Sand Sifter
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I was down at the beaches in DE on Sunday night & Monday. Wife and I planned this short trip before Hurricane Erin became a thing, so that I could try out “Franken DuFi”, my “new to me” Dual Field PI, which is also my first PI after swinging BBS/SMF, VLF, TR & a BFO for the last 56 years. Sunday evening, after we checked in, I hit a private beach just a block from the hotel, with the goal of finding a variety of trash targets, which I did, wanted to hear how they sounded on my DF. Monday, we hit Fenwick beach, which I’ve hit many times over 10+ years, and the wife & I got married on that beach.
But with Hurricane Erin approaching, hunting was challenging as the wind was really picking up, waves were getting bigger and coming in fast, and I only heard 1 target in the wet after searching about 2 blocks. It was apparent that the incoming surges are depositing sand, so I was out there just a bit too soon, would have preferred to be out on the beach after the Hurricane had passed.
I always seem to forget, but this time, I remembered that I have a video camera built into my cell phone, lol. So, with Erin approaching, I shot 4 short videos to give everyone an idea of what the beach looked like on Monday, also went up to the Indian River Inlet, so you can see the chaos building. I have a feeling things are gonna get much worse. So, I had these 4 videos, but how was I going to share them? I needed to upload them to a hosting platform so that I could get a link to share.
I wasn’t planning on doing this, but I went onto YouTube figuring I’d need to set up a channel. After logging into my account, I discovered that I had a channel I set up back in 2011 but never used and forgot about. So, I changed the channel name to “Digging da Beeps” to be more aligned with detecting and was able to upload the videos. And before anyone asks, NO, I’m not gonna be one of those detecting guys with a channel pushing products, doing comparison video’s or anything like that. This will just be a channel I can use if/when I have a video to upload and share, so I’m totally “small potatoes”, with no delusions of grandeur, lol. If you watch, I’d appreciate a Like, only takes 2 seconds but is always appreciated.
Mike arrives at Fenwick Island: https://youtu.be/3Z1Q-zshlzY
Fenwick Island Beach as Hurricane Erin approaches: https://youtu.be/vIWXqeEp4sw
Hurricane Erin is approaching - Indian River Inlet from inside my truck: https://youtu.be/IzyF8VF2d-g
Coin Beach & Indian River Inlet as Hurricane Erin approaches, from outside my truck: https://youtu.be/TpqKGLGStWQ
My new Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@diggingdabeeps
But with Hurricane Erin approaching, hunting was challenging as the wind was really picking up, waves were getting bigger and coming in fast, and I only heard 1 target in the wet after searching about 2 blocks. It was apparent that the incoming surges are depositing sand, so I was out there just a bit too soon, would have preferred to be out on the beach after the Hurricane had passed.
I always seem to forget, but this time, I remembered that I have a video camera built into my cell phone, lol. So, with Erin approaching, I shot 4 short videos to give everyone an idea of what the beach looked like on Monday, also went up to the Indian River Inlet, so you can see the chaos building. I have a feeling things are gonna get much worse. So, I had these 4 videos, but how was I going to share them? I needed to upload them to a hosting platform so that I could get a link to share.
I wasn’t planning on doing this, but I went onto YouTube figuring I’d need to set up a channel. After logging into my account, I discovered that I had a channel I set up back in 2011 but never used and forgot about. So, I changed the channel name to “Digging da Beeps” to be more aligned with detecting and was able to upload the videos. And before anyone asks, NO, I’m not gonna be one of those detecting guys with a channel pushing products, doing comparison video’s or anything like that. This will just be a channel I can use if/when I have a video to upload and share, so I’m totally “small potatoes”, with no delusions of grandeur, lol. If you watch, I’d appreciate a Like, only takes 2 seconds but is always appreciated.
Mike arrives at Fenwick Island: https://youtu.be/3Z1Q-zshlzY
Fenwick Island Beach as Hurricane Erin approaches: https://youtu.be/vIWXqeEp4sw
Hurricane Erin is approaching - Indian River Inlet from inside my truck: https://youtu.be/IzyF8VF2d-g
Coin Beach & Indian River Inlet as Hurricane Erin approaches, from outside my truck: https://youtu.be/TpqKGLGStWQ
My new Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@diggingdabeeps