins, nails, fishing hooks and weights etc.) It's pretty simple to use once you've viewed the dvd a couple of times. I have not found any gold rings yet, but I did find a Gold earring post. I've been reading and comparing detectors since owning the AT Pro and my opinion, the Garrett ATX sounds like a superior detector and it can be used in salt and fresh water. It also is excellent for nugget detecting. See Youtube Garrett ATX versus the Minelab 2000.... Garrett is 1/2 the price....well just watch and you be the judge. « Show Less
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Hi Steve: No, it's not alive. It's more for decoration. I also put a sand dollar from the beach in there too. They are very nice to look at . Best!
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haven't used it on the beach..really didn't buy it for that purpose. Sorry I am not more help
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Gee, I'm so sorry but we don't live anywhere near a beach. It's good on the stuff the grandkids drop (like Cheerios, leaves tracked in, assorted debris) but we are far from the ocean. Wish I had a better answer for you :)
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Hello David, I too am primarily interested in a Puget Sound nautical map. One of the user reviews said we need the optional Garmin BlueChart g2 Vision maps and it turns out the Puget Sound requires purchasing the VUS037R Vancouver San Diego Map (micro sd/sd card). That's a far larger area than I need, but its a "take it or leave it" proposition. If you search Amazon for it, you will see it is currently "on sale" for $303! I only wanted this Garmin as a backup for my Humminbird FishFinder 595c-gps which uses a Navionic "Gold Chart" retailing exactly 1/2 that price for a similar nautical chart of the entire U.S. Pacific Coastline. Since Puget Sound coverage is so costly, I guess I will have to skip the Garmin Nuvi 500 which I thought would make a nifty backup for my Himminbird GPS. (I dunno. Maybe I'll get it anyway and just use the solid "blue-colored" part of the standard land map as the backup. Since there are no reefs in Puget Sound, I suppose that would get me back to the ramp if the fog rolled in, but it won't show where the shiping lanes are etc.... I hope this helps. Gary W.
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Yes, I am doing a similar search now. The Garmen EchoMap 50DV has a very capable GPS with the photo-like sonar integrated, and I have found that unit with a full US offshore map set for about $670 - I believe the unit allows recording shots with GPS coordinates for playback later. The Lowrance unit with similar features seems more expensive. This sonar unit seems to be a great one for the image, and you could always mark on a separate GPS as you observe the bottom features.
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I've used the AT Pro since September 2013..I've used it on the beaches here in Oahu and found all kinds of stuff.(pull tabs, bottle caps, coins, nails, fishing hooks and weights etc.) It's pretty simple to use once you've viewed the dvd a couple of times. I have not found any gold rings yet, but I did find a Gold earring post. I've been reading and comparing detectors since owning the AT Pro and my opinion, the Garrett ATX sounds like a superior detector and it can be used in salt and fresh water. It also is excellent for nugget detecting. See Youtube Garrett ATX versus the Minelab 2000.... Garrett is 1/2 the price....well just watch and you be the judge.
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WE love our tiger shark unit. Is good with leaves, dirt and debri and small twigs that have blow in from trees. Not sure of sand as we have never had that issue. What I do know is if it ever breaks, I will have a new one ASAP!! Saves so much work. Hope this helps. When we opened the pool I would stop the unit and clean the filters about every 1/2 hour just because there was a lot of debri.
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The previous post is correct in that it only comes with the sand filter. I found the saltwater kit accessory at WalMart in January and paid only $50. If you can hold out, offseason is a great time to buy.
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It comes preloaded with a marine coastal chart map. But if he is going deeper inland on the waterways he can down load an additional comprehensive Blue Chart g2 with even more detail. He will have to install an Micro SD cart of 16 gig byte to store it on. But it should serve him very well.
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when i got this sand i did the same thing the only difference is that i started with salt water if you have your filter in just change them and get your salt in it will clear up it just takes long you just need to be patient lol
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Just what you see..gave it grandson...we went to beach, once adjusted, use red button...picked up two bottle caps buried five inches in sand..and three times meter and sound went off the charts...dug seven inches and found gratings ...kids cannot wait to go again
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This is designed for salt water - will work in fresh. Would not recommend trying a free water model in salt...
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There's a stopper on top that allow you to put in sand or water. Just difficult to see in photo.
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Hard packed sand is fine. Ive run a 5k on the beach with ours. If you are in the deeper sand away from the waters edge then you really need to drag it vs push it. I wouldn't recommend trying any long walks thru loose sand unless you really like a tough workout!