:detecting::usaflag:21/2 Hour Water Hunt This PM With Friend Frank---

[Cupajo]

We managed to find an area protected from the waves and not too sanded in that yielded mostly fishing sinkers and clad.

A couple of more bullets and this odd device along with a junk ring and a Merc rounded out the take of 32 targets recovered for the hunt.

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I have never seen a lead triangle such as this and have no clue what purpose it serves.

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Any ideas Friends?

GL&HH,

CJ

PS I think Frank is becoming a Dual Field Junky!!

 

[lazyaussie]

nice hunt CJ the lead looks like a big sand sinker.
lazy

 

[Cupajo]

Thanks for your reply my Aussie Friend!!

Another friend assures me it is a sand sinker that is designed to hold the bottom better than the usual design!

That's funny, because where it was used there are so many small boulders that the main targets recovered are fishing sinkers and this one was definitely gonna snag!!

GL&HH Mate,

CJ

 

[tomcatpl]

Cupajo AM hunts...then PM hunts how long before u do night hunts?! i think u have to disconnect before...

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

Your Aussie Friend is definitely correct. I've used these type of lead sinkers before when the surf is rough or there is a lot of undertow and a 3 ounce sinker will not keep the rig from going sideways down the beach or pushed back in. The "teeth" on the sinker are designed to dig into the sandy bottom and hold the rig in place. Not sure why someone would use that type of sinker in the area that you were in. Must have been his/her last resort in rough conditions. I'd be extra careful in that area, where there are sinkers, there are bound to be hooks as well.

 

[Cupajo]

Don't worry about the Old Guy Tom!!

One thing I learned as I managed to reach 70+ years is that when you stop doing a thing, you find it very difficult if not impossible to do it after that.

I just wanna keep on keepin on enjoying life!!

CJ

 

[scubadetector]

They use them here in Michigan a LOT. In fact in my favorite river I can pick up 10 - 60 of them a dive and these are NOT little ones. They use TWO POUNDERS in this river from shore! Here is a picture of them

The river moves between 8 and 12 knots here and is a CRAZY dive. You bounce along the bottom and listen for these little ships

I sell them to the fishermen for 1.00 each when I come out.

Anyway one of the most popular sinkers here in Michigan for the river. Anywhere from 4 0z - 24 oz size and not just for sand, also for clay.


When one of those little 1200' freighters go over your head, you just hold on the bottom and wait for it to pass. All you can do. Only place in the whole United States where you don't need a dive flag!! Can't tell one of them to stay 200' away from you!!!

 

[Cupajo]

Thanks for your reply Friend!!

Those are some honkin big sinkers!! (And to think I never heard of them as a life long fisherman!)

It was certainly used in the wrong place here!

GL& Safe Diving,

CJ