Spent a few hours today hunting a small section of coast and had a blast.
No crazy finds, but I thoroughly enjoyed my outing as it was a first for me AND I haven't detected in a few months. Scoff! I know, months!
I was using a plastic hand scoop (Scoff #2) as it was available, but I had a great time. I ordered a fancy scoop for when I get back (ordered just before seeing Tom's nice minimalist and fast design, and other brand dramas, but wha'cha gonna do).
I was using a Deus without any water kit/cable, so I had to stop and wait for each of the waves to recede every few steps (I won't be leaving my coax cable behind again!). I'm sure I looked like a crazy person as I spent 2/3 of any given timeframe standing in ankle to knee deep water not moving or swinging. Just holding my detector above the water and looking down. No wonder no one bothered me!
The coin line was down there, I was not at full low tide, and the tide there only swings a few feet total anyway. At least right now.
My first target of the day was my highest valued coin of the hunt (5 Pesos!) followed quickly by a bobby pin. Couldn't have been happier for that start ( ok, I could have been happier, but I was glad it was a coin!)
The beach had lots of small rocks and none of the targets were terribly deep (that I heard anyway). The key was the deepest target for me, at maybe 5". I kept having to stop and remove rocks from my sandals and I can definatley see barefoot or dive boots being nice if the beach isn't too hazardous.
Tried the dry sand for a minute at the end, but only found bottle caps.
I thoroughly enjoyed the wet though. Need to cover my face better. Definitely got burnt a bit even with sunblock and a t-shirt under my hat. I'll do a face wrap next time I think to protect from the reflection off the water.
Nothing fancy, but it was a first for me and maybe the winter folks will like seeing some warm water finds
2.5 hrs hunt time.
No crazy finds, but I thoroughly enjoyed my outing as it was a first for me AND I haven't detected in a few months. Scoff! I know, months!
I was using a plastic hand scoop (Scoff #2) as it was available, but I had a great time. I ordered a fancy scoop for when I get back (ordered just before seeing Tom's nice minimalist and fast design, and other brand dramas, but wha'cha gonna do).
I was using a Deus without any water kit/cable, so I had to stop and wait for each of the waves to recede every few steps (I won't be leaving my coax cable behind again!). I'm sure I looked like a crazy person as I spent 2/3 of any given timeframe standing in ankle to knee deep water not moving or swinging. Just holding my detector above the water and looking down. No wonder no one bothered me!
The coin line was down there, I was not at full low tide, and the tide there only swings a few feet total anyway. At least right now.
My first target of the day was my highest valued coin of the hunt (5 Pesos!) followed quickly by a bobby pin. Couldn't have been happier for that start ( ok, I could have been happier, but I was glad it was a coin!)
The beach had lots of small rocks and none of the targets were terribly deep (that I heard anyway). The key was the deepest target for me, at maybe 5". I kept having to stop and remove rocks from my sandals and I can definatley see barefoot or dive boots being nice if the beach isn't too hazardous.
Tried the dry sand for a minute at the end, but only found bottle caps.
I thoroughly enjoyed the wet though. Need to cover my face better. Definitely got burnt a bit even with sunblock and a t-shirt under my hat. I'll do a face wrap next time I think to protect from the reflection off the water.
Nothing fancy, but it was a first for me and maybe the winter folks will like seeing some warm water finds
2.5 hrs hunt time.
