Dan(NM)
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Man, I've been in a slump from hell for months now. I simply could not get my coil over any keepers. I headed to a lake about 65 miles away today to see if today was the day
We've been in drought conditions and the water levels have been down for the last 3-4 seasons. Today started off the same way, first 3 hours netted 5 coins and 2 pieces of junk jewelry. I decided to head to another spot that had produced in a big way 3 years ago. Like all good things, it came to an end so I quit going back. The last time I hunted here, I was swinging the mighty Nox 800. Today, I was using the
Manticore. I'm not going to say the 800 missed these targets, it was the way I was swinging, too fast and the recovery speed I was using, too slow. This spot is extremely polluted with every kind of metal trash you can think of.
I decided to go back to the spot that produced and hit the area from a different direction and with a faster recovery speed and a much slower swing. I started getting some iffy one way hits and with the Minelab wiggle, the audio was sounding better and the VDI's were stabilizing . I was beginning to get some coins and finally hit my first silver coin, a 56 Rosie. Next keeper was a SLQ, never expected that lol. I continued hitting coins and stuff when I got another high tone around 80 or 82, out comes the class ring. I was surprised by it because my tone break was set above where the ring actually hit when out of the hole at 64???? Not sure how that happened.
I hunted until I found the Merc and another SLQ and decided to make the 11/2 hr trip home. Today's hunt was exactly what the doctor ordered and helped refuel my enthusiam. Thanks for looking.

Manticore. I'm not going to say the 800 missed these targets, it was the way I was swinging, too fast and the recovery speed I was using, too slow. This spot is extremely polluted with every kind of metal trash you can think of.
I decided to go back to the spot that produced and hit the area from a different direction and with a faster recovery speed and a much slower swing. I started getting some iffy one way hits and with the Minelab wiggle, the audio was sounding better and the VDI's were stabilizing . I was beginning to get some coins and finally hit my first silver coin, a 56 Rosie. Next keeper was a SLQ, never expected that lol. I continued hitting coins and stuff when I got another high tone around 80 or 82, out comes the class ring. I was surprised by it because my tone break was set above where the ring actually hit when out of the hole at 64???? Not sure how that happened.
I hunted until I found the Merc and another SLQ and decided to make the 11/2 hr trip home. Today's hunt was exactly what the doctor ordered and helped refuel my enthusiam. Thanks for looking.
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