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hmm... what about us poor people?
I would suggest the minelab excaliber. Great multi frequency machine and very hot on Gold.
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One reason I like the Pulse 8X is because of the meter. I don't use any type audio. No head phones, no bone phone. I concentrate just on the meter, and how far I move the head each pass. I have see people looking around while using headphones. They believe they are not missing anything because they will hear it so the head does not stay on the bottom because you are not looking at you machine. The area covered on your swing should be half the measurement of the diameter of the head. In other words if the head is 8 inches your pass'es should be only 4 inches not 8, and when your concentrating on the meter your also concentrating on your swing. There are other reasons why I have come down to this machine. It would take an hour or so to explain it, but lets just say that I have recovered thousands of coins and artifacts, and when I dive a site its with the pulse 8X. It can be set up for beach use, and I have done it, its just that underwater I find it hard to beat. If I were going to do a lot of beach hunting I would research the machines my friends use and try them. In any case if I had to have two machines one for diving, and one for beaching I would have two machines. I know there is more expense, but it only takes one nice coin to pay for a good machine. I've done it many times. Why use only one that may work OK in both places when you can have two that work a lot better in their respective places. D.L. Chaney told me a long time ago, "If Your Going To Be Serious About This You Need The Best" Good Hunting, Fizz