I had 2 hunts after work hunts this week one was on Wednesday and the other yesterday. I was dying to get out on Wednesday since my buddy had just brought back my Excal to school from doing some warranty work
, changing connectors and putting a waterproof connector on the Detech SEF 12”x10” that I had just gotten. Wednesday’s hunt conditions were a bit rough, but that’s what I wanted as I put Merlin through some torture tests and it passed with flying colors! The coil was a little chattier I believe but it was a little smoother going through the water. I tried it in wet sand for a bit and pulled a soft signal that ended up being the deepest PT I have ever dug. I was actually in awe of that. I found the Pokemon ring that says “I Choose You” to be funny. I think the SEF will be my primary coil and the 10” will just sit on a shelf as a backup as I see no reason to prefer it over the SEF.
There’s no going to Miami Beach for me this weekend during Urban Beach Weekend. It’s just TOO crazy! So yesterday I went to “Penny Beach” since I hadn’t been there in a while. Again, I put Merlin through its paces and performed well and without any hiccups. I pulled the stainless ring in the first 15 minutes of the hunt. Wearing thick rubber gloves makes it difficult for me to determine the weight of a ring, but I was pretty sure it was junk. The titanium ring came at about the hour point in the hunt and the tiny brass plated ring came toward the middle of my 3+ hours of hunting. I had been hoping that one might actually be gold, but my dreams were shattered upon closer cleaning and inspection at home.
(A foreshadowing find was the Spanish Euro coin since I will be using it in a couple of weeks!
) I was happy at the decent amount of clad and that Merlin seems to be rocking now. I will be officially introducing him to y’all once I complete some final cosmetic touches. I'm hoping to get out for one more hunt with the long weekend so we'll see.
, changing connectors and putting a waterproof connector on the Detech SEF 12”x10” that I had just gotten. Wednesday’s hunt conditions were a bit rough, but that’s what I wanted as I put Merlin through some torture tests and it passed with flying colors! The coil was a little chattier I believe but it was a little smoother going through the water. I tried it in wet sand for a bit and pulled a soft signal that ended up being the deepest PT I have ever dug. I was actually in awe of that. I found the Pokemon ring that says “I Choose You” to be funny. I think the SEF will be my primary coil and the 10” will just sit on a shelf as a backup as I see no reason to prefer it over the SEF.There’s no going to Miami Beach for me this weekend during Urban Beach Weekend. It’s just TOO crazy! So yesterday I went to “Penny Beach” since I hadn’t been there in a while. Again, I put Merlin through its paces and performed well and without any hiccups. I pulled the stainless ring in the first 15 minutes of the hunt. Wearing thick rubber gloves makes it difficult for me to determine the weight of a ring, but I was pretty sure it was junk. The titanium ring came at about the hour point in the hunt and the tiny brass plated ring came toward the middle of my 3+ hours of hunting. I had been hoping that one might actually be gold, but my dreams were shattered upon closer cleaning and inspection at home.
(A foreshadowing find was the Spanish Euro coin since I will be using it in a couple of weeks! ) I was happy at the decent amount of clad and that Merlin seems to be rocking now. I will be officially introducing him to y’all once I complete some final cosmetic touches. I'm hoping to get out for one more hunt with the long weekend so we'll see.
