Excals maiden voyage = gold!

[VBDave]

Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

After a fairly successful year (ok, not really, but I had fun anyway) with my Sand Shark, I decided to spring for an Excal 1000. My experience with the Shark was that it was fine for wet sand where digging trash doesn't mean lots of wasted effort, but in heavy surf, I got tired of getting beat down for iron.

1st Excal impressions:
1. It's a LOT heavier than my Sandshark. I found myself heading for deep water just to take the load off.
2. The treshold is so smooth compared to the Shark. I can set it much lower and pick out really faint
signals.
3. I did not dig a single piece of trash today! Amazing. And yes, I had the Disc set to 1.
4. If my wife thinks I was ate up with this hobby before, she's gonna hate the Excal.

Here's the Excal's maiden nut. The ring's 14K, 5dwt.

 

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[cntrydncr1]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

nice! this hobby sure is addicting isn't it?

 

[mumszie]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Nice maiden voyage I'd say!

 

[bootybay]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Oh you lucky dog,
one of the centuries, I will have a water machine... congrats on all your finds.. what a way to start with a new detector..

 

[HalfSpeed]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Great first hunt with the excal. Your wife won't hate the machine as long as you keep bringing home the booty for her to confiscate. She will probably run you out to hunt every day!

 

[davest]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

darn pretty ring. congrats.

 

[finderzzs]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Congrats on that Beautiful ring, your on your way to paying off that machine already

 

[spritch]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Wife aside. My DAUGHTER would have mugged me for a Claddagh ring like that. One of the first rings I found was a silver claddagh and she wore it until the silver shank broke from being to thin. She cried for weeks.

Stuart

OOPs I ought to proofread.

 

[North Florida Beach Hunter]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

That's one beautiful ring! Congratulations on your first time out with the Excal.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

VBDave,

Congrats on the ring find .

As far as the weight, I suggest you get you the detector harness, I use the Model S, it supports the detector and takes all the weight off your arm. I can hunt all day because of the harness......................Check them out well worth the cost....

http://www.kellycodetectors.com/accessories/lejermonharnesses.htm

 

[jopher]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Nice , heavy ring , Dave!....Congrats.

 

[DaChief]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Good for you Dave. No Trash!!!! Did you skip some of the low tones or just not get any but the one from the ring?

 

[FloridaBill]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Nice ring Dave

 

[JP]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

That sure is a nice ring!!!

The Excal is addicting, once you use it and find something there's no going back.

My wife was getting mad with me waking up early to hit the beach. But she was content when I would bring her back a ring. It's kind of a payoff.

HH

 

[VBDave]

Re: Excal's maiden voyage = gold!

Da Chief,
I didn't skip any targets. We had a few hole open up and when I saw the clad I was digging had been there awhile, I hit the hole hard. There was a serious rip current that I guess sucked out all the pull tabs.

Treasure Hunter,
Thanks for the advice on the harness. I'll give it a try.

VBDave
"I'm here for a good time, not a long time..."