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Viking Metal Detectors

Can You Use A Viking On The Beach As Well As Inland?

Using your metal detector on dry sand is exactly the same as using it on an inland site. Wet sand is different as the salt water makes the metal detector react to it like it would a target.

Our non-motion metal detectors have been used very successfully on beaches. The reject control on the Viking 6 Metal Detector can be used to counteract the detector’s reaction to the wet sand, making this a very effective beach metal detector.

Some makes of powerful motion metal detectors are rendered useless on wet sand because they give false signals or indications of targets when there is nothing there. Our VK20, VK30 & VK40 metal detectors all feature a beach mode providing reliable performance on the beach.