[size=10pt][size=10pt]After Cfmct-PI made me jealous with all his finds in the last year I finally made the switch to a Whites PI Pro.?* I had been using whites for years I just never used a water machine before.?* Having a three day beach trip already in the works made me ready for all the water hunting I could do.
My community has a Lakefront park that I tried the PI out on first.?* Spent an hour and came up with the first set of items clads and a copper/ brass tag. The following morning I was on my way.
My first day there?… a spent a bunch of my time digging and this unit goes deep.?* At the end of the day I had 3 earrings and enough bobby pins to put my wife?’s hair up for the rest of her life.?* I had purchased a long handled scoop and the bobby pins kept dropping out of it constantly, which became a minor irritation.?* The following morning brought my second set of earrings a few more coins and an endless assortment of bobby pins and even a small hook the size of my pinky.?* I am very surprised at its sensitivity.?* The waves were strong so I had a hard time getting out past waist deep. At this point I had met several of the local guys who do this on a daily/weekly basis.?* Most of them were equipped with Minelab?’s.?* They told their stories and well I only had a few great finds on land so I listened and enjoyed.?* I always went in for the afternoon hunting from 6 or 7 am to 10 or 11.?* Then back out at night from 5:30/6 to dark.?* Weds night was my best day. About 5:30 that night I hit gold.?* It was a 10kt gold necklace with Nesha on it.?* I can?’t tell you how great it was to finally have something gold glitter in the bottom of my scoop.?* I spent another few hours in the same area, but called it quits early to relish in my find.?* So far, I had now met six different water guys and 5 different guys with land machines. I felt the hevily visited ½ mile beach gets hit really hard by these guys and was pleased with my finds thus far.?* By Thursday I was really starting to feel the effects of all the digging and walking.?* Tylenol had become my best friend and sleep came easily.?* I was on the beach early and conditions were perfect the water was almost flat.?* I went deep today and found another earring hoop and what I think is a silver bracelet or anklet.?* About 8 o?’clock I had come in for a drink and was hunting a shallow area close to the beach when I was stopped by a persistent little girl.?* Normally I can ignore the folks that ask the fifty questions and make the, ?“I can?’t hear you routine?”.?* It seemed that yesterday she had lost a silver ring that her mother had requested she give her while out in the water so she wouldn?’t loose it.?* Mom dropped it and that had become a ?“Big?” event.?* After trying to determine the exact location as best we could I started to do a grid in the area.?* After about an hour we hit pay-dirt and I thought mom and daughter were going both going to kiss me.?* I declined the reward and requested a photo of it when they returned home.?* That had made my day. More than the necklace had done the day before, so I went back to the surf, where I met even more detectorists.?* The calm weather brought out many of them.?* Not much came up for the rest of the day or that afternoon.?* Overall it was a great trip and a good experience at sizing up the PI pro.
My community has a Lakefront park that I tried the PI out on first.?* Spent an hour and came up with the first set of items clads and a copper/ brass tag. The following morning I was on my way.
My first day there?… a spent a bunch of my time digging and this unit goes deep.?* At the end of the day I had 3 earrings and enough bobby pins to put my wife?’s hair up for the rest of her life.?* I had purchased a long handled scoop and the bobby pins kept dropping out of it constantly, which became a minor irritation.?* The following morning brought my second set of earrings a few more coins and an endless assortment of bobby pins and even a small hook the size of my pinky.?* I am very surprised at its sensitivity.?* The waves were strong so I had a hard time getting out past waist deep. At this point I had met several of the local guys who do this on a daily/weekly basis.?* Most of them were equipped with Minelab?’s.?* They told their stories and well I only had a few great finds on land so I listened and enjoyed.?* I always went in for the afternoon hunting from 6 or 7 am to 10 or 11.?* Then back out at night from 5:30/6 to dark.?* Weds night was my best day. About 5:30 that night I hit gold.?* It was a 10kt gold necklace with Nesha on it.?* I can?’t tell you how great it was to finally have something gold glitter in the bottom of my scoop.?* I spent another few hours in the same area, but called it quits early to relish in my find.?* So far, I had now met six different water guys and 5 different guys with land machines. I felt the hevily visited ½ mile beach gets hit really hard by these guys and was pleased with my finds thus far.?* By Thursday I was really starting to feel the effects of all the digging and walking.?* Tylenol had become my best friend and sleep came easily.?* I was on the beach early and conditions were perfect the water was almost flat.?* I went deep today and found another earring hoop and what I think is a silver bracelet or anklet.?* About 8 o?’clock I had come in for a drink and was hunting a shallow area close to the beach when I was stopped by a persistent little girl.?* Normally I can ignore the folks that ask the fifty questions and make the, ?“I can?’t hear you routine?”.?* It seemed that yesterday she had lost a silver ring that her mother had requested she give her while out in the water so she wouldn?’t loose it.?* Mom dropped it and that had become a ?“Big?” event.?* After trying to determine the exact location as best we could I started to do a grid in the area.?* After about an hour we hit pay-dirt and I thought mom and daughter were going both going to kiss me.?* I declined the reward and requested a photo of it when they returned home.?* That had made my day. More than the necklace had done the day before, so I went back to the surf, where I met even more detectorists.?* The calm weather brought out many of them.?* Not much came up for the rest of the day or that afternoon.?* Overall it was a great trip and a good experience at sizing up the PI pro.
Great looking stuff... Bobby pins are a PITA but since moving to deeper water they and pulltabs are a thing of the past 
