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    Nice Ring Recovery

    I haven't posted in a dog's age, but then I have spent most of my time in waist deep salt water lately. Well... I got a call from a buddy of mine on ring finders and he referred me to a man who's wife lost her wedding band of 15 years somewhere on the front lawn. She had been gardening and...
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    Gold Ring on a Sloppy Rainy Day !

    It was a rainy sloppy day at the beach here in Jacksonville. I had on the rain top, rubber boots and a smile; needed to get out at any cost to wet the business end of my trusty Sea Hunter. She has been popping rings out of the surf one at a time. Managed to snag this class ring of 17.7 grams of...
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    Excal in the surf with stock shaft ... Question

    I think from all the input of my last post I am leaning towards the Excal vs. the GT. Thank you for the support. Went into the surf today and snagged a 17.7 gram gold ring so that much closer to the purchase. My question is this.. A lot of guys like the straight shaft for the balance on...
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    Want to buy a Sovereign GT and have Questions....

    I want to buy the GT, but I do not know where to buy and have a few questions. 1.) Does the GT come with a straight shaft. The minelab catalog shows a s shaped shaft. New England detectors shows a straight. 2.) Does the Gt come with a pair of head phones? Are they waterproof or not. 3.) What is...
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    I need help on a second Salt Water Beach Machine.

    I have a Sea Hunter Mark II that has been a great machine this past year. I have found about 9 gold rings and a bunch of silver and metal rings in the surf this past summer, my first year of surf hunting. I love the depth of the PI but would like to add a machine with discrimination and the same...
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    18K Ladies Ring in Surf

    Hello guys.. I haven't posted in a great while, but have been finding rings. About 2 weeks ago pulled this beauty out of rough surf knee deep water. When I looked in the scoop the sun was shining on the ring and she shown like a beauty. The ring is 18K with a double row of diamonds on either...
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    Need to get a grip on my scoop handle!

    I have a nice wheel barrel wooden handle on my scoop that is preserved by a good coat of spar varnish. The problem is in the surf it gets really slick and I was wondering what would be the best way to get some grip on the handle. i was thinking something like wrapping the handle in a baseball...
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    Sea Hunter beeps on Startup ! :clap:

    Went out between computer jobs to wet the SeaHunter at the local beach. I walked out to the surfline and began strapping on the belt that holds the SeaHunter unit. I rested the shaft in the ankle deep water to adjust the headphones and then turned on the power. Immediately she started to beep...
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    A trip to Saint Augustine Beach today, could have stayed in bed.

    :nopity::nopity::nopity: Thought I would take a trip from Jacksonville to Saint Augustine beach to check out conditions there. On the beach 3 hours before low tide and attacked the water, knee to waist deep for 3.5 hours.. Combed the wet sand and also swept 5 volley ball courts with the mxt...
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    Recovered Diamond Ring Set 5th. of July

    There was a posting on line concerning a lost engagement ring and wedding band set lost in the surf on July 4th. just before the fireworks display. I contacted the wife and told her I would try to recover the ring set for a modest recovery fee. She told me the approximate location so off I went...
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    Cashed in the Clad for 2011

    Cashed in the coins and got $320.00 so far this year. Hope second half of year will be just as good. HH EZ
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    Sea Hunter Finds More Rings in the Surf

    :usaflag: :usaflag: I went out last week in the surf to pull out these two rings, a nice large black onyx silver ring and a titanium spinner ring. A little boy and his father asked what I was hunting for and right at that time I had a nice signal. Dug the target and showed him the silver ring...
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    Combination GPS and Tide Table Watch, do they exist?

    I am looking for a watch that has a tide graph and a gps built into the same watch? Does anybody know of one? Any Suggestions? EZ
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    Gold Rings from the Sea Hunter

    I found these two rings in the surf waist deep, a nice size 12 yellow gold 14k wedding band that I will return to the owner. I was given instructions as to where I may find the ring. I had an area of about 600 feet square to hunt. A lucky hit given the surf conditions. Pulled it out of 10" of...
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    Merchant Mariner Medal

    I was out metal or (medal detecting) at a local elementary school and my first "hit" was this medal (without the ribbon) It is rare and is an original issue during WW2 given to Merchant Seamen. Below is a excerpt from the Internet concerning the inscription. The Medal has the triangle between...
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    Siesta Key, Sarasota Finds on Vacation

    Went on vacation a few weeks ago to the #1 rated beach in the USA, Siesta Key. This beach is most beautiful beach I have ever laid eyes on! The sand is like poured sugar made of 99% quartz and shines even at night. Anyone that has gone to this beach can attest to the beauty of the beach. The...
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    Going to vacation in Sarasota & Clear water .. good beaches?

    I am taking my Sea Hunter and MXT to hunt while the wife does the shopping thing. Any particular beach or beaches good for detecting? Any detecting advice is appreciated. I live on the east coast but have never hunted on the west coast of FL. EZ
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    :super:Someone Lost Some Choppers !

    I took the trusty MXT w/ the Super 12" Coil on and sniffed around a soccer field bleacher. Got a Foil/ Ring Signal at about 10 so dug the target. Out pops a gold set of upper false teeth about 7 grams! Question anyone know what caret these maybe? Then went to the beach and became real red...
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    Rings !! Some if by Land, Some if by Sea .....

    I haven't posted anything in awhile so thought I would post the past couple of months of ring finds. I have been hunting like a bear out of hibernation down here in the south and have found lean pickings. But the MXT has rewarded me with some gold and likewise my Sea hunter has done the same in...
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    Happy Easter !

    Weather here is beautiful for Easter, ate some really great food and had a killer strawberry yellow cake from the French Bakery. I want to get out today and detect, but really stuffed. Got out yesterday for about 2 hours and found 32 Quarters, 20 dimes and 10 nickels. One of the quarters was a...
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