Hit a beach, 1st time this year for me its about an 80 mile round trip. There are a few beaches in this area but I rarely have the time or will to hit more than 1. Is what I consider huge, would take me well over a week 8 hrs a day to properly detect it but had some good luck. Not many signals at all so when I did get one, it really commanded my attention. Found a quarter pocket spill about 7 quarters, a couple I just could not scoop up and was eating up too much time so I gave up on those. 14 k ring and 2 silvers, the charm I can't see any marks but it sure has the look and feel. Pictured is my minimalist setup, been using my floating sifter alot lately, really comes in handy. Any coins or bottlecaps I put in the mesh bag, rings I clip on a carbiner clip to make sure they don't get re-lost.
Trifecta at the beach
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markinmichigan
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Beautiful day for a beach hunt! Way to slam the jewelry with your ATP. The beach looks like K_____ton Park, I grew up there. I've never water hunted before, I like your rig.
Mark in Michigan
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Way to make the driving sacrifice to get to that hunt and the gold!John Madill
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Nice report! I have found half a dozen or so silver rings, with a melt value of less than $20.
In my Andy Sabisch Legend guide he suggests notching out silver and clad and just go for the gold, especially when there are time and logistic constraints. Like going to a far away beach that would take a week to cover.
It makes sense but it's hard to pull the trigger and pass up those high signals.
In my Andy Sabisch Legend guide he suggests notching out silver and clad and just go for the gold, especially when there are time and logistic constraints. Like going to a far away beach that would take a week to cover.
It makes sense but it's hard to pull the trigger and pass up those high signals.
Its not, no detecting in Kensington until after labor day
Yeah, not too bad but can't do it too often ,, Timed it out bad, drove home during rush hour, with construction everywhere turned into a nightmare
Wouldn't make sense for me, precious few signals I get in the water. I'd hate to pass on any ring, I get a little rush no matter what they are, after 100's every ring I find still feels like the 1st, I can even remember the exact spots I have found some years ago ,, Clad maybe but once again, most beaches are so devoid of signals that the ding of a quarter is a welcome break and reminds you your detector is still working, plus rings do ring up in the clad range sometimes
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I didn't know that Kensington didn't allow detecting before then....how were you able to find that out?
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Got kicked out years back, since then I have been going the day after labor day ,, Haven't done that in a fear years though. Same at the Dodge park beaches
Way to go! Sometimes a drive ends really well and you get the bug to go traveling more often.
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Congrats!!!!
metaladdict
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A gold and 2 silvers make a great day.
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No it's don't wear white after labor day
Silverhorse65
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Very productive hunt. I can understand the suggestion to only go for gold if there are time constraints, but I just couldn't bring myself to pass up everything else when gold is so elusive for me. I'd go home empty-handed most of the time.
I have been on 4 water hunts since then and not a single ring, might try a 5th today.
Would not make any sense at all to cherry pick at the beaches I hunt. Clean beaches in the water and on the sand, signals are few and far in between ,, IF I only went for potential gold I'd end up with only pulltabs and foil, which is what you find 99% of the time with a "gold" signal.
Too, by digging it all you are honing your retrieval skills and also are clearing out signals for future hunts. I'm really amazed at the sloppy methods and time it takes to find the target of most of the youtube beach hunters, who no doubt consider themselves efficient pros.
They'll locate a target and after much wiggling and positioning, take a scoop. Usually misses on the 1st, try another. Ok they got it, so they dump it on the sand and kick it to spread it out and hopefully locate it visually, no luck so they spread it out with their foot back and forth, still can't see it so they relocate it with detector, take another scoop, dang missed it, kick it a little more Ah, there it is ! So they pick it up with the scoop, shake it out or walk to the water to get rid of the sand, and all of that for a penny. Me, average target I'd say less than 10 seconds from 1st signal to in my pouch, and I don't even use a scoop in the sand.
In the water of course I do, almost always get the target in the 1st scoop, and with my floating sand sifter, makes retrieval very simple.
So my point is, guys that are pressed on time ought to consider optimizing their retreival time rather than cherry picking.
Would not make any sense at all to cherry pick at the beaches I hunt. Clean beaches in the water and on the sand, signals are few and far in between ,, IF I only went for potential gold I'd end up with only pulltabs and foil, which is what you find 99% of the time with a "gold" signal.
Too, by digging it all you are honing your retrieval skills and also are clearing out signals for future hunts. I'm really amazed at the sloppy methods and time it takes to find the target of most of the youtube beach hunters, who no doubt consider themselves efficient pros.
They'll locate a target and after much wiggling and positioning, take a scoop. Usually misses on the 1st, try another. Ok they got it, so they dump it on the sand and kick it to spread it out and hopefully locate it visually, no luck so they spread it out with their foot back and forth, still can't see it so they relocate it with detector, take another scoop, dang missed it, kick it a little more Ah, there it is ! So they pick it up with the scoop, shake it out or walk to the water to get rid of the sand, and all of that for a penny. Me, average target I'd say less than 10 seconds from 1st signal to in my pouch, and I don't even use a scoop in the sand.
In the water of course I do, almost always get the target in the 1st scoop, and with my floating sand sifter, makes retrieval very simple.
So my point is, guys that are pressed on time ought to consider optimizing their retreival time rather than cherry picking.
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I've got a big 22k ring that reads 99 on the D2.
Yeah thats another reason, VDI is only an electronic best guess, I have had gold and silver jewelry read outside of typical range into clad range. I like VDI don't get me wrong and it can be surprisingly accurate at times, but its not the final word on what you are about to dig [especially at a beach]
Wolf-Dog
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Excellent job! Congrats on the cool finds. 
