Tommybuckets
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- Minelab Excal, Safari, Garrett infinium, Whites prizm 4
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- All Treasure Hunting
Finally at the tail end of the season I got my baby back and put her to work. Thursday I hit a fishing beach and got a pile of quarters, junk and a 61 ben franklin half dollar. Friday I followed up on a lead for multiple lost rings and took my duckie (inflatable kayak) to a boating beer drinking beach. The beach had either been cleaned out or sanded in or both. No desirable sounding targets so I dug a few pull tabs and bottle caps and a small pocket spill of clad. This is another one of those spots that get hit hard by hunters so I figured it would be cleaned out this late in the season but I had to follow up on the lead to put my mind at ease. On the way back I got into that rain squall that blew through and pulled into another fishing beach. Targets were plentiful and sounded great. Non-stop nickels, fishing weights and coins were everywhere. I worked about twenty targets in a half hour and then paddled the rest of the way to my put in in the growing darkness and rain and hiked all my stuff out in the dark.
Sunday I headed to a swimming beach and got a junk ring three targets in. I worked the area over hard and pulled an ugly golden nugget. A 2g 10K "grill" fake teeth thingie. The battery read 11.9 before I left the house so I knew my time was limited but estimated I could make it the 2.5 hours to dark. I was close. She gave me the hi scream warning and gradually faded into the high buzz with a half hour of daylight. I grabbed the safari and headed out as deep as I could but couldn't get any good sounding hits. Off one battery charge I got about ten hours hunting
1 1961 half dollar
25 quarters
18 dimes
12 nickels
34 pennies
1lb+ fishing weights (15 est)
50-60 junk targets (aluminum, bottle caps, pull tabs, fork, brass boat hardware, unidentifiable)
1 junk ring
2g 10k grill
2 earrings (studs)
So roughly 3.5 minutes per target. That's swinging over a desirable one and getting it into my hand. I gave up on a few I started realizing they were junk and I should waste less time on pennies but since I have gotten some "Indian head" pennies near these spots I didn't want to miss anything interesting.
The Excalibur is performing as well or better than when I got her used seven plus years ago. Over time the wire from the coil to the machine has taken some wear and tear and been hung up and yanked which seems to have gradually worn down on the depth I could get. Feedback on if this is possible is welcome. Having used other excals I wondered if my machine was just not too "hot". I could get better depth with the safari than the excel in wet salt sand. I knew I would probably lose the summer sending it in in July but a shallow Excalibur is no fun either. It took some time as they have been slammed with machines but here she is better than ever. I look forward to comparing the machines again and determining the amount of improvement. Subjectively she definitely gained a lot of depth. The half dollar sounded like a beer can at six inches. I have to give a shout out to Marty and the Kellyco folks! I appreciate the care in the repair. I'll get a pic on if I can.
Sunday I headed to a swimming beach and got a junk ring three targets in. I worked the area over hard and pulled an ugly golden nugget. A 2g 10K "grill" fake teeth thingie. The battery read 11.9 before I left the house so I knew my time was limited but estimated I could make it the 2.5 hours to dark. I was close. She gave me the hi scream warning and gradually faded into the high buzz with a half hour of daylight. I grabbed the safari and headed out as deep as I could but couldn't get any good sounding hits. Off one battery charge I got about ten hours hunting
1 1961 half dollar
25 quarters
18 dimes
12 nickels
34 pennies
1lb+ fishing weights (15 est)
50-60 junk targets (aluminum, bottle caps, pull tabs, fork, brass boat hardware, unidentifiable)
1 junk ring
2g 10k grill
2 earrings (studs)
So roughly 3.5 minutes per target. That's swinging over a desirable one and getting it into my hand. I gave up on a few I started realizing they were junk and I should waste less time on pennies but since I have gotten some "Indian head" pennies near these spots I didn't want to miss anything interesting.
The Excalibur is performing as well or better than when I got her used seven plus years ago. Over time the wire from the coil to the machine has taken some wear and tear and been hung up and yanked which seems to have gradually worn down on the depth I could get. Feedback on if this is possible is welcome. Having used other excals I wondered if my machine was just not too "hot". I could get better depth with the safari than the excel in wet salt sand. I knew I would probably lose the summer sending it in in July but a shallow Excalibur is no fun either. It took some time as they have been slammed with machines but here she is better than ever. I look forward to comparing the machines again and determining the amount of improvement. Subjectively she definitely gained a lot of depth. The half dollar sounded like a beer can at six inches. I have to give a shout out to Marty and the Kellyco folks! I appreciate the care in the repair. I'll get a pic on if I can.
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It will be my first visit to their store.
