I Got Bitten By A Sand Shark Today!

[bigscoop]

Little fella was 10.1 grams, came up out of the water with a 14K golden smile and teeth shining like diamonds. Had one really pretty blue eye. Darn thing bit me less then a half-hour into my hunt today.

Anyone care to take a stab at the blue stone?

 

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[PI PETE]

That's a ring I would like to find!

 

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[ncholedigger]

I would not worry about the blue stone since it's surrounded by money !!! Awesome find !!!

 

[bigscoop]

Dang scoop.....that must weigh more than you!!! LOL

Pretty darn close.

 

[fongu]

Hope something bites my scoop like that tomorrow.

 

[baywalker]

Chomp Chomp!!

 

[bigscoop]

I told ya so.

I like the Shark but it's not without a couple of problem areas. First, the headphones allow for too much ambient noise, and second, in fairly stiff currents and turbulence the coil is constantly flipping up. But I do have plans to apply a couple of simple cures to these issues. Aside from these two issues, "So far so good."

 

[S.S.Tupperware]

Nice work, makes me wanna head that way... But gonna be in Ohir hunting the wifes family's old swimming quarry. Maybe next weekend.

 

[bigscoop]

Nice work, makes me wanna head that way... But gonna be in Ohir hunting the wifes family's old swimming quarry. Maybe next weekend.

Good luck. Not had a chance to get back out, also needed to do a couple mods on the Shark, but will be back out this week for sure.

 

[sponge]

Good luck. Not had a chance to get back out, also needed to do a couple mods on the Shark, but will be back out this week for sure.

Post some pics of the mods scoop. Thanks

sponge using smoke signals.

 

[bigscoop]

Post some pics of the mods scoop. Thanks

sponge using smoke signals.

Here's a pic of a quick and simple fix for the "coil flip" issue. By trapping the back of the coil in this way the coil can't flip up. I also went this route to prevent any increase in possible drag. It's a pretty simple process that's explained here: http://treasurelagoon.wordpress.com (Hope this isn't violating any rules? If so please correct and forgive me.) Just look for the "Coil Flip Cure" post. There are also options for mounting it.

 

[Fletch88]

Congrats BigScoop! Nice ring!

 

[penzfan]

Looks like a good mod scoop. Great blog too by the way...

 

[penzfan]

Another possible mod for coil flip:

Minelab x Series Loop Support for Metal Detector Search Coils | eBay

 

[bigscoop]

Oh, almost forgot....that little coil flip mod I did is working out great. I've swung the thing in some pretty stiff and turbulent water and the coil stays put. I didn't even drill any holes, just used several tight wraps of electrical tape to hold it in place until I was sure it was going to work and even the tape seems to be holding it in place ok.

 

[nscrcr8z]

Great find

 

[kookiman]

Congrats on the nice ring....I tried your mod on my sand shark and it worked great...(I used Zip ties to hold it on) thanks a bunch and HH

 

[lorraine]

WOW!, Bigscoop, that is a hefty little fella!

It's a beautiful find...we all need a smile now and then ..mostly now while detecting at the beach this morning

Congrats on fine detecting,and watch out for those sea creatures who are also detecting..for you!

HH
Lorraine