BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
As some of you know, I got out on the beach for a little detecting for the first time ever. I used the F75 in the shallow water and wet sand areas with no trouble. It took some getting used to, as I had to use it manually ground balanced (no problem) in all metal motion mode. I found that I had to set the threshold at -1 or 0, and the ground balance was between 0 and 1 for wet salt sand, and occasionally as high as 3 or 5 for the dry sand. Although I feel certain I was losing some depth, it didn't appear to be a lot, and I dug corroded nails and bobby pins at 5-6 inches and a quarter at 10 inches.
I can see why some of y'all do this. Compared to sweltering heat in tick-filled woods in Kentucky in the summer, or frozen ground there in the winter, or humid, mosquito-filled sugar cane fields filled with ankle-deep, sticky mud in Louisiana...this was a breeze! Seriously, some of the most relaxing detecting I've ever done. I've hunted yards and cow pastures that were relaxing, but to just know that I could wander as far as I wished, and that the next day the sand would be different. That was great.
I did a couple hours one evening, which was mainly getting used to the settings and all metal motion mode, then I dug an earring which I believe to be silver, some toy cars, bottlecaps, and coins. The next and final day a wave receded and I saw the silver ring laying right on top of the sand. Was a great moment for me, and totally unexpected. Also dug the sunglasses, more change, a tiny skull (strange!), and the star find of the trip which I think just might be the Spyderco Volpe C99. Shame that the water has turned the olivewood grips black, but it is a genuine knife, and difficult to find now that it is discontinued.
Also found a "sea heart" (seed from the plant species entada giga which had floated all the way across the gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean).
This was a very welcome change, and I'll be doing this again. Might even consider buying a waterproof detector for the surf.
As some of you know, I got out on the beach for a little detecting for the first time ever. I used the F75 in the shallow water and wet sand areas with no trouble. It took some getting used to, as I had to use it manually ground balanced (no problem) in all metal motion mode. I found that I had to set the threshold at -1 or 0, and the ground balance was between 0 and 1 for wet salt sand, and occasionally as high as 3 or 5 for the dry sand. Although I feel certain I was losing some depth, it didn't appear to be a lot, and I dug corroded nails and bobby pins at 5-6 inches and a quarter at 10 inches.
I can see why some of y'all do this. Compared to sweltering heat in tick-filled woods in Kentucky in the summer, or frozen ground there in the winter, or humid, mosquito-filled sugar cane fields filled with ankle-deep, sticky mud in Louisiana...this was a breeze! Seriously, some of the most relaxing detecting I've ever done. I've hunted yards and cow pastures that were relaxing, but to just know that I could wander as far as I wished, and that the next day the sand would be different. That was great.
I did a couple hours one evening, which was mainly getting used to the settings and all metal motion mode, then I dug an earring which I believe to be silver, some toy cars, bottlecaps, and coins. The next and final day a wave receded and I saw the silver ring laying right on top of the sand. Was a great moment for me, and totally unexpected. Also dug the sunglasses, more change, a tiny skull (strange!), and the star find of the trip which I think just might be the Spyderco Volpe C99. Shame that the water has turned the olivewood grips black, but it is a genuine knife, and difficult to find now that it is discontinued.
Also found a "sea heart" (seed from the plant species entada giga which had floated all the way across the gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean).
This was a very welcome change, and I'll be doing this again. Might even consider buying a waterproof detector for the surf.
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