Dead calm yesterday morning so hit the dropoff as deep

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Rookster

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Congrats on the gold.
 

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Gotta love the gold. Very nice find and thanks for sharing
 

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so you have a beach that drops off - I had one too - it would go from 6ft and then slant down to 12 ft
and I knew that people swam out there - (have a snuba and a hookah and can hit there with ease now)
but years ago what I did was I went to Homedepot and bought like a 6ft long wood pole/handle and I
duck taped it to the rod of my PI Pro removed the box and attatched towards the end of the wood handle
now I had over a 10 ft reach - I would walk to edge of the drop off and use it like I was using a pool
vacuum - I wear a mask & snorkel - when I got a hit I would drop down with hand scoop . It worked
pretty good - I got a few gold rings doing this - it can be hard work if you don't get on the first try -
this would work great with a partner where you could hold coil on target and let other person scoop
 

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TomNWMI

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Where there's a will there's a way. I've come close to getting a dunking more than once getting too close to the edge. Retrieved a ring once using the scoop as a backhoe reaching out and down pulling it up into shallower water.. LOL
 

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Sweet gold in the scoop, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

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Awesome find!
 

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I've had issues with drop-offs, was in danger of drowning a couple years ago in a fast moving river. Gotta watch out for the "dark water". Safety first, and a flotation vest is the answer.
 

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