bob.oz
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This was an epic hunt for me on the beach this morning. Started out with the notion to hunt nothing but the towel line an beach....Which is hard for me to do because it deviates from my normal hunting pattern. When I arrived at 6 AM two hunters were already working the cabanas and bar fronts so it was a no brainer to just hunt the beach. Hour into swinging and still dark, I hit a nice 18k beauty...Not a signal most will dig,(6 TID on the 705/HF DD Elliptical coil ), sounded and TID just like junk aluminum, either a round foil paper juice cover or balled up gum wrapper. But we are at the beach, so must dig! Got some clad,$4.23 total, and a small charm as I hunted into the morning sunrise not expecting any other great surprises when an hour or so later out from the sand comes a 14k 8.6g band with diamonds (28 TID)...WOW, Two nice ones in one morning hunt!!!
Now I must say, I deserve these finds!..... I've been doing the majority, hours spent, of my hunts these past couple of months in the water or on the shoreline with my newly acquired Xcal 1000 and have yet to find anything significant with it so far. I paid $650 for it off CL a few months ago, ordered a plugger shaft, bought some new hard sole Neo Sport wetsuit boots and just kept hitting the beaches night and day trying to score a payday to no avail. The water has just not produced many great finds YET this year, I think that goes for many of the local hunters, going by what's not being posted on many of the other forums I've been reading.
And I must mention Thursday mornings hunt at the beach with the X705, I scored 3 rings...all junk, but I also found an apple cell phone with a hundred dollar bill and two twenties tucked into the clear protector case it was in. I had been hunting around some tables and chairs while three young ladies were posing for pictures further on down the line and after they left I made my way down to where they had been and noticed the phone on one of the chairs.This had only been about 5 or 10 minutes after they had left and I did notice they were headed for the water afterwards. I looked down the beach and could see them laying out towels and started heading toward them, when one of them started running up towards the chairs. I held the phone up and was thanked numerous times by the young lady......So like I said,I earned these finds this morning, but , honestly still feel bad for who ever lost them. GL ALL
Now I must say, I deserve these finds!..... I've been doing the majority, hours spent, of my hunts these past couple of months in the water or on the shoreline with my newly acquired Xcal 1000 and have yet to find anything significant with it so far. I paid $650 for it off CL a few months ago, ordered a plugger shaft, bought some new hard sole Neo Sport wetsuit boots and just kept hitting the beaches night and day trying to score a payday to no avail. The water has just not produced many great finds YET this year, I think that goes for many of the local hunters, going by what's not being posted on many of the other forums I've been reading.
And I must mention Thursday mornings hunt at the beach with the X705, I scored 3 rings...all junk, but I also found an apple cell phone with a hundred dollar bill and two twenties tucked into the clear protector case it was in. I had been hunting around some tables and chairs while three young ladies were posing for pictures further on down the line and after they left I made my way down to where they had been and noticed the phone on one of the chairs.This had only been about 5 or 10 minutes after they had left and I did notice they were headed for the water afterwards. I looked down the beach and could see them laying out towels and started heading toward them, when one of them started running up towards the chairs. I held the phone up and was thanked numerous times by the young lady......So like I said,I earned these finds this morning, but , honestly still feel bad for who ever lost them. GL ALL
Yes, you had it coming...you hunt hard and often, before the sun-up, experienced and dedicated to the sport...I hope this is the start of a big daily streak that takes you right through to November!
......but shortly into the sport, of course, a guy finds an inscribed GOLD class ring or something, and thats when the internal wrestling begins! Do I keep it? Do I attempt a return? 
