Recommended settings for fresh water & beach

[Squirrel322]

Recommendations for hunting shallow fresh water and beach? Thanks !

 

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[vferrari]

What are you going after mid or high conductors? Old finds or recent drops? Relics, coins, or jewelry? What are the bottom "sand" conditions like? Trashy or not so trashy (non-ferrous, e.g., can slaw, pop tops, pull tabs, foil)? Lots of ferrous? Beach/water frequented by swimmers, fishermen, or boaters?

If you have a basic understanding of what each of the search profiles are optimized for by reading the detailed descriptions in the manual and you know your target objectives and the answers to the above questions, you can at least select an "out of the box" search mode starting point simply using the default settings.

Otherwise, post a little more info addressing the above questions and you can get better targeted information.

What I will say is that for fresh water hunting (wet beach or in the water), then don't bother using beach mode since that is designed for salt beach situations and will not be as deep as the other modes. Roughly speaking, if you want to go after high conductors (large silver, clad, copper coins), Park 1. Gold jewelry, nickels, brass and lead, Park 2, Field 2 or Gold mode.

 

[Squirrel322]

Thanks! I think that pretty much answers my question.

If I get a free afternoon I am considering investigation a site at a nearby country park that had a home on it until the mid 1950s. The permitted detecting/digging is allowed under some potentially restrictive rules. I think the strictness of interpretation of those rules might vary between individual park staff. Anyway, long story short, if I am told no to detecting the home site, there is a beach there that I could detect instead (as along as I am there). I have never actually been to this park but at the beach I would be looking for modern drops.