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    Good reading (target) but not reading any metal

    Hey all, while I am on my staycation vacation I have been scouting new beaches for when the beach tourist season really kicks in in the beginning of November or so. So I went to a new beach with a very different type of sand than what I am used to. It was much finer and packed a bit more than...
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    Question regarding search coils

    I am a bit confused by the differences in coils. I bought my gtax 550 about 8 months ago and have done okay with the stock coil, or at least I think I have done okay. I have found somewhere in the range of $75 and $100 in pocket change, a 1944 quarter, a silver pendant, and various other...
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    After a month and a half off

    from MD'ing I went to the local beach (not really beach season here in S. Florida, until the snowbirds get here) but I think I found my first silver. It looks to be a pendent of some sort with the initials XL but it looks to be missing the part of the pendent that would attach it to a necklace...
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    Bullets on the beach

    I found this large bullet on the Venice Beach in Florida last week. It was really encrusted when I found it. I think it might be from an aircraft gun from when they flew military aircraft from the Venice area back around the WWII era. I can't be sure but it is big. Sorry about the fuzziness of...
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    A question of digging tools

    I have been using a blunt nosed trowel / scoop for the beach, but this has zero penetrating power in anything but sand. I don't know that I want a folding shovel, but something that is more along the lines of a trowel that can dig through surface vegetation. I saw that kellyco has a few...
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    First time on a tot-lot

    I had a couple of hours to waste this morning so I decided to hit a local tot lot for the first time. It is mostly covered with dead pine stuff mostly needles or something like that. It's laid out pretty thick in some spots, but you can brush it aside pretty easily. I had my depth / sensitivity...
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    A couple of technical questions

    Hey all. First of all I think I am addicted. Okay now for the q's first a general question about detectors. They seem to be pretty decent about battery consumption. I have somewhere between 15 and 20 hours on the first set of alkaline batts. Is this good or bad? The meter just dropped from 4...
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    New hobby

    Well now that I have been out 4 times with the new Garrett, I can say that I am liking my new hobby. How many other hobbies let you come home with pocket change? It will take some time to pay off the m-d with pocket change. But I figure I will find a gold ring or two long before that, and that...
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    Getting better

    Well today was the third time out with the new Garrett. I must say I am getting better at using it every time I go out with it. Today I went to the beach again but spent more time in the parking area than on the beach. People drop a lot of change getting in an out of their cars. So when you have...
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    Detecting along side rail lines

    Hello all, I am kind of new to detecting and was wondering if any one hunts along abandoned or active rail lines. I just bought my first detector and have hit the local beach twice. I found several clad coins and some trash. So that is my experience so far. I thought maybe being that a large...
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    Results from first outing with 550

    Okay I went to the beach this morning. The first real time with the new Garrett, I found 1 quarter ( clad 2001 ) a fishing weight, 4 bottle caps and something else that I have no clue what it might be. So I guess that for a first time on a beach that probably gets detected a lot I don't think I...
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    New to hunting / MDing

    Well not completely new. But new as an adult. Had an el-cheapo, toy detector from radio shack back in the late 70's or early 80's but I am expecting delivery of my new Garrett GTAx 550 today. Looks like the weather will be good for a first outing with it on Sunday. So what are good areas for a...
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