UW Metal Detector

[rfb3]

In all the treasure diver shows I see on TV, they use the JW Fishers Pulse 8X. I have heard they are rugged and reliable.

[team2tank]

very cool, i have a friend who has one but always forgets to bring it,,i'll remind him and see if its any good or not?? i always thought it was a cool idea.

[jerdr1]

Are the metals detectors easy to use? I think there would be some great prizes to find..

[fishinpirate]

Originally Posted by Jay_SMART_Diver

My Dive team has one, it's a Fisher 1280-X Aquanaut, it definitely works but to not miss small things you have to have the settings sensitive enough to where you wind up finding a lot of junk (cans, etc. ) after a while you can tell the size of the item by the alert that you get when passing the coil over the area. Long alert usually something large or can size, small chirp (you guessed it) something small like a bottle cap . Haven't found any burried treasure yet, but it is a fun toy to use.

how much does one of these cost?

[rfb3]

Jay Diver,
Where do you guys MD?

[fire diver]

JW fishers are the "Cadillac" of UW detectors. They are incredible units, but you pay a pretty penny for them. I think these are rated to over 150ft depth.

I have 2 UW detectors from Whites. One is the Surfmaster2 (VLF), the other is the PI pro. I think they have discontinued the SM series for a newer VLF model. I believe the whites models are rated to 100ft depth.

If you are going to be working in saltwater I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend a PI (pulse induction) unit. PI's aren't affected by the conductive salts like a VLF's are.

Of course then there is the Minelab excaliber, which is a multi-freq VLF that I hear works well in saltwater too.

I have used my UW detectors in both freshwater lakes and the ocean, and found a lot of nice stuff with them. Sadly I haven't taken one diving yet. My local lakes are all rock/boulder bottoms, so target recovery would be pretty hard. A clean sand bottom is so much nicer.

FD

[wwwtimmcp]

I own a 1280x and a pulse 8. both are great machines. the 1280x has discrimination but I dont use it. why ? there might be something good under that beer can or rusty piece of iron.

p.s. always recheck the hole. you'd be surprised how many times 2 or more objects come out of the same hole. I am well satisfied with both detectors. the pulse will go much deeper than the 1280x.

the 1280x is much easier to operate than the pulse 8. the 1280 makes a different sound depending on the target. the pulse just whirrs. the pulse has located an aluminum hubcap at over 2.5 feet.

1280x was $250.00 used
pulse 8 was $800.00 used.

I'm very happy with both.