sandtrout
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After getting my 1st detector (ACE 250) I watched the dvd and went out with my wife to a local beach. First day: 1-penny and 1-quarter. My wife found a penny and a quarter just lying on top of the sand walking about 20 feet to my left! Reminds me of taking kids...you give them the CHEAPEST pole and they catch most or all of the fish! NO JUSTICE!
On the 2nd day we hunted at the park close to the beach. For tools we had a screwdriver and a hand garden trowel. Not too bad except where the ground was HARD or had ROOTS! Our finds: 17-pennies, 4-dimes, and 1-nickel, a button, and a small toy hat. None were OLD but....I was OLD!!! At 60 I'm finding that the palms of my hands were sore from pushing that trowel into the ground and my knees hurt plus, the more I hunted the more I was switching that ACE back and forth from my right had to my left and it only weighs 2.7 lbs. For what I found it was a surprising amount of work digging and getting up and down so I made some notes so that I could ask you seasoned hunters some questions. I don't want to be one of those who say, "yeah, I tried it but what I found just wasn't worth the effort..." because I know that if I ever find someone's lost jewelry like a ring I'd be changing that opinion fast so here's what I'm thinking of getting:
PinPointer:trying to decide between a garrett or detector pistol grip..seems the pistol grip goes deeper
EZ Plugger from Jimmy Sierra's to alleviate some of the bending and save the palms!
Shovel: long skinny bladed in case the plug cutter doesn't work
Harness: that attaches to the belt then over the shoulder to the detector
Leshe trowel to make easier cuts once I'd down on my knees
Knee Pads with gel...at my age my knees hurt
Foam Pad so when I push that trowel into the dirt it won't wear out my palms
Milk Jug for washing water
Anyway, I think I attached a pix of todays finds and your opinions or advice on my list would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. DAN AKA Sandtrout
On the 2nd day we hunted at the park close to the beach. For tools we had a screwdriver and a hand garden trowel. Not too bad except where the ground was HARD or had ROOTS! Our finds: 17-pennies, 4-dimes, and 1-nickel, a button, and a small toy hat. None were OLD but....I was OLD!!! At 60 I'm finding that the palms of my hands were sore from pushing that trowel into the ground and my knees hurt plus, the more I hunted the more I was switching that ACE back and forth from my right had to my left and it only weighs 2.7 lbs. For what I found it was a surprising amount of work digging and getting up and down so I made some notes so that I could ask you seasoned hunters some questions. I don't want to be one of those who say, "yeah, I tried it but what I found just wasn't worth the effort..." because I know that if I ever find someone's lost jewelry like a ring I'd be changing that opinion fast so here's what I'm thinking of getting:
PinPointer:trying to decide between a garrett or detector pistol grip..seems the pistol grip goes deeper
EZ Plugger from Jimmy Sierra's to alleviate some of the bending and save the palms!
Shovel: long skinny bladed in case the plug cutter doesn't work
Harness: that attaches to the belt then over the shoulder to the detector
Leshe trowel to make easier cuts once I'd down on my knees
Knee Pads with gel...at my age my knees hurt
Foam Pad so when I push that trowel into the dirt it won't wear out my palms
Milk Jug for washing water
Anyway, I think I attached a pix of todays finds and your opinions or advice on my list would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. DAN AKA Sandtrout