SIX HOUR SPIN ON THE SUN COAST

guzz1 · Jan 18, 2008

I spent six hours at the beach today nothing but clad and a sore back... It was a bit overcast and pleasant ,surf was up ,,Big time ,, Might make for good hunting Saturday . Looks like the high tide took some sand last night .. Oh well ,will give it shot tomorrow ....GUZZ1

davest · Jan 18, 2008

by chance is that T.I. Beach? I'll be there Sunday a.m. The weather changed a lot from 1/1/08 so I don't know if many deposits were made. You did about the same as myself this winter during hunts.

guzz1 · Jan 18, 2008

No,I was at one of the beaches in Sarasota . Targets were limited to say the least. Just not that many depositors out. Spring breakers are coming so that should help all of the Florida hunters ..Good luck on sundays hunt ..Guzz1

gold-digger · Jan 18, 2008

Same bleakness up here in clearwater. Probably 3-4 people on the beach today. Cant wait till the warm weather comes back.

guzz1 · Jan 18, 2008

Yea I know , I saw a lot of rusted bottle caps at the surface today So I know some sand was stripped off last night ,, Just not enough to make a difference. But at least we can still go out and hunt in in decent temps. The guys up north have to fight the elements to hunt or just stay home and shovel snow and chip ice .They really have rough .... HH GUZZ1

willie d · Jan 18, 2008

Spring break will be here before you know it. I'm counting the days. It will make you forget all about these days of meager finds.

DaChief · Jan 18, 2008

Hey Guzz. I was just north of you today in the Tampa area. I drove the 2.5 hours and got there at 8 a.m. I tried the water for a couple of hours but it was brutal. The surf didn't look that bad from the shore but when I got in, the waves were breaking over my head. It was taking a good 10 minutes each to make a recovery once I got a target which all turned out to be coins and junk. The bottom was really stirred up. I was eyeballing coins at the water line but no jewelry.

I got out of the water pretty chilled even though I had my wet suit on. I hunted the dry sand with my Sovereign and pulled some deep coins out but no jewelry. Got lots of nickels. I ran into a fellow using an Excalibur and he didn't have any luck either. I saw two other guys with Whites Detectors but they weren't in the sociable mood. I saw another guy with a Bounty Hunter there. He didn't seem to want to talk either. I spent the entire daylight hours there.

The next couple of nights are going to be some really good minus tides but they peak at 3 and 4 a.m. I believe there would be things to find after those waves stirred the bottom up today.

Hope the warm weather gets here soon.

Jim

davest · Jan 19, 2008

Chief, if you see me on the beaches, I'll talk. I'll be that guy with a Titan 3000, pulling my digger with a rope and stopping everywhere to dig. I don't have a water machine yet, but that's coming.

I hunt T.I. (all of it from Sunset Beach to Johns Pass), Upham Beach, Mad Beach, Spa Beach in St Pete, and every tot lot in between.

Good luck and Happy Hunting.

guzz1 · Jan 19, 2008

CHIEF I pulled out a lot of dimes yesterday.. they were deep and had been there while . I don't get dimes that often. quarters and pennies is the norm for me .. I was gonna go out this morning but I'm pretty beat up from yesterdays hunt . I'll hit it tomorrow. Guzz

DaChief · Jan 19, 2008

Good deal. Welcome Davest, maybe I'll see you there in a couple of months. I plan on not hunting again until Spring Break for the kids. I'll be sure to talk with you though.

Guzz, I know what you mean about being beaten up. I could hardly walk when I got home. Arthritis in my hips and knees has come upon me in the last year and I am not that stinking old yet. Looks like I am in for a rough old age especially if I insist on hunting all day like I do. My fingers were sore from having to grip everything in the surf so hard. I nearly lost my scoop a couple of time. I had my Infinium hip mounted so it wasn't going anywhere.

