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[John 'n' W.Va]

Most finds on the dry beach were not very deep. The Ace responds quickly to targets. So, I always would swing pretty fast. I did well on Fernandina beach a couple of times. We had Special Olympics in Jacksonville and Fernandina Beach. Afterwards we would go to the beach. The norm at Daytona would be about $4 in change and some jewelry in an hour. That was the summer crowd only. Winter time it really slowed down.

 

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[John 'n' W.Va]

Sometimes when I hear people talk about the heat, I chuckle. I was a hard core MDer. I had permission for one day to MD on county prison property. I made the best of it. 10 hours of Fl. July heat. 21 wheat's, 1 ih, 4 merc, and 2 war nickels later I was ready to collapse. I worked construction and the heat was every day stuff to me. Not to mention the mosquitoes, fire ants, fire ants, fire ants, snakes, scorpions, spiders and other thing that feasted on my flesh. I drove a junkie old car with out air into some nasty neighborhoods and I tried to look as bad as possible so people would leave me alone. It worked. I would come back to the house with beggar's lice, sand spurs, ant bites, scratched up, dehydrated with a smile on my face. Just another day MDing. And I would go out again the next day.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I won't get into it, as this is a Garrett forum, and a lot of long time detectorists probably know what I am talking about. So.....keep swinging that Garrett. If you were to follow that guys footsteps, you might find some goodies left behind.

And you have the Garrett Gals cheering for you, which the other guy doesn't have.
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[Harold in NC]

Hi Roper, Harold in Fla. I have an excal and the Aqua-Garrett 250, and with that excal you really have to slow down to get your good finds, But with any detector you have to take your time, Because like John said, you can go right behind him and get alot of finds, and no their is no Gold or Jewlery setting on them.

 

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[DavHut]

... but how well you use it. Some people like this detector or that model, swearing by their pet instrument. But, the very best detector, IMHO, is the one in in the hands of a hurried, cavalier operator - regardless of the make.

 

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[Uncle Willy]

Nobody finds everything regardless of what detector they are using. I have followed behind countless beeper swingers and picked up stuff they missed. You have to realize the logistics of coinshooting. At depth your coil is only covering an area the size of a quarter, not the eight, nine, ten inches, you see up on top of the ground.

Since the average coin will fit into one square inch and say you are hunting a plot ten feet by ten feet there will be 14,400 square inches within that plot or 14.400 potential targets. Get the picture?

Bill