StevePcola
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I have been hitting the beach for the past couple of weeks, with fair success (but no gold, only silver). I have an ATMax, which seems like a poor machine for salt water hunting. But I am eyeballing a couple of PI machines or the Equinox 800 for actually getting in the water. So I'm going to front-load that goal by ordering a scoop.
To be honest, I borrowed a friend's RTG stainless scoop and that sumgun about wore me out the first 2-3 times I used it. Felt like I was carrying two bags of flour around, and I couldn't drag it behind me or it would fill up with sand. The last 4-5 times that I've gone, I took my NX-6 and I swear that I can find wet or dry sand targets more quickly with my shovel than anybody with a scoop. I also use my Garrett Carrot. Nobody that I have met down at the beach uses a pinpointer. No idea why, because it intuitively makes better sense than kicking around sand and guessing.
Anyway. I'm angling towards an Xtreme Surfmaster X3 in Marine 314 (or 316, as listed on the website), but I'm wondering what the differences are between the Trident CF handles and Neptune handles. Can anybody provide any insights here?
I did search the forum, but found no results that mattered. If anybody can post a link to a helpful thread, I would appreciate it.
To be honest, I borrowed a friend's RTG stainless scoop and that sumgun about wore me out the first 2-3 times I used it. Felt like I was carrying two bags of flour around, and I couldn't drag it behind me or it would fill up with sand. The last 4-5 times that I've gone, I took my NX-6 and I swear that I can find wet or dry sand targets more quickly with my shovel than anybody with a scoop. I also use my Garrett Carrot. Nobody that I have met down at the beach uses a pinpointer. No idea why, because it intuitively makes better sense than kicking around sand and guessing.
Anyway. I'm angling towards an Xtreme Surfmaster X3 in Marine 314 (or 316, as listed on the website), but I'm wondering what the differences are between the Trident CF handles and Neptune handles. Can anybody provide any insights here?
I did search the forum, but found no results that mattered. If anybody can post a link to a helpful thread, I would appreciate it.