One More Source for Disappearing Targets

[LawrencetheMDer]

The other day I mentioned that sometimes targets just disappear when trying to recover them. One reason, as stated earlier, was that the target may have fallen deeper into the hole beyond detector range. The moral of that story was to be sure to take one more deep scoop from the hole and the results may surprise you. Yesterday while detecting the surf I discovered another reason why targets will disappear, at least in the water - it might swim away!

I was in about 3 ft of crystal clear water MDing the surf when I came upon a broken-up signal on a rough patch of bottom. To get a better idea of the signal and decide to dig or not, I was swinging the coil back-and-forth over/on the rough patch when it swam away! It was some kind of flat bottom fish, not a stingray, and blended in perfectly with the bottom. The fish must have had a hook in it or ate something metal that I was detecting because the signal disappear with the fish!
Now that is some fish story.

 

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[Molewacker]

A combo Detecting and Fish story - Nice way to start the day - "The two that got away"

Gonna put this in my journal -

 

[strongarm18]

A combo Detecting and Fish story - Nice way to start the day - "The two that got away"

Gonna put this in my journal -

HA! "Ba-dum...ching!"

 

[ring-in-the-scoop]

Never would have guessed the fish had expensive taste too...lol

 

[Indian Steve]

I have scooped at a target before to see a piece of foil flowing away.

 

[CASPER-2]

sounds like a flounder no pun intended --well maybe

 

[CASPER-2]

just happened to find this pic with hook in its mouth