Shark

[Hag730]

Last weekend I had to push a shark and a ray away with my coil.....wife was skeptical of my stories. Today I brought my video camera. He is no monster......but I did get a quick video. He didn't come as close, but luckily he made a right turn when I looked up. And to top it off.....only found a couple bucks in clad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXloimEeosw&feature=youtu.be

 

[sponge]

Dude that way cool. Well I am just watching it on video. If I was there I would have said some other words.

 

[lorraine]

That's scary, Hag;

I would've been out of that water pronto!

Be careful out there.

Lorraine

 

[OBN]

You handled that like a true pirate....did he bump you or the detector shaft?

 

[Hag730]

You handled that like a true pirate....did he bump you or the detector shaft?

He didn't get that close thankfully. Last weekend a ray went into a hole I was digging between scoops.....when I shoved the scoop back in the hole I hit him. He came straight up thrashing......I swatted him with the coil. Five minutes later a shark came swimming right up to investigate my coil.....I had to bop him in the face to make him go away. He was small.... But I think I yelled out like a sissy.

 

[Boatlode]

It was probably the food you were stirring up on the bottom that attracted them. Cobia are known to follow rays for that same reason.

Always remember to shuffle your feet - if you step on a stingray, it can ruin your day.

 

[Sandman]

I think sharks can pick up on the electrical current the coil gave off. They really liked my PI when I dove saltwater and swam to close for comfort.

 

[sponge]

I think sharks can pick up on the electrical current the coil gave off. They really liked my PI when I dove saltwater and swam to close for comfort.

I feel they are attracted also. I have had some change directions and come real close.

 

[Boatlode]

I think sharks can pick up on the electrical current the coil gave off. They really liked my PI when I dove saltwater and swam to close for comfort.

I have heard others say that. It would be an interesting scientific study if they chose to do it.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I think they like the gold you are uncovering and swoop in and grab it before you do!
Be careful out there your supposed to be doing a happy dance not a shark dance.

 

[baywalker]

I think it is more the digging then the coil giving of electrical pulses

 

[bigscoop]

Stand your ground! Could be another detectorist has trained that shark to keep others from hunting that prime turf.

 

[lookindown]

He didn't get that close thankfully. Last weekend a ray went into a hole I was digging between scoops.....when I shoved the scoop back in the hole I hit him. He came straight up thrashing......I swatted him with the coil. Five minutes later a shark came swimming right up to investigate my coil.....I had to bop him in the face to make him go away. He was small.... But I think I yelled out like a sissy.

I heard someone say that they scream the same whether its a piece of seaweed or a giant shark that touches their leg.

 

[Hag730]

Ive wondered about the electro-magnetic field produced by the coil......could that attract them? Or is it just the commotion in the water that they believe is a injured fish.

 

[tnt-k9]

Ive wondered about the electro-magnetic field produced by the coil......could that attract them? Or is it just the commotion in the water that they believe is a injured fish.

First and foremost, that is some wild stuff! Second I'm not that smart when it comes to the electro-magnetic stuff or electro harmonics. (I turn on my machine and go) Here I have seen what I believe to be the gathering of smaller fish around where I'm hunting and I think it's from stirring up things they can eat. But where there are smaller fish comes bigger fish. I always keep my eyes open when I see the smaller ones dash by, because then I usually see a barracuda right behind them.

Again, very cool. Stay safe out there!

 

[Lady Pirate]

Yup, that sure does (did) happen, I've had small sharks do that to me and I don't think people believe me when I tell them. I've even seen barracuda go by me so fast like a torpedo and come back around a few times. Scares you enough to leave toilet fish.

 

[Red James Cash]

 

[sponge]

What i hate about sharks the most is they eat my dinner before I actually get to eat it.

 

[bigscoop]

Yup, that sure does (did) happen, I've had small sharks do that to me and I don't think people believe me when I tell them. I've even seen barracuda go by me so fast like a torpedo and come back around a few times. Scares you enough to leave toilet fish.

"Toilet fish"...............oh man. No pun intended here, but I'm trying real hard to wipe the laughter from my face.

 

[bigscoop]

Ive wondered about the electro-magnetic field produced by the coil......could that attract them? Or is it just the commotion in the water that they believe is a injured fish.

So, sticking with the first possible theory, would a larger coil, in theory, attract larger sharks?