ML FT16000

Has anybody here used a ML FT16000 at the beach?....Just curious as they run At approx 7khz which I thought might sort of work ok over the dry sand. That plus the fast ground tracking ability??

I had one many moons ago but it never worked correctly (Second Hand) and I didn't bother getting it fixed. Sold it to a chap who got it going ok.

A little bit later:
Just finished reading the operators manual for this detector and it gives some great info on how to recognise and test for pos/neg hot rock signals, clay domes, charcoal and general ground noise. Good info for beginners and others alike.. How many of us still get conned by hot rocks n ground noise.  fair enough it applies to mainly VLF tectas but is still handy info even if you reckon you know it all.  

https://www.minelab.com/__files/f/4241/Instruction%20Manual%20FT16000_Scan.pdf


Hmmmmm? Just discovered that if I use Fire Fox I can access all of the Emoticons but when using Chrome I have access to the first page only. ??

Yes the FT16000 was a great detector in its day in the goldfields, ended up using it as a pin pointer when I had the 2k, 2100 and the 22 had the electronics box in the ML holder on the belt and the coil with its small shaft in a hammer holder also on the belt. Only used Coin machines on the beach.

OK thanks for the info & reply.

Found this info here.

https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t3151-minelab-ft16000-fast-tracker-good-or-bad

An FT16000 sold for 305 dollars on Ebay this morning.....Not to me.
The machine is still very capable of finding gold. Simply being old does not make it useless