Starting to get used to the new detector - it's my first water detector.
The first two pics show my trash, and goodies from the first lake beach/swimming area. I didn't get into the water more than 6 inches deep here - its like a mucky mud - slippery and insane to dig in. All 3 gold items are 14k. The bracelet is rose/white/yellow gold. And all 3 were found at the waters edge (just out of the water). The lake is obviously down quite a bit - as the first 8 feet of beach (wet sand) are covered with algae.
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The second two pics show my goodies and trash (my o my the pulltabs) from the second swimming beach i tried. I started off the day at the first lake which is where i found the silver ring, and all the clad but one quarter. I dumped my trash into a can after the first lake - all the fishing lead got old to tote around. The trash shown in the last picture is all from the second lake. This place had pulltabs everywhere. At first I thought my machine was wigging out on me, but its actually just that thick with pulltabs. I would often pull up 2 or 3 pulltabs in a single scoop in the water. I did most of my digging here in 1-2 feet of water - getting used to the scoop/etc. This place had real sand - so it was alot easier digging with the scoop than the first lake. The silver necklace (seems to be about 24" or so - made in italy) came from here, as did a quarter. Everything else was trash. I must say, it sure did look nice hanging out of the scoop.
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By the end of my time at the second beach i was getting alot better at recovering my targets (albeit they were pulltabs). So I am definitely making progress.
The question I had was - what do you guys do at a beach like this. It obviously hasn't been hunted from what I can tell (because of all the pulltabs). Do you just hammer through it? Or do you find another location?
Thanks!
The first two pics show my trash, and goodies from the first lake beach/swimming area. I didn't get into the water more than 6 inches deep here - its like a mucky mud - slippery and insane to dig in. All 3 gold items are 14k. The bracelet is rose/white/yellow gold. And all 3 were found at the waters edge (just out of the water). The lake is obviously down quite a bit - as the first 8 feet of beach (wet sand) are covered with algae.
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The second two pics show my goodies and trash (my o my the pulltabs) from the second swimming beach i tried. I started off the day at the first lake which is where i found the silver ring, and all the clad but one quarter. I dumped my trash into a can after the first lake - all the fishing lead got old to tote around. The trash shown in the last picture is all from the second lake. This place had pulltabs everywhere. At first I thought my machine was wigging out on me, but its actually just that thick with pulltabs. I would often pull up 2 or 3 pulltabs in a single scoop in the water. I did most of my digging here in 1-2 feet of water - getting used to the scoop/etc. This place had real sand - so it was alot easier digging with the scoop than the first lake. The silver necklace (seems to be about 24" or so - made in italy) came from here, as did a quarter. Everything else was trash. I must say, it sure did look nice hanging out of the scoop.
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By the end of my time at the second beach i was getting alot better at recovering my targets (albeit they were pulltabs). So I am definitely making progress.
The question I had was - what do you guys do at a beach like this. It obviously hasn't been hunted from what I can tell (because of all the pulltabs). Do you just hammer through it? Or do you find another location?
Thanks!