Todays Catch

BareBones · Aug 20, 2009

First let me say I was very reluctant to post this meager catch, but in an effort to contribute to this forum instead of constantly lurking in the shadows reading way into the night, I decided to post up my catch of the day.

I consider myself a noob dirt fisherman so go easy on me.

I could not really get out on the ocean to do any fishing today since all the tropical activity has the water pretty well stirred up offshore, but I had a chance to go dirt fishing today instead for about an hour or so at a park close to home. I did not really expect to find anything special and I had no real expectations. I have a Surf PI and dry land is not the best place for this machine let me tell you. No discrimination, so you have to dig everything. :tongue3:

I'm in the market for an additional detector if someone has a deal they want to pass along. :laughing7:

Anyway, I found my usual share of beer caps, soda pull tabs, some rusted metal and a couple of roofing tin tabs. The Surf PI really finds the junk and deep too. I dug 3 or 4 alum soda cans that were more then 18 inches deep and a couple of them sounded like they were just under the surface of the sand. Good thing I have a nice stainless scoop that makes short work of the sand.

I ended up with 2 quarters, 5 dimes two of which were in the same hole and 8 pennies, also a toy Porsche car. The playground sand really seems to eat the plating up on coins and a couple pennies look like they were starting to get a bad case of electrolysis.

May your catch be ever more bountiful then mine.

Tank69 · Aug 20, 2009

wtg , not everday can be a gold an silver by the handful day

spartacus53 · Aug 20, 2009

Welcome to T-Net and that is not a bad days hunt. All that clad adds up each day; remember you are $1.08 ahead of where you started today.

A good deal on another machine would be the Ace 250, I use it and it does alright by me. You will see that many here use it as a primary, or secondary machine. Anyway, I look forward to your future posts and wish you better luck in your future hunts.

mlayers · Aug 20, 2009

You got a little over a buck for a hour of hunting. I say you did alright it is better then I do on some days. I also have the Whites PI machines.....Matt

ringfinder · Aug 20, 2009

Hey nice finds!!! Got news for you, we all dig the same things you do,
but most guys don't tell about it. They just tell about all the goodies
they found.

As for not being able to tell what your digging with a water detector, none
of them will tell you what you found, unless you want a detector you just use
in the surf and not for deep water. The ACE 250 is a good choice, but if you get
it wet from salt water, just through it away.

Where I live, I can't tell you how many shotgun shells I have dug, any color you
want, purple, orange, red, black, you name it. Lots of Duck hunters around lakes.
I water hunt in the summer. Not as lucky as you to have a nice big beach to go to.

The best time to go to your beach is right after or during a nice storm. All the sand is
blown away and a lot of junk also. Once down at St. Pete beach during a storm,
I picked up two gold rings and I didn't even need a detector, although I was detecting.
They were laying right on top of the hard packed sand, all the loose sand had blown away.

HH< Ringfinder

mred1965 · Aug 20, 2009

Way to go. I will be hiting the beach after BILL makes his pass at us. When bob came by a few years ago There was gold on them there beaches. :headbang:

BareBones · Aug 20, 2009

Thanks for the encouragement.

I've been trying to buy an ACE 250 for the last two weeks and I keep getting beat out on all the deals. I PM'd a member selling one on TNET now, well see what happens with that.

I have missed out on two or three ACE 250's in the $100-150 range. I don't know what the problem is I'm having right now with landing a deal? Hopefully it will be my turn soon, but money is tight right now and a penny saved is a penny earned so I don't want to go out and just buy a new detector. I guess there are a lot of folks thinking the very same thing too.

I tried to buy an Excalibur II yesterday for $500 that was kind of local to me. Way more then I really want to spend on a detector right now, but it's the machine I really want and I knew it was a darn good deal. I missed out on that one too. Someone bought it before I called the guy. I saw the ad about 12 midnight and he had posted it around 9 PM and out of respect I did not call him until the next day. Someone bought it at 9:30 AM from him that morning before I called him at around 10:30 AM. Talk about a deal moving fast!

I am really sick and tired of digging beer bottle caps, so something that can give me an indication of what it is before I dig would be oh so welcome.

I also dug all those in about 93deg heat, full sun around 3:30pm. Talk about sweating my shorts off.

Speaking of which: NOTE to self and anyone else not experienced in metal detecting. BE SURE YOU WEAR A BELT WITH YOUR SHORTS! Mine were darn near falling off around my knees and I"m pretty sure my butt crack would have shamed a plumber. Thank goodness no one else was at the park.

spartacus53 · Aug 20, 2009

I am really sick and tired of digging beer bottle caps, so something that can give me an indication of what it is before I dig would be oh so welcome.

Just to let you know that no machine can tell you what you will find. For example the Ace 250 gold will show as a pull tab. I have a million pull tabs and a little gold, but you have to work for it. If you get an iffy signal, dig! That is my best advise. You can get a new 250 for about $200 and it will pay for itself in no time. Right now I am looking for an inexpensive but decent detector for the water. I am unemployed so money is very tight, but again, a few finds and it pays for itself. You will also find that the other hobbyists here are more than willing to help you and teach you the tricks.

BareBones · Aug 21, 2009

Hmmm......That is good information to know about the gold. I've read that you really should dig every target, but the beaches, especially south beach is just loaded with beer bottle caps.

Yeah, I too am suffering from the unemployment epidemic. I've had my second hand Surf PI for a little over a year and I recently got it out to spend my time in a hobby that hopefully put some money back in my pocket instead of draining the money out.

Thanks for any and all help, like I said; I"m a total noob.

allen · Aug 21, 2009

all that clad adds up !

spartacus53 · Aug 21, 2009

I just saw Rebel advertising an Ace 250 with the larger search coil for $65 in these personals. I don't know him, or how the condition is, but that is almost free :laughing9:

I'm looking for something alnog the lines of your Surf PI, but too costly.

scrounger d detector collector · Aug 21, 2009

hey not bad

ive also had the pants fallin off prob

part of bein a fat boy

BareBones · Aug 21, 2009

spartacus53 said:
I just saw Rebel advertising an Ace 250 with the larger search coil for $65 in these personals. I don't know him, or how the condition is, but that is almost free I'm looking for something alnog the lines of your Surf PI, but too costly.

I'm pretty sure I saw that post and I thought it was only for just the coil. If I'm wrong please show me the link because I missed out on another ACE, the one that was for sale here in the classified section.