Digging and sifting in waist high water question...

[Muddyshoes]

Ok, so I know you got the pole thingy with the metal scoop on the end, but how the heck do you coordinate pin pointing and scooping when you're in waist-deep or even higher water, and you can't see because silt or lake bottom has made the water all cloudy around you? I've seen pics of some really adventurous guys metal detecting in chest high water, somehow. I can't imagine how you could possibly handle searching, pinpointing and digging without drowning yourself or taking half an hour. Or even in the surf...

I take it that it must require a little patience

- Muddyshoes

 

[MNCoinhunter]

My friend Jim water-hunts, and I think he said that when he gets a good signal he slides his foot up to the back of the coil. He then removes the coil and places the scoop in the same spot. I have not mastered that technique and have really only waterhunted up to my waist up to this point.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Like McDave said that is the way to do it.
You can practice that in the dry sand out of the water.
Then you graduate to knee deep and practice there.
Go deeper and with the experience and mastery that
you picked up on the sand,knee deep water and waist
deep you'll be able to tackle it in neck deep water.
Practice, Practice, Practice !!

 

[fongu]

I am interested in buying a scoop for water hunting. Any suggestions.

 

[jackintexas]

I have water hunted for 15 years. You pin point the target.Hold the coil just where you pin pointed. Place your toe ( I hunt left handed,so I use my right foot) You place your toe touching the rear of the scoop. Then place your scoop where your toe is. Remove your toe. I always slide just a little farther back. Then with your foot push the scoop forward digging in the sand (dirt) at least far enough to be past the target. Then lift the scoop without dumping it. Place the sand (dirt) in a sifter you have tagging along behind you with a short rope and see what you have.....Jack

 

[jackintexas]

Should have been ....place your toe to the rear of the coil.....Jack

 

[Cupajo]

The method as outlined by Jack can be used even in the dark.

Of course when you have the recovered object and have it in the sifter you need light to locate it in the sifter!

Night hunting allows you to avoid crowds and is practiced by a few hunters out there.

Heavy surf is another ball of wax and the sifter becomes a liability.

It is better to use a good scoop and recover the find from the scoop.

I would avoid heavy surf at night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With practice and the right scoop you will be able to dispense with the sifter altogether.

GL&HH Friend,

CJ

 

[Muddyshoes]

Great tips, thanks, everyone!

- Muddyshoes.