granthansen
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- Location
- New Jersey
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- Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett Ace 350, Fisher CZ-21, Garrett Pro Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
My buddy and I were able to get a few hours in on the beach today in NJ before the crowds started pouring in. I left my North Jersey home at just after 4am and got to the beach house just after 5am. We were on the beach searching at 5:30am. While I've read many forum posts and articles about how the Garrett Ace 350 would fare in wet sand, and picked up some great tips amongst many advice of "don't waste your time," I first focused on dry sand.
NJ gets a lot of flak for being a polluted state, but the beach we were at today was pristine. While our search didn't yield anything valuable other than a few clad coins (no jewelry), we weren't overwhelmed with garbage. Yes, a few pull tabs, bottle caps, and foil, but certainly not the mess I was expecting.
I focused my last half hour or so in wet sand, and even an inch deep of water. I kept zero discrimination and sensitivity at notch 3. I found notch 4 is where the false hits started. I got 3 good hits in the half hour. Two were bottle caps, and one is unknown (I'll photo it from multiple angles and post in the what it is forum, but you can see it pictured here bottom left). I thought it was a shell and it was thanks to my Pro Pointer that we knew it was indeed metal. On my Ace 350 it came up as quarter/dime; on my friends AT Pro it read as copper.
I was pretty pleased with the 350's performance in wet sand and shallow water, especially considering I wasn't expecting much. Who knows what I may have missed, but till I get a CZ-21 or something like it, I'll have to be content.
In the pic is a heavy round piece of metal with a hole in the middle (methinks a washer from the pier or something); a threaded piece of metal, some clad, and the mystery metal. Also attached is a pic of the heavens shining down on my friends while they search the surf's edge.
NJ gets a lot of flak for being a polluted state, but the beach we were at today was pristine. While our search didn't yield anything valuable other than a few clad coins (no jewelry), we weren't overwhelmed with garbage. Yes, a few pull tabs, bottle caps, and foil, but certainly not the mess I was expecting.
I focused my last half hour or so in wet sand, and even an inch deep of water. I kept zero discrimination and sensitivity at notch 3. I found notch 4 is where the false hits started. I got 3 good hits in the half hour. Two were bottle caps, and one is unknown (I'll photo it from multiple angles and post in the what it is forum, but you can see it pictured here bottom left). I thought it was a shell and it was thanks to my Pro Pointer that we knew it was indeed metal. On my Ace 350 it came up as quarter/dime; on my friends AT Pro it read as copper.
I was pretty pleased with the 350's performance in wet sand and shallow water, especially considering I wasn't expecting much. Who knows what I may have missed, but till I get a CZ-21 or something like it, I'll have to be content.
In the pic is a heavy round piece of metal with a hole in the middle (methinks a washer from the pier or something); a threaded piece of metal, some clad, and the mystery metal. Also attached is a pic of the heavens shining down on my friends while they search the surf's edge.
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