A PI Pirates quest for Gold (aka - The Slump)

DewGuru

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Jul 23, 2010
1,264
705
Gulf Coast Florida
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Tesoro Sand Shark
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
It's been so long since i've found gold, I believe I have forgotten what it looks like.
Crowds of thousands (10's even) major holidays ... not even a sniff.... for now.

Yea though I wade through the water of the sandy depths, I will fear no signal, for
the skill is with me ... My golden PI shall comfort me ...

45 quarters, 26 dimes, 28 nickels, 74 pennies. No gold, No silver, a pound of trash.

A single 3 hour hunt in darkness of the moon.

Hunt on brethren, hunt on.
 

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Loco-Digger

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Jun 16, 2014
11,827
17,744
Northern O-H-I-O
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1
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F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
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Metal Detecting
Awesome. You averaged almost 1 coin per minute. 3 hrs = 180 minutes / `173 coins. That is my kind of hunt. :occasion14:
 

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DewGuru

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Gulf Coast Florida
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Awesome. You averaged almost 1 coin per minute. 3 hrs = 180 minutes / `173 coins. That is my kind of hunt. :occasion14:

Yep. It wasnt far from that. 1 hole produces multiple coins. An amazing volume of targets to be blingless.
 

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
17,158
19,959
NEW ENGLAND
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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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Sending you some luck my friend

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SouthFLdigger

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Mar 16, 2014
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344
Pembroke Pines, Fl
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Beach:Fisher CZ-20, Beach Hunter ID 9.5" Whites DFX, Minelab Safari and Excalibur 2.
Park and Turf: Teknetics Gamma 6000,Teknetics Delta 4000,Nokta Fors Core
Loaners:ACE-250 9x12 and 7x9.
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All Treasure Hunting
Sounds like me lately LOL, lots of coins though and a great experience and your find rate is amazing. I had the same thing happen with my Sea Hunter Mark 2 last Friday, found enough pennies to make a zinc factory. My girlfriend found a gold ring :BangHead: Then again lately i have not been doing my 6 hour hunts.
 

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WaterWalker

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Jan 31, 2007
525
675
Cape Cod, Massachuestts
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Garrett (Infinium, ATPro, ATX), Minelab Excalibur, Tesoro Conquistador, Whites (Surfmaster PI, Quantum), JW Fisher 8X, DetectorPro Underwater 8", Minelab Equinox 800, Manticore, Pro-Find 35
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Many of us are feeling your pain.
There is hope, just look at some of plymouthian12 's posts!
When you find a glory hole, you just have to clean it out. Looks like you have that part down well.
Now go back and get the heavy metals.

May the ring of gold be in your ears and its glitter in your scoop.
 

Harold in Fla.

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Jul 18, 2007
394
238
N.C
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I use the excel 1000 have been since they came out.
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All Treasure Hunting
Hi Dew, looks like you did some serious hunting, that beach must be pretty clean of trash for sure, and sure got some coins also, may the bottom of your scoop turn yellow my friend.
 

Randyg12

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Aug 6, 2014
459
466
Northridge, Ca
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Equinox 800, CTX 3030, and E-Trac
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Don't feel alone, I haven't passed over any gold in awhile. :dontknow: All we can do is keep swinging it and hopefully we'll pass over some soon. By the looks of your finds its not because you aren't trying:laughing7: Good luck the next time out!
 

hamiddetecting

Gold Member
Feb 22, 2012
6,398
2,510
North Pole
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Sovereign GT and Excalibur II, Whites, Garrett, Fisher, Alert, MD,Cscope,Tesoro, Compas, XP, Long Rs
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All Treasure Hunting
Very Nice!! Congratulations!!
 

OBN

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Dec 30, 2008
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7,009
Maryland Waters
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"Excalibur"..
"AQ" Impulse
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Other
Amazing amount of targets, think I average about 30 deep targets per 4 hours at a few of the beach's I hunt.
 

s.c.shooter

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Jul 28, 2008
1,063
730
SC
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Minelab Sov- AT PRO - AT Max - Equinox 600
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All Treasure Hunting
I had a slump that went 2 1/2 years and then I found several gold rings over just a couple of hunts. Hang in there my friend!
 

Fletch88

Silver Member
Mar 7, 2013
4,841
2,367
Valdosta, GA
Detector(s) used
Garrett ATPro- 8.5x11, 5x8, CORS Fotune 5.5x9.5
Tesoro Silver microMax- 8 donut, 8x11 RSD, 3x18 Cleansweep
Minelab Excalibur ll- 10" Tornado
Minelab CTX 3030
Minelab Xterra 305
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All Treasure Hunting
Slump??? You've posted more loot in 3 months than most have in last year!
 

Msbeepbeep

Gold Member
Jun 24, 2012
15,787
24,131
MA
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M-6, pro pointer, pistol probe
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All Treasure Hunting
Impressive amount of finds, especially nickels!

You are not alone. No gold all last year, this year I eye-balled a tiny gold stud on the side walk....I think my detector is now mad at me! No detected gold.
 

lookindown

Gold Member
Mar 11, 2010
7,089
4,936
Florida
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ACE 250,AT PRO, CZ21...RTG pro scoop...Stealth 720
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All Treasure Hunting
Join the gang...slumps seem to be the norm now.
 

cntrydncr1

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Feb 23, 2007
7,806
777
Bradenton, Fl
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1
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ACE 250, Minelab Excal II, ETrac, Infiniuim
gold has been very hard to come by here for the last year! if I didn't take vacations to resorts that rarely get hunted I would find nothing!
 

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