Anyone ever hunted in the Mayan Riviera, or anwhere near there?

[Aaron]

I am going there this weekend w/ the family to get away from this lousy winter here in Michigan, just got my first Minelab, a GT, plan on hitting the beach HARD! Really looking for any tips you guys may have for me. Im gonna take some lumps from my wife if I dont find anythng...LOL Aaron

 

[ikon]

wish i was going with you. beach detecting is my favorite. i just got a GT myself and just learning it but i also have a explorer xs that ive been taking to the beach.
low tides, after dinner when everyones left the beach, good sand scoop. get your sens. up to where it sounds smooth. at first dont discrimate anything . dig everything then play with your disc. as you go.
not sure but this summer ill see but i think the silent search mode will be interesting to see how it works on the beach. i think the GT has a nice iron mask and using it in silent search really make targets stand out . this ive found with the local parks ive detected. like i said im still very new to the GT .
good luck and post that diamond ring you find.

stan pa.

 

[Aaron]

Thanks alot for your reply Stan. I purchased my GT from Jeff at Kelly Co. and he is a older guy and has been extremly helpful to me. I havent even recieved the detector yet, they are sending it to me 3 day air so I have it in time. I will be reading the instruction manuel on the plane. I was originally planning on taking my 1265x, but I want to hunt in the wet sand. So I have been doing alot of research, and I decided on the GT, mostly because since I live in Michigan, I will rarely make it to the ocean. I want to go back and hunt all the old parks and other places I used to go to with my 65x and 6000 di pro. I was really big into it during the 80's, and didnt do to much during the 90's except upnorth in lakes. I know a private lake upnorth where my aunts relatives have a place, I can go in the summer, I have been in this one area that is accessible only by boat, across the lake next to the state land, alot of people tie off their boats and hang out, I have had my 65x in there atleast three times and all I find is coins, no-silver, and lots of pull tabs, and not one gold ring. I also go pretty deep, up to my upper thighs. Now obviously if I am finding pulltabs my disc. isnt set too high, so there must be rings there.There is this one spot, everytime I go there that has nothing but bullets 38 cal.. I stopped counting at around 3 dozen, and there is still more. Some hunter must have dropped a big box of them there a long time ago. My aunts relatives have never seen anyone there with a detector either. I cant wait to take the GT back there this summer. In its day alot of people claimed the 65x was one of the deepest detectors, I have found some fairly deep coins at 7 inches. How much deeper will the GT go , in your opinion? I realize we are talking about 20 yrs difference in technology. I am going be on the beach as much as possible with this thing because once I get back home, thats kind of it, because of the wether, unless after it snows I will go to the local snow hill and find new coins. Thanks, Aaron