Holy smokes that's great ! And I have the same question as bufordcitydawg:
How much time for those end-tallies ? How much clad and/or junk ratio ?
Not a lot of junk, but a lot of modern 1 rupee coins and their metal alloy and salt water decay can sound like gold so you have to dig them. 1 Rupee is worth about 2 cents US. I have to stress that most of the battle is getting the targets out of the coral. It is difficult but doable.
I am used to extracting targets from underwater granite crevasses in South Africa so the coral, although difficult, was not that bad for me. You need a lot of patience and a really good scoop for Mauritius. I used a Stavr M9 which took a hell of a pounding and doesn't even show scuff marks, but am sure that one of the stronger Stealth products would work as well. Aluminum scoops won't work in this area.
Also, there is some sea life to worry about, in particular cone snails, which have actually killed people before but I only ever had 2 live ones in my scoop the whole time and ,mostly saw their empty shells. I wore kevlar cut gloves and wouldn't poke around in my scoop to pick through stuff but rather stired it around with a piece of coral first, or dumped it out in a line underwater again on clear sand area and scooped the target out again. No big sharks like South Africa though, as they are probably outside the main coral reef which is about 1km offshore.
I did step on a ray, which lifted me right up, but didn't see it swim away so I don't know what kind it was, and also a fish hit me in my leg - it felt like a punch in the leg. Must have been after some small fish around my scoop digging.