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Boy, it's been a busy few months, and added on to that the conditions here (CA) for detecting the beaches have been less than favorable. Regardless, I knew the conditions would be poor, but I haven't been out for so long that I decided I'd go this morning and get some ocean breeze <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="
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I brought a shovel with me this time since I've been breaking my back digging with a sand scoop. I walked a length of beach without any targets except a shred of aluminum and a hairpin. As I turned around to walk back I got a signal that sounded good. It wasn't terribly loud, but repeatable and came out at me as a target. I dug a few scoops, expecting a nail or something about 10 inches down. At about 12" I could still hear the target, about 15" I had a bigger hole and the target was still straight down. 4 or 5 more scoops and I was down about 22" and the target was still down there. Finally, at about 23 or 24" down I finally pulled a scoop out and checked the hole again. Nothing. Cool! I swept over my last shovel full of sand and bang! There was something there. I pulled my sandscoop off my belt and took a scoop and out came a nickel. Wow, big find, huh? Well, considering it was the first non-trash target of the morning, and it was down a solid 23+ inches I was pretty happy. A few more steps and I started hitting pennies, but they were all on the surface, as if someone had sprinkled them there for me <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="">
Well, anyway, nothing old, nothing gold, but I think this is the deepest nickel I've ever found and it surprised the heck out of me. I had the Deepstar turned down (one click off max reject, threshold at about 1/4 range) since I was getting hammered by black/mineralized sand.
Eric, do you sell backhoes with the Deepstar? <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="">
The weather here is beginning to get rainy and there's some big tides and waves coming, so I'm hoping for the best, but it's a waiting game.
Happy hunting...
-J
">I brought a shovel with me this time since I've been breaking my back digging with a sand scoop. I walked a length of beach without any targets except a shred of aluminum and a hairpin. As I turned around to walk back I got a signal that sounded good. It wasn't terribly loud, but repeatable and came out at me as a target. I dug a few scoops, expecting a nail or something about 10 inches down. At about 12" I could still hear the target, about 15" I had a bigger hole and the target was still straight down. 4 or 5 more scoops and I was down about 22" and the target was still down there. Finally, at about 23 or 24" down I finally pulled a scoop out and checked the hole again. Nothing. Cool! I swept over my last shovel full of sand and bang! There was something there. I pulled my sandscoop off my belt and took a scoop and out came a nickel. Wow, big find, huh? Well, considering it was the first non-trash target of the morning, and it was down a solid 23+ inches I was pretty happy. A few more steps and I started hitting pennies, but they were all on the surface, as if someone had sprinkled them there for me <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="
">Well, anyway, nothing old, nothing gold, but I think this is the deepest nickel I've ever found and it surprised the heck out of me. I had the Deepstar turned down (one click off max reject, threshold at about 1/4 range) since I was getting hammered by black/mineralized sand.
Eric, do you sell backhoes with the Deepstar? <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="
">The weather here is beginning to get rainy and there's some big tides and waves coming, so I'm hoping for the best, but it's a waiting game.
Happy hunting...
-J