Just Grafixwld
Newbie
- Jun 11, 2012
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- Detector(s) used
- XTerra 705 Excalibur II
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey all, thanks to this site I bought an Excal II and I love it. I asked about which machine to get for my situation and was led to what I was already thinking. Anyway, That was under a different name and since the site was redone I had to come up with another name, deleting cookies etc. didn't work. So here I am with my first delima. I'm used to digging dry land with a 705 XTerra using a pinpointer which equals small holes and an extremely fast target recovery. In the water with the Excal I'm digging massive holes and trenches and although I eventually find the target I have to wonder if this is normal. I live in Colorado and hunt beaches where there is little to no action regarding silt and sand moving around from waves etc. and just coming back from the Texas coast I know the difference. I thought I'd found the "sweet spot" in pinpoint but due to lack of visibility I can't seem to find it in the water. I'm talking chest to shoulder deep. I try to feel the coil with my foot but here I have to kick the scoop pretty hard to get any depth and have to wear pretty thick soles to do that. I scoop, swing the coil, and scoop, and so on all the while feel the bottom with my feet to align my next dig. Is this normal or is there a better way ? I even thought about strapping a diving light to my shaft and wearing snorkle gear to get a visual on that sweet spot. In five outings I've found tons of stuff, digging everything still to learn the machine and aside from the usual junk I've found 5 rings, one today I think is gold (will have to test) the rest just junk. I just need to know how to speed things up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Phil
aka. Grafixwild
Thanks.
Phil
aka. Grafixwild
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