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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett ATX, AT Pro, ProPointer, and a weirdly good sense of direction
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ATX Finds It's First Silver Coin in Dry Hard Packed Sand
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YESTERDAY afternoon I met up with TNet member DrJoePrime to show me the ropes on using a PI machine in the surf at Long Beach, CA. This was my first go of the ATX in the surf line as the tide was going out. That mineralized sand down in the surf line in Long Beach is like road tar mixed with concrete. Not fun with a swing type scoop, although my scoop would work better in the soft sand in Huntington Beach. Time for me to invest in a good step-on scoop.
Nothing special was found with the ATX yesterday afternoon; just couple pennies, bits and pieces of pull tabs, lead sinkers, deep cans or iron that would sound with the coil one foot off the sand after making a scoop or two, and bits and pieces of metal.
TODAY
This morning for 1.5 hours, I went to back to Long Beach to one of the areas I suspected older coins might be found in the hard packed moist sand.
I used the ATX this morning at default settings at start-up with Discrimination at Zero (1-LED) of 13 and the Sensitivity at 10 of 13. I haven't played with the discrimination on the ATX yet, so I was scooping everything.
I scooped about 25-30 holes, some deep some shallow and found a 1941 Mercury Dime & a Buffalo Nickel that I can't read the date, down between 10"-12" (estimate) in the hard packed moist sand. I think that I just might like this machine once I get it dialed in to my style of detecting.
Of the items that I brought home is a small rusted padlock and a solid iron bottle shaped thing with a red stripe on it.
I also had to scoop a couple bobby pins, bits and pieces of pull tabs, small pieces of rusted sheet metal, couple nails, old rusted steel bottle caps, street sweeper metal brush blade, 4" long x 1/2" wide iron flat rod. I feel like I'm relic hunting instead of beach hunting.
The Iron Check on the ATX will sound a faint grunt on bobby pins less then 3" down, and will sound on totally rusted bottle tops at about 5", but not on un-rusted caps.
It is way to difficult to use a swing type scoop to dig deep, so a step-on scoop will be on my must have list.
Thank for Looking ... Happy Hunting this Weekend
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YESTERDAY afternoon I met up with TNet member DrJoePrime to show me the ropes on using a PI machine in the surf at Long Beach, CA. This was my first go of the ATX in the surf line as the tide was going out. That mineralized sand down in the surf line in Long Beach is like road tar mixed with concrete. Not fun with a swing type scoop, although my scoop would work better in the soft sand in Huntington Beach. Time for me to invest in a good step-on scoop.
Nothing special was found with the ATX yesterday afternoon; just couple pennies, bits and pieces of pull tabs, lead sinkers, deep cans or iron that would sound with the coil one foot off the sand after making a scoop or two, and bits and pieces of metal.
TODAY
This morning for 1.5 hours, I went to back to Long Beach to one of the areas I suspected older coins might be found in the hard packed moist sand.
I used the ATX this morning at default settings at start-up with Discrimination at Zero (1-LED) of 13 and the Sensitivity at 10 of 13. I haven't played with the discrimination on the ATX yet, so I was scooping everything.
I scooped about 25-30 holes, some deep some shallow and found a 1941 Mercury Dime & a Buffalo Nickel that I can't read the date, down between 10"-12" (estimate) in the hard packed moist sand. I think that I just might like this machine once I get it dialed in to my style of detecting.
Of the items that I brought home is a small rusted padlock and a solid iron bottle shaped thing with a red stripe on it.
I also had to scoop a couple bobby pins, bits and pieces of pull tabs, small pieces of rusted sheet metal, couple nails, old rusted steel bottle caps, street sweeper metal brush blade, 4" long x 1/2" wide iron flat rod. I feel like I'm relic hunting instead of beach hunting.
The Iron Check on the ATX will sound a faint grunt on bobby pins less then 3" down, and will sound on totally rusted bottle tops at about 5", but not on un-rusted caps.
It is way to difficult to use a swing type scoop to dig deep, so a step-on scoop will be on my must have list.
Thank for Looking ... Happy Hunting this Weekend
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I look forward to trying it out. 
