Mike (Virginia Beach)
New member
Happy new year everybody!
It's been a while since I posted here. I hunted the beach all summer with my Excal and a little, early on, with the Explorer II. And I haven't gotten out much this fall so far, but hope to change that henceforth.
I went out with my buddy Darren today, to an old military housing site that was bulldozed a few years back. It dates to the 40's and it's VERY trashy. He was using his Sovereign and I had my Explorer II and also brought my Fisher CZ-70. I started with my CZ and bagged a few wheaties and then figured I'd try the Explorer II, despite the HUGE amount of trash. Hunted in IM -16 for a while and got a few wheaties from the 40's. Got tired of listening to the sonic symphony after a while, so went to a mostly coins pattern and hunted mostly in null for a while. Pulled a nice 1943 Merc out. The I got a few more wheaties and the token shown. All the wheaties were from the late 30's to early fifties and pretty well trashed. I know there's more silver out there but you really have to work for it. It's tough hunting but the Explorer II did surprisingly well in all the trash and I used it more than the CZ which I had assumed would be my choice, given the heavy trash.
We both ended up with about a dozen wheaties and some clad. There's a WHOLE lot more ground out there to hunt. We'll be back!
Here are some pics I took.
Darren with his Sovereign...
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The Merc...
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Another view...
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The Ulysses S. Grant token...thought this was a half dolllar at first! Oh well...next time!
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It's been a while since I posted here. I hunted the beach all summer with my Excal and a little, early on, with the Explorer II. And I haven't gotten out much this fall so far, but hope to change that henceforth.
I went out with my buddy Darren today, to an old military housing site that was bulldozed a few years back. It dates to the 40's and it's VERY trashy. He was using his Sovereign and I had my Explorer II and also brought my Fisher CZ-70. I started with my CZ and bagged a few wheaties and then figured I'd try the Explorer II, despite the HUGE amount of trash. Hunted in IM -16 for a while and got a few wheaties from the 40's. Got tired of listening to the sonic symphony after a while, so went to a mostly coins pattern and hunted mostly in null for a while. Pulled a nice 1943 Merc out. The I got a few more wheaties and the token shown. All the wheaties were from the late 30's to early fifties and pretty well trashed. I know there's more silver out there but you really have to work for it. It's tough hunting but the Explorer II did surprisingly well in all the trash and I used it more than the CZ which I had assumed would be my choice, given the heavy trash.
We both ended up with about a dozen wheaties and some clad. There's a WHOLE lot more ground out there to hunt. We'll be back!
Here are some pics I took.
Darren with his Sovereign...
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The Merc...
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Another view...
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The Ulysses S. Grant token...thought this was a half dolllar at first! Oh well...next time!
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