MassSaltH2O
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Hi. There is frost, snow and ice on and in the ground now here in Massachusetts. But I can still hunt the beaches, weather permitting. (Which is not often, but still...)
I took my brand new GB DP out for its first day about a week ago. I didn't find much; I am concentrating on learning how to find coins in Discrim. I ran it in flat out max gain for about six hours. I had the descrim maxed out (80) all day as well. For the first time ever, except for one old bottle cap, I didn't dig
ANY trash, and NO pennies or nickles! Yeah! I love it!
This machine is so light though, it is hard to go slow. And you have to go slow with this machine, especially in max gain.
I met a couple of interesting fellow detectorists on the beach. The first guy was a real old timer swinging a Minelab 5500 with about a 20" coil down at the surf line.
The first thing he said to me was, "Find any gold rings yet?" I explained to him that no, this was my first day with my new detector.
He told me that he had found thousands of gold rings including one with saphires and rubies or whatever earlier that morning. I didn't think about it at the time, but "thousands" of rings? I can't really believe that! Hundreds, maybe. Thousands? Hard for me to believe, even though he said he had been detecting for about forty years. He told me that he had returned dozens of rings to the owners. He said it was "karma".
He was a real nice guy. He told of things that I needed to do to be successful at the beach.
For example, he explained to me that the salt ate up his previous detectors. So he advised me to wrap up my detector housing with plastic wrap. His old Minelab was totally wrapped in plastic, it looked like a loaf of bread back there.
Also, he told me that I needed to get one of those big scoops with the long handle, like the one he had. They cost about 40 dollars, according to him. He told me stuff like that. Very interesting guy.
Then I met another detectorist. He was swinging a Fisher Labs CZ. He told me he had many detectors, but he found himself always going back to his old CZ. He said he really liked the salt setting on it.
He told me of a stretch of beach in the area where, after certain storms, lots of gold coins are found. He said they could be "stacked right up." I haven't been able to locate this area yet. To be honest, I don't know weather to believe this guy or not. I am looking forward to talking to him again.
So, that was a couple of very interesting fellow detectorists I met at the beach that day.
I took my brand new GB DP out for its first day about a week ago. I didn't find much; I am concentrating on learning how to find coins in Discrim. I ran it in flat out max gain for about six hours. I had the descrim maxed out (80) all day as well. For the first time ever, except for one old bottle cap, I didn't dig
ANY trash, and NO pennies or nickles! Yeah! I love it!
This machine is so light though, it is hard to go slow. And you have to go slow with this machine, especially in max gain.
I met a couple of interesting fellow detectorists on the beach. The first guy was a real old timer swinging a Minelab 5500 with about a 20" coil down at the surf line.
The first thing he said to me was, "Find any gold rings yet?" I explained to him that no, this was my first day with my new detector.
He told me that he had found thousands of gold rings including one with saphires and rubies or whatever earlier that morning. I didn't think about it at the time, but "thousands" of rings? I can't really believe that! Hundreds, maybe. Thousands? Hard for me to believe, even though he said he had been detecting for about forty years. He told me that he had returned dozens of rings to the owners. He said it was "karma".
He was a real nice guy. He told of things that I needed to do to be successful at the beach.
For example, he explained to me that the salt ate up his previous detectors. So he advised me to wrap up my detector housing with plastic wrap. His old Minelab was totally wrapped in plastic, it looked like a loaf of bread back there.
Also, he told me that I needed to get one of those big scoops with the long handle, like the one he had. They cost about 40 dollars, according to him. He told me stuff like that. Very interesting guy.
Then I met another detectorist. He was swinging a Fisher Labs CZ. He told me he had many detectors, but he found himself always going back to his old CZ. He said he really liked the salt setting on it.
He told me of a stretch of beach in the area where, after certain storms, lots of gold coins are found. He said they could be "stacked right up." I haven't been able to locate this area yet. To be honest, I don't know weather to believe this guy or not. I am looking forward to talking to him again.
So, that was a couple of very interesting fellow detectorists I met at the beach that day.
