I donāt own one but Iāve watched videos of a guy in Australia...āDarren Barnes heās used many times on the beach and heās pulled out some deep gold with it.
1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard 6mmslayer! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forum: Select Your Area.... for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).
2nd - I searched
and found a bunch of threads talking about the GPX vs Beach - here are just two of the hits...