After 10 years of dirt hunting, I finally found time to try out my Fisher Aquanaut that I bought 4 years ago. Yesterday I took my wife, youngest daughter, and 2 grand daughters to a local swimming hole. It is small spring fed river with clear water and gravel base.
Didn't really know what I was doing or what to expect, so I put on the mask/snorkel, set the 1280 to zero disc and jumped in. I was in about 2-4 feet of water.
Took a little while to get used to raking gravel with one hand and holding on the detector with the other hand. The current is only 3-4 miles per hour, just enough if you let go of the detector, it would start to float away.
Was very surprised to find soooo much trash. Lots of rusted nails, rusted barb wire, and some glass. ( good thing we make our kids wear water shoes).
The trash to treasure ratio was about 10 to 1. After lunch, I raised the disc to about 5, much more pleasant.
No amazing finds, but had a great time, looking forward to trying it again.
Thanks for looking.
A question for the water hunters, about every 20 minutes or so, my mask would fog over. I would have to stop flush the mask and start again. Very annoying. How do you prevent the fog over? Or is that just part of water hunting?
Didn't really know what I was doing or what to expect, so I put on the mask/snorkel, set the 1280 to zero disc and jumped in. I was in about 2-4 feet of water.
Took a little while to get used to raking gravel with one hand and holding on the detector with the other hand. The current is only 3-4 miles per hour, just enough if you let go of the detector, it would start to float away.
Was very surprised to find soooo much trash. Lots of rusted nails, rusted barb wire, and some glass. ( good thing we make our kids wear water shoes).
The trash to treasure ratio was about 10 to 1. After lunch, I raised the disc to about 5, much more pleasant.
No amazing finds, but had a great time, looking forward to trying it again.
Thanks for looking.
A question for the water hunters, about every 20 minutes or so, my mask would fog over. I would have to stop flush the mask and start again. Very annoying. How do you prevent the fog over? Or is that just part of water hunting?
