Fisherfinder
Member
The most important night of the year for a sand guy, and it did not go well.
First off I should have retested the 12"X10" SEF coil for my Sovereign.
I tested before I left and it is a no-go, I have to ship it back for replacement.
Next I left too late, I should have been better prepared and left earlier.
Next I should have researched better the places I was going to search,
some of those beaches are considered "parks", they are closed up at 10:30pm.
I had maps, directions, parking tips, travel times, a good machine and meter,
a good back up machine.
First beach, small place, almost looks like a private beach, winds up it's a park.
I got there at midnight, there were three groups of younger people, no trouble,
they were just standing around talking, drinking beer, not loud, everything was
fine.
A while later......................
In the distance I see a police helicopter, inland, maybe two city blocks away,
shining it's spotlight around. I ignored it, kept searching......
Then it was over head and started lighting up the groups of people one after another.
By this time I was in the wet sand digging up a promising signal, far from the people
up on the dry sand. The spotlight found me and stayed on me for a while, I ignored it,
kept digging, I was down about six inches and the signal was getting stronger and
clearer, number was 164 in both directions. I was fighting with wet sand and water
caving in and filling my hole, but I stayed at it trying to recover what ever it was that
was producing that signal.
Then there was three bright flashlights coming onto the beach in my direction......
I had to walk away from that find, it was three cops.
I walked up onto the dry sand and tried to be slick and walk up a trail in the hillside
away from the cops, I just wanted to get to my car and slide out of there.
That didn't work, there were cops everywhere, including at the top of the hill I
was walking up.
Then it was bright lights in the eyes and lots of questions from cops, there was at
least a dozen there, and a fire engine, and two ambulances.
Someone called in a call that there was a shooting and someone had been shot there
at that small beach.
And I have a real creepy feeling I know who made that call.
I was there about 30 minutes,....I checked around where the fire pits were, where
I saw that people had gathered, and the two volley ball courts.
As I was finishing up the second volley ball court, (and not having one signal, "nothing"),
I said to myself, "this is Way too clean", "someone has been here already"................
I looked up and saw a guy dragging around a big plastic bag and collecting up cans
and bottles from the trash cans,...... he was carrying a metal detector.
Creepy anti-social sorta bum looking guy.
I only saw the coil and the lower, the box was behind the bag he was carring, but it looked like a White's
coil?
It was white, probably 10", open center, with four spokes, and four kidney shaped slots.
Gold anodized lower.
I'll see if I can find a picture of one.
Here, I drew a picture, "Who recognizes this coil?"
White, probably 10", open center, with four spokes, and four kidney shaped slots.
Gold anodized lower.
What machine could this be?
You see the crazy people here in this state?
What a nut.
First off I should have retested the 12"X10" SEF coil for my Sovereign.
I tested before I left and it is a no-go, I have to ship it back for replacement.
Next I left too late, I should have been better prepared and left earlier.
Next I should have researched better the places I was going to search,
some of those beaches are considered "parks", they are closed up at 10:30pm.
I had maps, directions, parking tips, travel times, a good machine and meter,
a good back up machine.
First beach, small place, almost looks like a private beach, winds up it's a park.
I got there at midnight, there were three groups of younger people, no trouble,
they were just standing around talking, drinking beer, not loud, everything was
fine.
A while later......................
In the distance I see a police helicopter, inland, maybe two city blocks away,
shining it's spotlight around. I ignored it, kept searching......
Then it was over head and started lighting up the groups of people one after another.
By this time I was in the wet sand digging up a promising signal, far from the people
up on the dry sand. The spotlight found me and stayed on me for a while, I ignored it,
kept digging, I was down about six inches and the signal was getting stronger and
clearer, number was 164 in both directions. I was fighting with wet sand and water
caving in and filling my hole, but I stayed at it trying to recover what ever it was that
was producing that signal.
Then there was three bright flashlights coming onto the beach in my direction......
I had to walk away from that find, it was three cops.
I walked up onto the dry sand and tried to be slick and walk up a trail in the hillside
away from the cops, I just wanted to get to my car and slide out of there.
That didn't work, there were cops everywhere, including at the top of the hill I
was walking up.
Then it was bright lights in the eyes and lots of questions from cops, there was at
least a dozen there, and a fire engine, and two ambulances.
Someone called in a call that there was a shooting and someone had been shot there
at that small beach.
And I have a real creepy feeling I know who made that call.
I was there about 30 minutes,....I checked around where the fire pits were, where
I saw that people had gathered, and the two volley ball courts.
As I was finishing up the second volley ball court, (and not having one signal, "nothing"),
I said to myself, "this is Way too clean", "someone has been here already"................
I looked up and saw a guy dragging around a big plastic bag and collecting up cans
and bottles from the trash cans,...... he was carrying a metal detector.
Creepy anti-social sorta bum looking guy.
I only saw the coil and the lower, the box was behind the bag he was carring, but it looked like a White's
coil?
It was white, probably 10", open center, with four spokes, and four kidney shaped slots.
Gold anodized lower.
I'll see if I can find a picture of one.
Here, I drew a picture, "Who recognizes this coil?"
White, probably 10", open center, with four spokes, and four kidney shaped slots.
Gold anodized lower.
What machine could this be?
You see the crazy people here in this state?
What a nut.
