LawrencetheMDer
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- Joined
- Feb 22, 2014
- Messages
- 987
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Ohio and Florida
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Ohhh, the wife was shopping and I had a few hrs to enjoy. Grabbed the CTX and headed out to the small local beach. When I got there I immediately hit the path and the battery shut down, out-of-fuel! My CTX battery charger had died a few days before (dropped brackish water into it and never same again) and I had about 11 hrs on the battery when it went dead. Luckily, I had my spare alkaline battery pack and a few minutes later I was back in business.
I know the place gets hammered, so I concentrated on the more out-of-the-way spots, small paths and more isolated shoreline. Boy did I have fun. I usually hunt in surf and recently the targets have been few and far between – those days when you touch the coil to your water scoop to make sure the darn thing is on, and it always is; except when it was off once! Any ways, I dug 26 coins/hr for 2 hrs! This doesn’t include the equal number (or more) of junk, mostly foil, pull/push tabs and juice tops. Boy was I busy.
On top of that, I met a father and son detecting (w Bounty Hunter); one of their fist times out. I gave them some pointers about the beach, that they needed a sand scoop (can w holes is fine) and where coins are likely to be found (as stated above). Then I told the boy “fill all your holes, keep away from people and save and dispose of all trash you come across.” With that, I decided not to hunt their corner of the beach with my carpet sweeper (CTX w 17” coil) and hoped them the best.
My best find of the day was a 3” spider man toy with movable parts; I’m going to use him to highlight my future ring finds…if I even find one again…back to the ocean.
Happy Hunting
2019
Gold rings - 6
Gold teeth - 1
Silver (.925) items - 25
Coins - 2504
I know the place gets hammered, so I concentrated on the more out-of-the-way spots, small paths and more isolated shoreline. Boy did I have fun. I usually hunt in surf and recently the targets have been few and far between – those days when you touch the coil to your water scoop to make sure the darn thing is on, and it always is; except when it was off once! Any ways, I dug 26 coins/hr for 2 hrs! This doesn’t include the equal number (or more) of junk, mostly foil, pull/push tabs and juice tops. Boy was I busy.
On top of that, I met a father and son detecting (w Bounty Hunter); one of their fist times out. I gave them some pointers about the beach, that they needed a sand scoop (can w holes is fine) and where coins are likely to be found (as stated above). Then I told the boy “fill all your holes, keep away from people and save and dispose of all trash you come across.” With that, I decided not to hunt their corner of the beach with my carpet sweeper (CTX w 17” coil) and hoped them the best.
My best find of the day was a 3” spider man toy with movable parts; I’m going to use him to highlight my future ring finds…if I even find one again…back to the ocean.
Happy Hunting
2019
Gold rings - 6
Gold teeth - 1
Silver (.925) items - 25
Coins - 2504
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