LawrencetheMDer
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At Machine gun beach you have to dig a plug, break it apart with your foot and search it with Pointer. (See Pic 1). The black sand/mud/gunk mixture clings to everything; even gold! Targets to dig are thicker than thieves in Portland! In previous hunts at MG beach, I have dug well over 1,000 plugs yielding 562 coins, 4 silver rings, 4 junk rings, a bunch of sinkers and a LOT of junk targets. But never gold. I have never counted my junk targets after a hunt until now, to demonstrate the challenge at MG beach.
Spent 5 hrs today at MG beach and finally scored a 14k gold band (2.05g, VID=10 on Manticore, Pic 2) and a Spinner SS ring (junk). Also scored 26 coins, a few sinkers and an interesting brass token; Clearwater Pass Bridge/Sparkling Clearwater Florida. (Pics 3, 4) But what really surprised me was the number of junk targets I dug in the 5 hr hunt (Pic). Want to take a crazy guess?
To digress for a moment, on MG beach it is common to hit 10-20 or more targets per swing! Of course, as you more into the water the number of targets decrease. Walkable ground or “beach” may extend only 10-30ft or so into the water before the ground turns into quick-mud (same as quick-sand but mud) and your whole foot can disappear with each step, limiting huntable beach. Even within the beach area, the sand is mixed with sand/mud/soil/gunk by varying degree supporting sea grass with thin roots. Did I mention all the black sand in certain areas?
Today I hit the beach at low tide (primarily because of wind direction) and hunted as far out as the ground would permit. That way, I hoped to limit the number of junk targets “naturally”, w/o Discrimination above ferrous. Still, I didn’t walk a foot w/o digging a target. I often placed the coil on the next target, unintentionally, as I dug the intended target. On a nice sandy tourist beach, I could slowly walk 1-2 miles in 5 hrs. At MG beach today, I probably walked about 300-400 ft in 5 hrs.
Ok, I know the suspense is killing you. How many junk targets did I dig in 5 hrs?
In the 5 hr hunt I dug 182 junk targets! In addition to the good targets, in total, I dug well over 200 plugs, broke each plug up by foot and search each with my Carrot. For GOLD. No brag, just fact. The real question is; Was it worth it? We’ll see tomorrow.
Honey, where is the Advil, and acetaminophen, and aspirin….
Happy hunting.
Spent 5 hrs today at MG beach and finally scored a 14k gold band (2.05g, VID=10 on Manticore, Pic 2) and a Spinner SS ring (junk). Also scored 26 coins, a few sinkers and an interesting brass token; Clearwater Pass Bridge/Sparkling Clearwater Florida. (Pics 3, 4) But what really surprised me was the number of junk targets I dug in the 5 hr hunt (Pic). Want to take a crazy guess?
To digress for a moment, on MG beach it is common to hit 10-20 or more targets per swing! Of course, as you more into the water the number of targets decrease. Walkable ground or “beach” may extend only 10-30ft or so into the water before the ground turns into quick-mud (same as quick-sand but mud) and your whole foot can disappear with each step, limiting huntable beach. Even within the beach area, the sand is mixed with sand/mud/soil/gunk by varying degree supporting sea grass with thin roots. Did I mention all the black sand in certain areas?
Today I hit the beach at low tide (primarily because of wind direction) and hunted as far out as the ground would permit. That way, I hoped to limit the number of junk targets “naturally”, w/o Discrimination above ferrous. Still, I didn’t walk a foot w/o digging a target. I often placed the coil on the next target, unintentionally, as I dug the intended target. On a nice sandy tourist beach, I could slowly walk 1-2 miles in 5 hrs. At MG beach today, I probably walked about 300-400 ft in 5 hrs.
Ok, I know the suspense is killing you. How many junk targets did I dig in 5 hrs?
In the 5 hr hunt I dug 182 junk targets! In addition to the good targets, in total, I dug well over 200 plugs, broke each plug up by foot and search each with my Carrot. For GOLD. No brag, just fact. The real question is; Was it worth it? We’ll see tomorrow.
Honey, where is the Advil, and acetaminophen, and aspirin….
Happy hunting.
