Finds from short trip to Fla.

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
17,159
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NEW ENGLAND
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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
My excuse for not getting more gold ---spent too much time finding coins
water was rough everyday except a small window on Monday morn when it was some what calm - had it been calmer - I would have easily doubled my finds or better
2 spots I hit held bulk of coins and I was getting multiple hits with each swing - I did not cover much ground either - if I lived down there and got some better conditions - cant imagine
what I would have gotten - I dropped my good mask and some a hole grabbed it - so that hurt me a little - last day hunting got hit with a wave and stiff armed my rod and shattered the upper one -
had to slide the lower up - shorten it to use so had to go shallower - was like a washing machine most time out there - you had to get most targets on first scoop or youre scre###
real bad rip currents - trying to head north would take ten mins. to go ten feet --turn south and current was pushing you by targets --saw one guy trying to do it without a mask -
he was scooping like 10 times for a target and he kept getting pushed away and fight to get back to it ---I was amazed at the amount of coins I got - told one guy and he laughed and said
probably all pennies - no sir was getting lots of quarters in a few areas - only 3 pieces of gold - all 10k and been there awhile - all had a little green on them
few pieces of silver ---I could not go for many faint targets with the water conditions - 95% of stuff I got on first scoop
totals - $31.48...567 coins
pennies - 368
nickels - 48
dimes - 68
quarters - 75
foreign - 11
around 10 hrs total hunting
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G.I.B.

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Feb 23, 2007
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8,537
North Central Florida
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CTX 3030 / GTI 2500 / Infinium LS / Tesoro Sand Shark / 1 Garrett Pro-pointer / 1 Carrot / Vibra Probe 580 (out on loan) / Lesche M85 / Mark1 MOD1 EyeBall
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Sweet ringing and blinging!
 

The Urban Prospector

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Oct 18, 2014
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1,903
Wherever I am.
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Tesoro Eldorado,
Garrett AT Pro,
Minelab Excal II,
Minelab Equinox 800,
Nokta Legend,
Garrett Pro Pointer,
Garrett Pro Pointer AT,
Human eyes
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Hey nice hunt there Casper! Pretty neat assortment of loot. Congrats on the gold! Nothin' wrong with 10k!!!!
 

against the wind

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Jul 27, 2015
24,797
24,977
Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania
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E-trac, Excalibur, XP Deus, & CTX 3030.
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Nice haul,, you got a lot of staying power.
I spent enough time in rough surf to know that it is better to get out of the water. Lost hats, and a good pair of prescription eye glasses. You think I would learn? ? Nooo,, I guess when you think you're part fish, you just have to go in, no matter how rough it is.
Congratulations
 

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CASPER-2

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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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All Treasure Hunting
Nice haul,, you got a lot of staying power.
I spent enough time in rough surf to know that it is better to get out of the water. Lost hats, and a good pair of prescription eye glasses. You think I would learn? ? Nooo,, I guess when you think you're part fish, you just have to go in, no matter how rough it is.
Congratulations

one day it kept me out - wish I had gone in - if its real rough - its tough with no mask - if you have a mask but no viz still tough but you can take the waves to the face
but scooping is tough - even though waters were rough - most spots I could still see the bottom which makes all the difference in the world - if you can see where your coil is and where to stick your scoop - makes it 10x better - there was no dilly dallying for me - I had scoop ready and when I got hit I stuck it in as fast as possible before water could knock me away
got 95% of my targets on first shot - thing is for those guys down there - they can wait for calm waters - I got to do what I can - I did
 

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Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,426
Massachusetts
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Relic Hunting
Way to go Casper! :occasion14: You are the master of the sea, congratulations! :notworthy:
 

btjbtj

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Aug 27, 2016
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1,412
Massachusetts
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Garrett AT Pro with NEL Big Coil DD. Garrett Pro-Pointer Plus.
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Casper, WOW--look at all that awesome loot. Congrats! -Lisa & John
 

Johncoho

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Feb 14, 2014
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Martinsburg, Pa. in the summer and Apache Junction
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Whites Spectrum XLT, Garrett AT Pro, Macro pinpointer, Garrett carrot pinpointer,
Lesch digger, Nel Tornado coil for ATPro, Garret ATMax with Nel Tornado coil
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Man is that a pile of coins! Also some nice looking bling. Awesome hunt, Casper.
 

A2coins

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Dec 20, 2015
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Show em how its done with that many finds they are doing something wrong!!!Good job
 

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CASPER-2

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
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19,977
NEW ENGLAND
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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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Show em how its done with that many finds they are doing something wrong!!!Good job

bunch of guys been saying its sanded in down there - some will do that so others in the country wont flock down there
others I think believe it - but I found a few spots that at first look seemed sanded in but once I got in and started banging the targets
you'd would stick scoop in and CLUNK - you would hit hard bottom - large coral - rocks and tons of large shell
just inches under thin layer of sand -- not sanded in ...in these spots
yes I did hit a few spots where it was 3 feet of sand - but I would move on
 

Diggin Dude

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Apr 6, 2014
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New York
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XP DEUS II
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Wow!!! Excellent finds!!!! That is a hell of a lot of clad LOL congratulations on the gold finds !! HH
 

deershed

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Apr 25, 2013
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4,103
Maryland
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AT Pro, Whites Coin Master Pro, Bounty Hunter Lonestar, Minelab CTX
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What do you call a short trip, a month? Lol
Sweet finds!!
 

Deft Tones

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Mar 24, 2016
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Hawkeye State - Area 515
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Whites V3i, XP Deus, Minelab Sovereign GT, Garrett AT Pro, Whites TRX (2), Predator Raven, Predator Raptor, Lesche Sampson
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Awesome hunt.

I can't wait for my time on a FL beach this coming spring.

Your post is causing me to drooooool inside with envy as it gets colder here. :icon_thumright:
 

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CASPER-2

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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Loco-Digger

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Jun 16, 2014
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Northern O-H-I-O
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F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
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That was a great 10 hours worth of hunting Casper. :hello2:
 

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