Some info from a freshwater beach hunt late this afternoon. I will leave any discussions as fas as Nox and salt water beach to someone else. I don't do.
Anyway I found a few things, nothing of real value.
Ran a lot of different detect modes when hunting and did a few comparisons over targets before digging.
This pic here, found this small whatever, clad dime in pic for scale.
Located this tiny target using beach 1 mode Sens at 24 speed 6.
Don't know how deep it actually was, other than it wouldn't deep.
ID as 1 in the meter with pretty good tone.
Had to pit this little whatever in a small plastic bag pronto so I wouldn't lose.
After getting back home I did a test comparing the detect modes airtest. (Not all)
Not real technical distance wise. But just to see which mode(s) would strike it better.
I left in small plastic bag and placed a 2x4 on bag to secure due to the wind. So I Was sweeping at least a 2x4 thinkness above this whatever when sweeping- testing.
Park 1 - fail
Field 1- fail
Park 2 - good signal
Field 2 - decent signal
Beach 1- fail
Beach 2- didn't check
Gold 1- pass and gave best signal and most coil height afforded and detect.
Gold 2- didn't check
My freshwater beach detecting time career wise very limited.
But I think I can fairly say, park 2 will get you deeper than beach 1 will.
And park 2 not shabby either on smaller lower conductors.
Gold 1 mode, you use that one, hold on you are in for a ride, if there is any small foil, minute bits of foil around. A user can be a sleep at the switch more so using gold 1 and strike smaller nonferrous.
I did check some of the targets providing 1 as ID using park 1 with disc dialed back to 0. Many times it wouldn't even give a signal, but park 2 would lots of times.
My experience at the freshwater beach today, I went there knowing a whole lot more about Equinox than my last visit.
Amazing to see a 11" coil hit this small stuff.
Did dig a few square tabs one at 10.5", and one at Garrett propointer length deep plus add safely 2" at least. Was running Sens at 24 the whole time, Equinox purred.