I know that if there had been some jewelry in the sand, I would have found it because with my Sovereign I was digging coins deep with the 15 inch WOT coil. It gives a strange but very recognizable signal on a deep item. Anything really deep makes what I call a "Nervous Sound". It sounds just like a good signal but it has this very distinct vibration or jitter to the sound kind of like when someone nervous or very scared is talking. That's my best way to describe it. I know others may describe it differently. When I hear that, I know that I may as well go ahead and dig at least 8 scoops worth before I check to see if I have dug up the target.

Good luck to everyone in the coming weeks. I hope to get back down around the end of March.

Jim

guzz1 · Jan 20, 2008

HEY chief
Thanks for the tip .I'm still getting to know the sov Gt ,its only been a week or so since i got it.
I'm going out today for a quick spin , I'm waiting for it b to warm up a bit . I have the stock coil on my gt and it seems to go quite deep . a little deeper than my excal. hh guzz1

Montauk3 · Jan 20, 2008

I tried for a while today but froze my you know whats off, (feet).

Perhaps next week.

guzz1 · Jan 20, 2008

WOW! Ralph ,, Your a better man than me ,, I got out to my car and turned around and went back in the house ,, I'M gonna go tomorrow .Weather permitting,,,,,,,, Guzz1

DaChief · Jan 20, 2008

Guzz, you are right on that stock coil. My first trip out with it on my Sovereign was at a playground that I went to test it on. I had worked that area with my Tesoro which is really deep also but the stock coil on the Sovereign was pulling some really deep items out of the ground. I was shocked at the depth of that stock coil. It was far more superior than anything I had ever used before.

The 15 inch WOT coil gives you more area per swing on the beach. It is a little bit deeper also. I am going to post a relic hunt I did a few weeks ago when I get my film developed. I forgot my digital camera on that hunt and had to buy a throw away 35mm to take photos. I haven't had the time to get my film developed. I am not sure of the advantage of depth on the beach anymore since I am sure I have covered large areas and would have found anything deep if it had been there but it wasn't. I was pulling coins from very deep. The only question I was having was maybe that it wouldn't pick up on gold that deep but I think it would. I believe next time out, I am going to power down a bit although Treasure Hunter said he found a Mercury Dime at St. Pete beach using the WOT Coil. That means there is lots of stuff probably still there really deep that can be pulled with the WOT that others have missed.

Maybe all of us can meet up one day for a competition and cook out somewhere in the middle for a full day. It would be fun to go at and share that story on here.

Take care.

Jim

guzz1 · Jan 20, 2008

I'm down for that Jim anytime , WE have some great spots over here . rdi mention doing something like that as well , I think that would be Great if we could put that together on sat or sunday here in the future ... Guzz1

strike it rich · Jan 20, 2008

guzz1 said:
I spent six hours at the beach today nothing but clad and a sore back... It was a bit overcast and pleasant ,surf was up ,,Big time ,, Might make for good hunting Saturday . Looks like the high tide took some sand last night .. Oh well ,will give it shot tomorrow ....GUZZ1

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DaChief · Jan 20, 2008

Sounds good to me. We may want to wait and shoot for Spring Break or so when there would be lots of folks on the beach and the weather would be just a tad better. Since you all live down that way and know the beaches better, you may have a better idea of when they would be more populated. I am game for anytime. I am having to travel to San Antonio, Tx. the first two weekends in March but after that any time will be fine. I believe most spring break weeks are during the last week in March and first couple of weeks in April but if some time after that is better I am good with that also. Just let me know.

guzz1 · Jan 20, 2008

Will shoot for a weekend in April Jim,,Everybody put that on the back burner .Will talk more about it.as the time grows closer . Will pick a date and everyone is welcome to come .. hunt and a cook out at the beach... be a Great time .. Guzz1

Montauk3 · Jan 20, 2008

I need the name of the book for the Excalibur2. I remember seeing it on this site but can't find it.

I believe the authors name is Clyde something or other.
The book is specific to the Excalibur.
TIA

Never mind, I found it. Thanks anyway.