Hooked up with Cupajo Today...

[Cfmct]

CJ... met me at one of my spots I like to hunt this morning... it was good seeing him again but the hunting conditions were terrible.. stiff NE wind held the water in not allowing us to hunt where I was finding the gold last week... it was so windy I had a heck of a time hearing whisper targets...

The brass and jewelry and half the coins were from today... the brass tube and rest of the coins were from Thursday... the teardrop earring is silver...


CJ brought two Diablo scoops for me to evaluate and both worked very well... CJ put screens in them both to catch the tiny objects.. at this beach (bullets) and they did well... the stainless Diablo cut right through the thick mud/clay mixture very easily... I then switched to the aluminum Diablo and actually preferred hunting with that one... its feather weight for a big scoop... the only thing that made me uneasy feeling was the flex in the fiberglass handled but I feel they are not a issue at all... all the holes in the scoops allowed me to shake the debris out very fast.. CJ said he could never hunt like I do (shaking) he prefers to use a sifter... I own one but rarely use mine... If I changed anything on the aluminum scoop it would be to add a stainless lip other than that they were perfect..


Good seeing you again CJ and thanks for lunch

[FelixtheCat]

That's a lot of bullets for one hunt! You almost had the same hunting conditions today as PI Joe!

[chad27]

Looks like those coins were deep. Nice hunt

[Cfmct]

Originally Posted by FelixtheCat

That's a lot of bullets for one hunt! You almost had the same hunting conditions today as PI Joe!

I'm sure the temp was a little nicer down there... it was 50 when we got to the beach, the water was warmer (60's)


How is that CT pirate doing?

[FelixtheCat]

Originally Posted by Cfmct-PI

How is that CT pirate doing?

He's a little beat from the rough surf down here. He should be back up there soon with some new muscles to hunt better!

[Cupajo]

Hunting in your spot Craig is quite different from where I usually hunt.

Ist there was the one hour drive there and another back home (I usually drive five minutes to hunt.)

I usually recover a few bullets here, but never as many or of such variety as I found there.

Digging here is stoney with many large stones to deal with.

Digging there is sand layered over a clay-like base and is easy digging compared to what I run into locally. (The Diablo was empty except for a glob of the clay on the lip by the time I lifted it thigh high for dumping into the sifter I use.)

As for the Diablos flexing fiberglass handles, it takes a little getting used to, but I have learned to like how it feels when leaning all of my over two hundred pounds into it and the scoop responds by pulling free with no problem. (I don't get as tired out using these scoops as I have using heavier scoops in the past!)

As for the stainless lip addition Craig, I can see where it may be necessary one day as a retro-fit where the scoop is used in really harsh conditions, but the one you used today has seen about fifty hours of moving small boulders and is only scuffed a bit.

In normal sandy conditions it should last for a long time before showing much wear at all.

We'll have to get you to share a hunt with me here at Old Lyme's beaches as soon as the sand clears a bit.

I look forward to it,

CJ

[Cfmct]

Originally Posted by Cupajo

Hunting in your spot Craig is quite different from where I usually hunt.

Ist there was the one hour drive there and another back home (I usually drive five minutes to hunt.)

I usually recover a few bullets here, but never as many or of such variety as I found there.

Digging here is stoney with many large stones to deal with.

Digging there is sand layered over a clay-like base and is easy digging compared to what I run into locally. (The Diablo was empty except for a glob of the clay on the lip by the time I lifted it thigh high for dumping into the sifter I use.)

As for the Diablos flexing fiberglass handles, it takes a little getting used to, but I have learned to like how it feels when leaning all of my over two hundred pounds into it and the scoop responds by pulling free with no problem. (I don't get as tired out using these scoops as I have using heavier scoops in the past!)

As for the stainless lip addition Craig, I can see where it may be necessary one day as a retro-fit where the scoop is used in really harsh conditions, but the one you used today has seen about fifty hours of moving small boulders and is only scuffed a bit.

In normal sandy conditions it should last for a long time before showing much wear at all.

We'll have to get you to share a hunt with me here at Old Lyme's beaches as soon as the sand clears a bit.

I look forward to it,

CJ

You did really well on the bullets... thanks that's less that I have to dig...

[BEACH-HUNTER]

Nice hunt sorry no gold was found!! Craig your the only one who gets more bullets where you hunt then I get out of my spots!! negative tides next week should give us GOLD!!

[Cfmct]

Originally Posted by BEACH-HUNTER

Nice hunt sorry no gold was found!! Craig your the only one who gets more bullets where you hunt then I get out of my spots!! negative tides next week should give us GOLD!!

We must have a bunch who use the beaches I hunt as a practice range CJ got double the amount of bullets I posted...

[zeemang]

Nice hunt you had, and a great review of the Diablo scoop, thanks for posting that.

[oldbeechnut]

Nice hunt Craig and CJ, Amazing all the goodies that you find...And glad you liked diablo, My favorite is the Aluminum also...Diablo's designer/builder has some changes from the feed back he has been getting from the 3 hunters that are using the diablo several times aweek. One that several have asked about are the small holes to catch the small treasure...updates to the software are being made for these to be added and the evolution of the Diablo continues toward a scoop that is designed by the hunters.

[snf101480]

Nice that you two got to hunt together, hopefully the next time you do you'll both have some gold to show for it.

[Cupajo]

But, then your pics include a prior hunt too.

Notice that two of the Double O buck-shot are jammed together and there is a smaller "BB" buckshot there too.

The larger round ball on the left may be a musket ball of 40 cal or so.

There is a .30 Cal rifle bullet there too, which I haven't found very often.

I hunt slow and am satisfied that if I am recovering lead and nickles, I can't be missing much gold!!

I found this Griffin stamped in a piece of lead that may be a producer's emblem too.

Until next time Friends,

CJ

[Cfmct]

I thought it was a lipstick tube... I shook it and something was moving around inside so I took a pair of vice grips and was able to open it and out came a nasty liquid with wooden matches or whats left of them

[Cupajo]

One never knows what will happen when we allow curiosity to take over.

(Remember what it did to the cat!!!)

Thankfully it didn't blow up in your face!!

Regards,

CJ

[Bobbie]

Nice work guys even though the gold was in hiding in the waters.

[Cfmct]

Originally Posted by Cupajo

One never knows what will happen when we allow curiosity to take over.

(Remember what it did to the cat!!!)

Thankfully it didn't blow up in your face!!

Regards,

CJ

A thought like that was the furthest thing from my mind... I was hoping for a nice gold chain or some coins


I tried researching that griffin came up blank but will do more research after work today...

[Cfmct]

Originally Posted by Bobbie

Nice work guys even though the gold was in hiding in the waters.

Bobbie... there is so much organic matter still out floating around in the water from Irene you can't see the coil a foot in the water... there is alot of gold out there I'm just waiting for winter to set in so I can really start hunting...

[Jahall50]

I have been to busy to hunt lately trying to make time though.