Woodland Detectors
Gold Member
My buddy Paul in Hawaii sent me this picture of a 4 pound octopus that attacked his detecting coil.
Here's his email:
Aloha Mikey
How are the wife and baby doing?
Aloha, on Tuesday night I hunted in the water with my Excalibur 800 and this octopus attacked my coil. I was just hunting in waist deep water and all I saw was this shadow coming towards my detector in the dark. At first I did not know what it was till I turned on my headlight. Man you talk about getting the shi_ scared out of you. The octopus grabbed on to my coil and was climbing up my detector. I tried hitting it with my scoop but I could not get it off. So I went back to the shore and grabbed it’s head and threw it on the sand. I then hit it with my scoop; it looks like I will be smoking some octopus tomorrow. The octopus weighed in at 4 pounds and here in Hawaii it cost $10.00 a pound.
After all the excitement I continued my hunt. The first target of the night was this small 18k white gold ring. I hunted for 2 hours and my take was a 4-pound octopus, 1/25,1/10,2/01,silver earring and the 2.17-gram white gold ring.
Tonight I'M going back to the beach that I have found some gold in the past and see what I can find. The last time I hunted this 4 pound octopus attacked my coil. Here is a pic of it.
HH, Paul
