I read the first 2 pages. Thought I would add my story from last night, as I have a dilemma as well. This is like the commercial about how many licks to the center of the tootsie roll pop. Anyways, I'm new to MD, because I just got my new Sovereign GT last week. All these years, I've lived a block away from the beach. I fish, run and swim it, but never hunted it. So, I just started, since I'm always down there anyways, plus I love the adventure.
Last night after combing the beach I decided to stop by and swing it by the volleyball court. By this time its dark and can barely see, but if I hear the TINGING in my scoop, I should be ok. Right?!
On one side of the courts I didn't find any signals. Go to the other side of the net and found a small scrap wire close to the edge by the grass. Keep searching and hit a faint signal. I dug about 18 inches and found a piece of aluminum - DOH!
So, I press on, then get another faint signal another 6 feet away. Really faint. It's inside the boundary of the volleyball area, so I scrape the surface of the sand and its stronger. So, I gotta dig. I'm down almost 2 feet now and haven't found anything. I'm starting to panic this time, at the same time, I'm curious as hell what it is. It better not be another piece of aluminum. The more I dug, the stronger the signal got. But it was dark, couldn't see, there were no lights in the parking lot nearby and I didn't have a flashlight - my phone's light wasn't bright enough either. I'm thinking what if someone sees me in this hole, LOL. I've already had someone flash their brights at me from across the parking lot from when I was digging the other hole, they must of thought what's that guy doing. I know sometimes there are police that sit on the other side of the trees and watch for speeders coming down the road.
Anyway, I didn't want to bring attention to myself, so I filled it in and made notes of where I found the target - LOL - X marks the spot. I might have to bring a shovel next time and act fast.
What would you do?
