80 coins in 2 hours at the river

[fongu]

I started out to the river yesterday to try out my new scoop, but turned around and went back to the house to wait on a Fed-ex delivery that didn't come. I was wanting the sling I ordered from Kellyco to use when I went out into the water so I wouldn't accidentally dunk my 2500 in the river. As it was, they didn't show and I got to the river about 4 pm and hunted to a few minutes after 6 pm and found 80 coins. That's my personal best and I was finding coins even after dark. If I had went to the river when I started out I believe I would have had a 100 coin day, which would have been a first for me. I found 12 quarters, 13 nickels-the most I have ever found & 9 dimes and 46 pennies. all these coins were clad, but the $5.01 will go toward paying for my scoop. I really wanted to find some jewelry, but I'm heading back today, Saturday and Sunday. betweem the morning and evening church services. Having to leave the water to empty the coins out of my scoop cost me some valuable time, but when my sling arrives that will speed me up. I didn't want to drop my 2500 in the water and I am a clumsy person. I did drop my unit at the car and when it hit the asphalt, I was afraid it wouldn't work, but it powered right up. I never knew water hunting would be so easy on my back even with the scoop. No bending over or stooping or kneeling down and up and usually my back would be killing me, but I'm ready to go after lunch today. The park closes at 8 pm and if I had taken my headlight strap that fits on my hat, I would have stayed until closing last night. The water should be back up to normal levels by December-15th or the 17th and I want to work it as much as I possibly can. Every time I scooped where my target was I would rescan the area and coins around the dock were so close and plentiful, 1 scoop had 10 coins and 1 scoop had 8 coins. I would also rescan after I dumped the junk and shells just in case I missed something and the scoop worked great especially for someone who seems to struggle with anything new like I do. I'll be glad when I can start posting photos of some of these finds because I'm pumped up about finding 80 coins in 2 hours and I know you more experienced members have found a lot more than this in one day. If I had dug 80 coins plus all the bullets and pull tabs on land I would be unable to go dirt fishing for a week. I am definitely converted to water hunting and hope to find some good stuff this week. HH

 

[Dancer]

But my man your playing with fire taking that 2500 out in the water ! I dunked my 250 twice and found out I'm not so smart.

 

[blade310]

Way to go fongu! thats a lot of coins in two hours. I hope you start finding some jewelry next time you hit that area. looking foreward to hearing about what you find next time. Best of luck.

 

[widebody]

[size=medium]would have been alot less to worry about had you bought an ATPro. less cost and water proof. darn good detector also.

HH[/size]

 

[Hank68]

Congrats on a good hunt! HHH

 

[fongu]

They were not making the AT-Pro when I bought my 2500 in 2007 and I have bruises between my legs where I held the 2500 to keep it from falling into the water. I don't know why my sling I ordered hasn't come in.
Wanda at Kellyco said it would be just two days and that was a week ago, but anytime Fed-ex delivers a package, it takes forever. I got a package from Michigan shipped on a Friday and it was delivered Tuesday, last week. It really cost me a lot of time trying to hang onto this detector and work the scoop at the same time. I found my 3rd 10K gold ring last Saturday and about 6-8 other rings on Friday and Saturday. Most of them were costume jewelry, I believe and I found a chain made in Italy, but can't tell if it's silver or not.

 

[Dodqe]

You should see if Kellyco can get you a tracking number or something...

 

[fongu]

I got it worked out yesterday. Wanda said she told me it would be two days from the time they shipped and I guess they just shipped it. Anyway, they sent it by post instead of ground shipping and it was at the post office this am. Hoped to try it out today, but something came up. Will put it to the test first thing tomorrow morning. The high is just going to be in the 50's with heavy rain, but with my chest waders I'm hitting the water as long as I can stand it. If it starts lightning, I'm heading for the house. HH.

 

[broadestpower]

Sounds like fun hope your sling is everything you expecteted it to be!
Remember that you'll still need to be careful on the transfer.

 

[fongu]

I got it in the mail and have already installed it to my detector and hope to get back to this spot tomorrow or Saturday. I think it will work great and look forward to more time detecting and scooping than trying to keep from dropping my 2500 in the water. HH

 

[broadestpower]

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[mudpuppy]

Thats some great work there, Fongu! You sure are tearing it up in that river!
Mud

 

[fongu]

I worked it today, but ran into a lot of problems. My sling really came in handy. Had some good finds tho.