Tired of pop tabs. Looking for Metal detector

[Ed Osmar]

I hunt beaches and salt water. what Metal detector is best to separate pop tabs and aluminum from gold. I have and use Minelabs Excal and 800 but am tired of digging trash.

 

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[VaGent]

So I assumed my property was completely dug out -- nothing left to find but iron junk.
But then I got the Deus, ... I was surprised what I was able to find on the same property I had detected for years,

I hunted my area for decades (relics and coins), first with a Wilson, then 10 years with a Minelab Explorer. I thought the same thing, that it was hunted out.... Then I got a Deus... What an amazing difference! I have found more in the last 2 years than the ten before.

 

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[Emil W]

I hunted my area for decades (relics and coins), first with a Wilson, then 10 years with a Minelab Explorer. I thought the same thing, that it was hunted out.... Then I got a Deus... What an amazing difference! I have found more in the last 2 years than the ten before.

What surprised me the most about using the Deus on my well-searched property was how many very tiny bits of non-ferrous material was mixed in with large amounts of iron trash.

Some of these pieces were so small that I almost couldn't find them in the hole, like 1/8" scraps of thin aluminum right next to large rusty iron nails. Not that I wanted to find aluminum, but since it gives the same signal as gold I of course "dug them all". No other detector I've ever used could have found those tiny scraps among so much iron.

 

[ARC]

I hunt beaches and salt water. what Metal detector is best to separate pop tabs and aluminum from gold. I have and use Minelabs Excal and 800 but am tired of digging trash.

Good luck with that... the day you find one let me know.

 

[Truth]

With most answers saying" dig everything", why bother to buy an expensive detector?

Because of the other advantages you may get but as far as mid tones where gold and some buttons fall into that “pull tab range” I just dig it. Also if you were on a home permission and you got that Mid-tone signal would you dig it? Of course, but I have to agree with you that’s why I don’t beach hunt Those pulltabs were driving me crazy and my calves were burning lol

 

[cudamark]

With most answers saying" dig everything", why bother to buy an expensive detector?

The "dig everything" statement is site specific, and in some cases, target specific. When I say dig everything at the beach, I'm talking about non-ferrous targets, or, targets that may have mixed ferrous and non-ferrous signals. Dead iron signals are still ignored. In a park, school, or private turfed yard, you need to use some discretion. Digging everything just isn't an option if you want to keep your sanity, knees, hands, etc.... and from getting kicked out from cutting plugs everywhere. As mentioned, the higher end machines do a better job if I.D'ing a target to make that decision by having better target separation, depth, and mineralization handling. Now, in a relic venue, or anywhere digging isn't an issue, sure, get a PI machine and go to town. I predict if you do that in a modern urban park, you will go insane within an hour!

 

[WhitesGuy67]

With most answers saying" dig everything", why bother to buy an expensive detector?

I guess that's why I'm still using my Whites IDX machine that's 23 years old.