Well, perhaps not exactly stranded, but great meals of sea food, hours of walking the beach and sight seeing and a goodly numbers of hours of detecting, can make for some rather trying conditions. 
My wife and I recently spent a week on St Simons Island, Ga, and, of course, I brought the A T Pro along and put it through its paces inland and on the beach.
Over all, beach conditions (sanded in) made for some lean hunting. Never the less, I did manage a few beach finds, 1 being a marked 925 China silver ring. It, however, is pretty suspect for being silver, but will give it the silver test to make sure. My wife, though, made the best beach find, (eyeballed) an apparent recent drop Buck knife.
I was able to run the A T in Pro Zero and max sen right down to the water line with just a few chirps and squeaks with the 11" coil on. Ground balance in the wet sand was in the teens and up in the very dry up into the 80's.
A good portion of my detecting was done on a couple of old parks. Each I know have been hunted over the years by self and others. I, however, only ran into one other detectorist while I was there and he was swinging away for all he was worth on one of the parks. He apparently was in a hurry, as he didn't want to talk much, either. Save for a couple dozen coins finds on the beach, all other coins and curios came from these two parks.
In total, less the oldies, I recovered 31 quarters, 49 dimes, 36 nickels and 69 1 centers, for a total of $16.14.
Between the two parks, I did, though, manage several old coins. I dug 10 wheat cents with the 3 oldest being 1918, 25 and 30. The rest were 40's and 50's. Also recovered 2 I H cents, a 1900 and 1904. The A T was sniffing out the nickels throughout the week and I managed 3 older ones, a 44P war, a no date Buffalo and a 1924 Buffalo.
The island soil can be tough on on coins and 2 of my silver dime finds were no exception. The Mercury is a 194?, but while not in the best of condition, I was able to get a full date off of the Barber, a 1914. The 1967 Canadian dime fared a little better.
We had a great time and looking forward to our next trip back HH jim tn
My wife and I recently spent a week on St Simons Island, Ga, and, of course, I brought the A T Pro along and put it through its paces inland and on the beach.
Over all, beach conditions (sanded in) made for some lean hunting. Never the less, I did manage a few beach finds, 1 being a marked 925 China silver ring. It, however, is pretty suspect for being silver, but will give it the silver test to make sure. My wife, though, made the best beach find, (eyeballed) an apparent recent drop Buck knife.
I was able to run the A T in Pro Zero and max sen right down to the water line with just a few chirps and squeaks with the 11" coil on. Ground balance in the wet sand was in the teens and up in the very dry up into the 80's.A good portion of my detecting was done on a couple of old parks. Each I know have been hunted over the years by self and others. I, however, only ran into one other detectorist while I was there and he was swinging away for all he was worth on one of the parks. He apparently was in a hurry, as he didn't want to talk much, either. Save for a couple dozen coins finds on the beach, all other coins and curios came from these two parks.
In total, less the oldies, I recovered 31 quarters, 49 dimes, 36 nickels and 69 1 centers, for a total of $16.14.
Between the two parks, I did, though, manage several old coins. I dug 10 wheat cents with the 3 oldest being 1918, 25 and 30. The rest were 40's and 50's. Also recovered 2 I H cents, a 1900 and 1904. The A T was sniffing out the nickels throughout the week and I managed 3 older ones, a 44P war, a no date Buffalo and a 1924 Buffalo.
The island soil can be tough on on coins and 2 of my silver dime finds were no exception. The Mercury is a 194?, but while not in the best of condition, I was able to get a full date off of the Barber, a 1914. The 1967 Canadian dime fared a little better.
We had a great time and looking forward to our next trip back HH jim tn
Buffalo nickels make my day.