Hi All,
Just a reminder not to get locked onto your original search plan when something better comes up.
I headed out to a local water hole this morning, it's a very small lake (more like a pond) that has a popular restaurant with an elevated porch. Local folk like to sit outside under the fans whenever it's cool enough to permit and have their lunch or dinner served out there. My intent was to search the "beach" area where the owner has brought in sand, set up a volleyball net and has chairs set out. Due to the drought the water is down enough to expose about 12 feet of extra "beach", and I was hoping to score some gold jewelry. I have an ACE 250 so I was just going to dunk the coil in shallow water, I'm waiting for funding on a new White's Beach Hunter ID to start water detecting.
The beach area turned out to be a bust for several reasons, not the least of which was the owner's dog imitating my digging but on a much larger scale. I had agreed to the only condition when I obtained permission to search, which was "fill in your holes".... so after filling in what the dog bulldozed up (he was digging up freshwater mussels to chew on) I was pretty worn out. I did manage one each dime, nickel and penny along with pulltabs but nothing else. I spent about two hours on the beach.
I then turned my attention to the restaurant. Hhmmm, a raised wood porch... where everybody eats... spaces between the boards... nice sand underneath.... you get the picture. Since the porch is only about 40'x60' it didn't take long and this is the result. About $6 worth of clad and pennies, enough to make it interesting for the last 30 minutes of my hunt.
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So don't get "G-Locked" on your area too much, be prepared to make changes to your search plans, and be willing to try something different if your original area turns bust.
Steve
Just a reminder not to get locked onto your original search plan when something better comes up.
I headed out to a local water hole this morning, it's a very small lake (more like a pond) that has a popular restaurant with an elevated porch. Local folk like to sit outside under the fans whenever it's cool enough to permit and have their lunch or dinner served out there. My intent was to search the "beach" area where the owner has brought in sand, set up a volleyball net and has chairs set out. Due to the drought the water is down enough to expose about 12 feet of extra "beach", and I was hoping to score some gold jewelry. I have an ACE 250 so I was just going to dunk the coil in shallow water, I'm waiting for funding on a new White's Beach Hunter ID to start water detecting.
The beach area turned out to be a bust for several reasons, not the least of which was the owner's dog imitating my digging but on a much larger scale. I had agreed to the only condition when I obtained permission to search, which was "fill in your holes".... so after filling in what the dog bulldozed up (he was digging up freshwater mussels to chew on) I was pretty worn out. I did manage one each dime, nickel and penny along with pulltabs but nothing else. I spent about two hours on the beach.
I then turned my attention to the restaurant. Hhmmm, a raised wood porch... where everybody eats... spaces between the boards... nice sand underneath.... you get the picture. Since the porch is only about 40'x60' it didn't take long and this is the result. About $6 worth of clad and pennies, enough to make it interesting for the last 30 minutes of my hunt.
[attachment 67184 P9030042.jpg]
So don't get "G-Locked" on your area too much, be prepared to make changes to your search plans, and be willing to try something different if your original area turns bust.
Steve