New machine and First Beach Hunt

[tinkb]

Yesterday I went to a yard sale and picked up a Whites Classic II for $35.00. Machine was clean and looked hardly used so I figured what the heck. Today I had to go over to the coast to take some measurements on a new house we just bought.

Its about 5 minutes from the ocean so I have been doing a lot of research into a new water machine. I have also been getting really excited about doing the beach thing as I see so much jewelry being posted from beach hunting.

We got down the around 1:00 and my appointment with the park manager wasn't till 3:00 so we hit the beach. I figured I would have plenty of time to hunt with the F75 anytime so I tried out the new Classic II. I was surprised how good it worked on the dry sand with iron disc out. Sens turned up all the way, disc to foil and it didn't chatter at all.

First I hit a few pennies, pop caps and Pulltabs. Then the machine did a screaming noise over a target. It was big and I thought it was a crashed can. I reached down into the sand and felt a chain. Started pulling it out and thought it was a dog choke chain. But with a ton of people standing again I filpped it into my pouch.

I walked up the beach where Steve was and said look what I got. This would have made my 3rd choke chain this year and I thought he would get a chuchle out of it. Pulling it out we notice and clasp. Steve looked at it and it said Italy 926 silver. I weighed it at home and came in at 3.53 ounzes of silver.

My first beach jewlery find and I haven't even moved down there yet. A little while later heading for the truck I hit another loud target and it turned out to be a Canadian 2006 $2.00 coin. Not bad for a $35.00 dollar machine, first beach hunt and only there for 1-1/2 hours. I think I am going to love this beach detecting a lot.

 

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[Murph]

Great job and with only thirty five dollars invested you will be using the black ink to document your finds in no time.

I bet you even had a seabrease and the heat was not that big of a deal. Don't you feel sorry for the guys digging in the hard ground and sweating there brains out. Us beach guys have it made.

 

[steve m]

Ya, Terry! You dog! You beat me out today for sure! And with your 35.00 dollar machine! I was happy for you! Nice score!
But I got the good deal on the sand scoop!!
Ha Ha!!!
Steve///

 

[ivan salis]

silver being at $13 a oz ---3 oz is 39 bucks -- say $4 bucks for batteries and $35 for the machine thats umm $39 bucks ---so congrats your machine just paid for itself --a steal at $35 bucks I might add --- Ivan

 

[John (Ma)]

Nice job, just shows you do not need anything fancy and just need to get out there.

 

[tinkb]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Murph: You bet, it was actually cool enough we both wore a sweat shirt while digging. And may I add the digging was easier than the hard pan we have been digging in the last 2 months. You almost need a jack hammer to get to even those 2-3" targets right now.

Ivan: I was using new Ncad 2600 rechargeable batteries in so that expense didn't count. But your right, that little classic for $35 was a steal. We did do a little land hunting on the way back and that machine was so quiet in the trash I was shocked. Might not be the deepest machine but it sure hammered everything I passed the coil over down to 4". Disc function was amazing too. I disc out iron and it didn't beeps over one iron peice until I toggled back to All Metal.

Lost at Sea: yeah I was surprised at now well this machine did on the beach and even the wet sand/water. In disc it didn't effect the machine much and I did pick up a couple of coins in the wet sand and water. But for better results I think you need a little deeper machine and alot larger coil. But for the price, anyone could be doing okay with this machine on a really tight budget.

Steve: Who's the dog!!!! You stole that sand scoop right out from under me. Guy I am talking to says $10.00 for that rubber coated metal sand scoop and you whipped out a bill faster then Billy the Kid in a gun fight. Bet he don't want $10 for the new stock he gets in on Tuesday. For an hour thou I think both did good on the beach. You got alot of clad and I got that huge silver chain. About even huh?

 

[dahut]

Okay, tinkb! But dont get cocky. Everyday is NOT like that one.

 

[tinkb]

Huh Come on Dahut: Don't tell me that silver and gold isn't just waiting for me in scoops fulls.


I been detecting long enough to know that it was very lucky for me to get a peice of jewlery first time out, let alone one of my nicest jewelry finds ever. Every peice of jewlery and even clad I find I appreciate.