1280X nets first and second gold!!!

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Fortunate to get out today, went to a beach in Brooklyn. Found the Cristina earring 14K on the clasp (Top Left) first 5mins. What a rush, I actually thought it was a charm for a necklace til I got home, I also thought it was much bigger . About ten mins. later I found the three gold charms (Top Right), I don't see any marks on the charms but I think they are gold, the anchor's fluke is bent. Found about every size earring too, The 2 big earrings are gold colored, one is heavier and not smooth but more like textured, not pitted though. The round piece on the bottom right is gold colored very thin I didn't see any marks on it. The other 2 earrings are silver colored and one has a small pink heart charm on it. The second pic has the 2.35 clad and believe me there was a lot more square tabs and other junk.

One of the things I noticed which pleased me was how well my 1280X ran in the saltwater especially the wet sand area where water ran over the coil, it was very quiet with the sens up around 7/8. Disc at 2 1/2 I had waders on but no scoop, (hurry Santa) all of the jewelry finds were in the froth of low tide and dug up with my gator digger. I tortured myself and ventured out up to my hips to see how the 1280 would do and was able to get the sens up to 8/9 I hit a lot of targets but without a scoop.....UGH
Thanks for looking and HH
Glenn
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[thinkin2]

That's dedication and some nice finds to boot! Digging in even the shallow water six inches or less with a gator digger takes either the utmost dedication or lunacy, especially as cold as it must be up there now.
Jerry

 

[PaPa-Joe-Fla.]

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[gold-digger]

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[Bobbie]

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[Gulf Hunter]

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[TreasurdiggrNY]

[quote thinkin2] Digging in even the shallow water six inches or less with a gator digger takes either the utmost dedication or lunacy,
Jerry[/quote]
Thanks Jerry, Yes, dedication and lunacy........maybe a little more lunacy than dedication I honestly didn't feel too cold after finding the first gold.

Papa-Joe and Bobbie: Mrs. Claus assures me Santa has a nice scoop in his bag for me.

Thanks GH I saw you made out great yesterday wtg.

Gold-digger, the wind was less than 5kts air temp was about 30F not bad with thermals under waders.
HH guys, Glenn

 

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[Neil]

Well done Glenn! I used the 1280X for a couple of years, mine had the 10.5" coil on it. Never had a problem with it in salt water either and it sure found me a bunch of gold. I could always tell a quarter hit, sounded like a coin being dropped on a bunch of other coins.
Waters gotten abit cold hasnt it, Im just south of you in NJ.
Good hunting to you,
Neil

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Hey Diggindirt and Neil,
Thanks for the nice comments, I could not be happier with the 1280X. I am just starting out and learning the machine.

This trip to the beach I realized this is a powerful machine, there were several times when I came to the end of my swing (I always keep the coil flat) I would hear a faint signal, I would stop, take a half step over and locate a target. I also realized how well it does in the salt, there are a lot of negative comments out there on this machines performance in the salt. Can't wait for my scoop and wetsuit so I can get down to business.
HH
Glenn

 

[Skully]

Great loot..
Ok mate, now lets see more ..we need to pick things up around here...