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Old 05-17-2010, 01:56 AM
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Default Four night marathon night hunts

I've been enjoying the series of nice negative tides here, we don't see huge tides here, high and low are always within a meter of each other, but these were some of the lowest for awhile so i thought i'd take advantage and hit the beach hard while it lasts! All lows happened at night, 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 tonight, so i was hunting with a headlamp. I was using my Ace 250 set at four bars sens with NO disc, just checking the display when i got a hit, if it was solidly iron i usually didn't dig, but if it was jumpy i made a hole...
First few nights were out at a relatively unknown beach for me (Celestun Mexico) and tonight I finished up my marathon at my usual beach, did WELL there! I noticed that all of the goodies there collected in one portion of the beach near the pier, call it a "honey hole" if you will, but in a stretch maybe 50 feet by 50 feet I dug most of my finds for the night. It was totally pock marked from my digging when i finally left, literally a hit every three feet!
Craziest part was as soon as i pocketed my THIRD gold ring ( I had never found gold before tonight!) fireworks exploded in the air down the beach ( It was election night here), the timing was unbelievable!
Overall I dug 11 rings in four nights, that's probably as many as I've dug in the three months I've been at this!
First pic is the good (weird i found two identical rings 50 miles apart) and the second shot is of the bad....
I'm thinking maybe I'll get up there again tomorrow night....
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Old 05-17-2010, 03:16 AM
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That is amazing, you did fantastic.
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Old 05-17-2010, 05:20 AM
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11 rings! Is that like a record or what? Super Congrats! Good Luck with future hunts. : )

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Old 05-17-2010, 07:04 AM
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If you have only been at this for 4 months then you are just getting started. The more time you put in the better you will learn your machine and conditions. You are off to a great start! Good luck, Jim

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Wow great finds! Is that emerald real?!

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wow great finds congrats love the red ring so cool looking !!
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Old 05-17-2010, 11:16 AM
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Cha Ching!!!

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Old 05-17-2010, 11:26 AM
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Old 05-17-2010, 11:33 AM
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Excellent hunt zeemang.
Is that a gold and diamond engagement ring?
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Old 05-17-2010, 11:46 AM
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I'm checking out the stones still, my guess would be they are fake to be safe, but i'm going to have them checked to be sure....
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Congratulations on the gold .. Nice Haul !!!

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CONGRATS!!!!!You have deserved it ,now you live on the gold mine if u didn't know it if you can get a water machine, do it ,than u really going to start to find goodies Good luck and HH

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You are Zee Man(g)! Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'm really thrilled for you because I have had similar experiences where it's so good that it's almost like a dream. Continued success! HH!

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Wow, great hunt! But.......where's the UGLY? You said you found the good and the bad.... Nice rings! HH
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Nice job taking advantage of good conditions! Congrats on the sweet payoff!

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Holy Cow Z, You kick butt out there! You ran the Ace nice and hot! Get ready to dig deeper!

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Very, very nice. Congratulations

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Yup. You deffinately hit a honey hole. thats a hell of a nice haul brother. WTG WOLF

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Damn nice work, Keep it up!!

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