Does anyone use this for gold prospecting? How does it do? The wet sand sounds like it can be a problem.
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I think the F2 is designed mostly for coins and it is an excellent machine for coin shooting. I have used my f2 on wet sand and underwater and it seems to work fine, but I found coins, not gold. I haven't tried to find gold with it.
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Haven't really been able to use it but twice. I would say I've found things at least 5" under sand. Like I say, not able to test its capabilities due to lack of time.
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I love it, I bought a new SUV and I use it all the time to keep it clean, I live near the beach and have sand all the time. It has no problem picking up the sand or anything else. I would buy it again. Hope it helps.
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I think so, you have to keep it very wet though. The sand might be a problem.
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I did and had mixed results. First off my ground is very hard and that may be the basis of my problems but what I experienced was it just bounced over the rocks. When I adjusted the down pressure, tines broke. I also had rocks pouring out the ends. I don't have soft ground so maybe someone with soft ground may have had a different experience. I do use it for spreading manure and it does great for that. Also, the installation instructions are poor at best. I ended up taking it to a 4 wheeler shop to do and they ended up having problems too. I have a Polaris Ranger and had to have an additional universal part and that is where some of the confusion came in.
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I've used it at Pismo Beach and it holds up well. That being said there have been times it was soo windy I didn't put it up, same as I didn't use my awning either. The wind was blowing so hard that it felt like the awning would rip off. So if it feels to windy for the awning you might want to error on the side of cation and not put up the room. Hope that made sense :)
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The metal detector will work fine in all terrains, the only things that will mess with it are areas that re high in metal content. Water puddles might not work real well either.
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I tried it outdoors tonight but the land was too solid to push the tip in more than an inch. It did read wet which is what I would expect in that area of the yard. (Most of my yard is made of gravel.)
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This is one of if not the best land detector in it's price range. I am routinely finding silver dimes at 8". You need to get the 8 1/2 x 11 DD coil set up
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Not so great with sand. I use it on my carpets and small tile areas and love it for that...
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I posted a video digging through rock and roots. It goes through you just have to take your time on the roots or like someone else said it will want to pull your arms off. It is as good as the ones you rent if not better. I live in Pa. at the foot of a mountain and I ran 10 holes 2' deep in a very short amount of time. ROCK, CLAY, and ROOTS! I was using the 8" bit.
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It should be fine for small jobs in sand or mud. I actually managed to bend it this week by digging myself out if very dense ice. Perhaps I hit some concrete, but was slightly disappointed it bent.
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It's great for the sand. It has no padding, so if you lay it over sticks or pine straw, you'll feel it. It would not provide protection from Burrs.
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Yes. Saves a lot of digging time in the sand. If you get a few charts of the beach you visit, you can find the eddies. The are the hot spots where rings and other jewelry get washed up at. Gold is 50 times heavier than water and will roll with the tide. You need to find the low spots where the items can not roll up and over. If you have the Garrett Pro or Gold you can go in to up to 12 feet of water, getting to places other beach combers can not go! Scott
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I detected metal pipes approx 5 or 6 inches below the ground. Have never used for "treasure" hunting, only wire and pipe locator and it worked great
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I ordered this to take to the beach. I would highly recommend sand anchors. What we did was dig holes aobut 6-8" deep, put the stake in sideways, and pack sand and water on top of it. It held for the most part, but some high winds definitely made the stakes loosen and therefore the net sagged. also note that the poles seemed to dig down into lose sand a bit when trying to make the lines to the stakes tight. Not a problem, unless you must have the net at the exact correct height.
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It will find every spec of metal in the ground. All you will be able to tell is if it is iron or not. It also dose not come with a protective coil cover and Amazon doesn't sell them. If gold is your primary goal it will pull double duty for treasure but it will be like riding a bike down the interstate. slow and you find every bump. If you are after treasure first gold second maybe look at the garrett at models. I believe they are water proof.