Space Coast treasure hunter here

Coil Swinger

Newbie
Dec 27, 2014
2
0
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hello, Treasurenet-ers! I am about a month into owning my first metal detector - Whites Coinmaster GT - replacement NEL 2D hunter coil - Garrett Pro pinpointer (which, incidentally, false fires in the wet salty sand, but is fantastic everywhere else), and I just love it. I haven't found too many interesting items, mostly trash and a few modern coins... oh, and a quite thin 14k gold ring with a very small gem in it - most likely zirconium, per my research - YAY!, but every hit excites me, so digging trash doesn't bothers me too much, but it can get old. I love to hunt on the beach, but my setup gives me way too many false signals when I get to the wet sand, so all I get is the dry sand, and no one seems to be dropping much change, let alone jewelry. That is my scenario, and any input or tips for these conditions would serve me well =D Thank you in advance! I would like to find a club somewhere near me here (Treasure Coast/Space Coast, Florida, Melbourne specifically).
 

signal

Hero Member
Apr 30, 2011
582
428
Royal Palm Beach, Fl
Detector(s) used
Minelab CTX-3030, Minelab Exalibur II, Garrett AT Pro
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Is the Propointer new? A properly working propointer should not false in the wet sand......at least that's my experience.
 

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
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
The salt water makes the pinpointer false. No need for one at the beach, just buy yourself a scoop.
 

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Coil Swinger

Newbie
Dec 27, 2014
2
0
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hey, Fletch. Yea, I did get my first sand scoop this week, but it is terribly un-functional - the handle is at a 90 degree angle, about 3/4 of the way to the back of the scoop, so I have to bend so far to dig in that I end up kneeling anyways. I need to get a 45 degree elbow joint so I can dig in with my foot.
 

DirtWarrior

Bronze Member
Jul 15, 2014
1,305
147
Virginia
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Gold
Garrett AT Pro
Vulcan 360 Pin Pointer
Garrett Pro Pointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Wel-come aboard ... :hello2:
 

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Supporting Vendor
Mar 19, 2012
6,746
1,073
Spring TX
Detector(s) used
CTX3030/F75LTD/ Garrett AtPro/ XP Deus
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,425
Massachusetts
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Detector(s) used
Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Welcome! As the year rolls on your finds will increase exponentially!
 

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