SweetCorn
Jr. Member
- Oct 2, 2016
- 76
- 183
- Detector(s) used
- Excal 2, Equinox 600
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi.
I'm a new member of the board who lives in the Walnut Creek area.
I'm looking for partners primarily for metal detecting. I'm pretty motivated and do a lot of 5 hr + days solo on the beach. I could see myself getting into prospecting some day, but right now I'm focused on MDing. I'm trying to convince my wife that I need an Excalibur II for the beaches and fortunately, she's pretty supportive of my oddball hobbies I started with an AT Pro and still use that, but it's almost useless on wet sand but is pretty good on the dry land, at least from what I can tell.
I've been hitting primarily beaches between Jenner and Half Moon (the legal ones that is) and freshwater beaches too, and I'd really like to check out some other options but would really like someone to show me the ropes (plug digging, etc.) I'm very hesitant to start digging plugs in the very nice green grass in the park across the street from my house. I'm ready to find some silver because the beaches are not producing anything but clad. I've got 4 days off a week and have been getting out a lot since I got my detector last month.
As an aside, in my prior career I was a GIS (geographic information systems) professional, so I worked with GPS data, mapped it, and also used to do aerial photo interpretation. I'm thinking that could potentially be useful some day, but right now I'm just using notes and sketches to track where I've hunted.
I'm a new member of the board who lives in the Walnut Creek area.
I'm looking for partners primarily for metal detecting. I'm pretty motivated and do a lot of 5 hr + days solo on the beach. I could see myself getting into prospecting some day, but right now I'm focused on MDing. I'm trying to convince my wife that I need an Excalibur II for the beaches and fortunately, she's pretty supportive of my oddball hobbies I started with an AT Pro and still use that, but it's almost useless on wet sand but is pretty good on the dry land, at least from what I can tell.
I've been hitting primarily beaches between Jenner and Half Moon (the legal ones that is) and freshwater beaches too, and I'd really like to check out some other options but would really like someone to show me the ropes (plug digging, etc.) I'm very hesitant to start digging plugs in the very nice green grass in the park across the street from my house. I'm ready to find some silver because the beaches are not producing anything but clad. I've got 4 days off a week and have been getting out a lot since I got my detector last month.
As an aside, in my prior career I was a GIS (geographic information systems) professional, so I worked with GPS data, mapped it, and also used to do aerial photo interpretation. I'm thinking that could potentially be useful some day, but right now I'm just using notes and sketches to track where I've hunted.