Ezkilll
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2012
- Messages
- 21
- Reaction score
- 5
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Maple Valley, WA
- Detector(s) used
- Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
- #1
Thread Owner
I hit Alki beach again as part of my continued learning. I dug about 30 holes and only came up with a few interesting things - lots of junk. But it is good to get the junk off the beach.

All this was dug around the volleyball courts and down to the water line.
I am using an ACE 250 and I was picking up wads of foil 4-6" deep. They were a pain because they would just drop through the holes of the sand scoop I am using. I am still in the learning mode so I am running all metal and digging everything to learn what the machine is telling me.
I did have two targets I never found. One was indicating 8" and after digging down 12" I put my coil in the bottom of the hole (yes, I dig big - but it's a beach) and it was still indicating 6". So I gave up. The second I just lost the signal and couldn't pick it up again. Not sure why.
After a couple of hours I was tired and called it a day.
The oldest coin is a 1970 nickle. The squashed penny is from a local tourist attraction - "The old curiosity shop".

All this was dug around the volleyball courts and down to the water line.
I am using an ACE 250 and I was picking up wads of foil 4-6" deep. They were a pain because they would just drop through the holes of the sand scoop I am using. I am still in the learning mode so I am running all metal and digging everything to learn what the machine is telling me.
I did have two targets I never found. One was indicating 8" and after digging down 12" I put my coil in the bottom of the hole (yes, I dig big - but it's a beach) and it was still indicating 6". So I gave up. The second I just lost the signal and couldn't pick it up again. Not sure why.
After a couple of hours I was tired and called it a day.
The oldest coin is a 1970 nickle. The squashed penny is from a local tourist attraction - "The old curiosity shop".