BarnacleBill
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And the water was a balmy FREEZING(C or F degrees).
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Alas all my local water has gained a hard attitude, so I'm scrounging. And this public boat launch is only a few years old, but what the heck, desperate detectoristas do desperate things. I had wanted to give the 10.5 HF DD some more time but this spot called for the 6 inch HF DD. And this place was trashy! The 6 inch HF DD does much better on beer bottle caps than the stock MF concentric. They vary all over the place ID wise, and I dug the first two to make sure, one Bud, one Heineken(I'm very international).
Using that 6 inch HF DD is like nitro injection for the X-Terras. The target acquisition and release is so fast that a moderate swing speed in heavy trash sounds like machine gun fire. I had to slow way down for my ears to process everything that was going by, otherwise I felt like I was in the spin cycle.
I spent 3 hours in the water with the Dan Bailey lightweight waders, but this time I wore tight knit wool socks rather than poly liners and Sharkskins with 1/4 inch dive booties. And I have to say my feet were not only comfortable, but perfectly warm. I think I've found an excellent kit for this type of hunting and look forward to more cold water time.
And my physical finds were very meager, but spiritually it's great to out in the sunshine and fresh air!
HH
BarnacleBill
And the water was a balmy FREEZING(C or F degrees).
[attachment 76804 dock2.jpg]
Alas all my local water has gained a hard attitude, so I'm scrounging. And this public boat launch is only a few years old, but what the heck, desperate detectoristas do desperate things. I had wanted to give the 10.5 HF DD some more time but this spot called for the 6 inch HF DD. And this place was trashy! The 6 inch HF DD does much better on beer bottle caps than the stock MF concentric. They vary all over the place ID wise, and I dug the first two to make sure, one Bud, one Heineken(I'm very international
).Using that 6 inch HF DD is like nitro injection for the X-Terras. The target acquisition and release is so fast that a moderate swing speed in heavy trash sounds like machine gun fire. I had to slow way down for my ears to process everything that was going by, otherwise I felt like I was in the spin cycle.
I spent 3 hours in the water with the Dan Bailey lightweight waders, but this time I wore tight knit wool socks rather than poly liners and Sharkskins with 1/4 inch dive booties. And I have to say my feet were not only comfortable, but perfectly warm. I think I've found an excellent kit for this type of hunting and look forward to more cold water time.
And my physical finds were very meager, but spiritually it's great to out in the sunshine and fresh air!
HH
BarnacleBill
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