Newbie detectorist needs advice

[Nublife]

Hello forum,

I recently bought a medal detector, it's a minelab go find 60. I've been having a ton of fun down the local parks, not even found anything noteworthy yet but still.

I decided to take her to the beach, Brighton adelaide to be specific and I found in the dry loose sand i had no issues picking up what few targets were there. But when I ventured down into the wet sand the detector would go absolutely mental and signal all metals types literally everywhere.

I isolated a few targets I thought could be real but I dug and I dug beyond about 12" which I assume to be over the depth the detector will work and found nothing.

Am I doing something wrong? I realise it's a very basic beginner model detector, I had sensitivity low and it didn't seem to make a difference, I see reviews where people say the go find works decent on the beach, so was it the particular beach that's my issue or is it user error on my behalf.

Any advice would be muchly appreciated

-nub

 

[7.62marksman]

Welcome mate
I am sure someone that has or has used one will jump on soon enough to help you out

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

Hello forum,

I recently bought a medal detector, it's a minelab go find 60. I've been having a ton of fun down the local parks, not even found anything noteworthy yet but still.

I decided to take her to the beach, Brighton adelaide to be specific and I found in the dry loose sand i had no issues picking up what few targets were there. But when I ventured down into the wet sand the detector would go absolutely mental and signal all metals types literally everywhere.

I isolated a few targets I thought could be real but I dug and I dug beyond about 12" which I assume to be over the depth the detector will work and found nothing.

Am I doing something wrong? I realise it's a very basic beginner model detector, I had sensitivity low and it didn't seem to make a difference, I see reviews where people say the go find works decent on the beach, so was it the particular beach that's my issue or is it user error on my behalf.

Any advice would be muchly appreciated

-nub

Hi, the Gofind series do not like the wet sand at the beach. Just stick to the dry stuff and you will be fine. It is something to do with the salts.
If you want to get your gofind wet, try some creeks maybe.

Good luck and you haven't been doing anything wrong, it is just the limits of your detectors abilities.

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

It also happens with the Makro Gold Racer etc etc.... haven't tried ZED or the SDC at the beach yet to see how they go.

This is my personal experience, hope it helped.

 

[Nublife]

Thank you for the replies,
Dry sand for me it is then!

Cheers
-nub