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Have Your Water Finds Dried Up? Probably Because Of This Guy...

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Critterhunter

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I was talking on the phone yesterday to a friend I hunt with. He does a lot of water hunting with his Excal 800 but also has a Whites 6000 Pro XL that he hunts with me a lot on land. He's got me into doing some water hunting this summer with my GT and I'm liking it thus far. I haven't gone in at least a month but I'll probably head out water hunting this weekend.

Anyway, he told me that a friend of his down in Florida was starting to wonder why all water signals were getting scarce for him lately. Then one morning as he was heading out to hunt he ran into a guy who was just finishing up for the day. Not only was this guy beating him to "his" spot, but after talking to the guy he found out a few other details that shed further light on why his finds have been drying up. Turns out this guy hunts with a custom shaft that lets him do "ten foot" sweeps and he's using a "big" coil (He didn't mention which, but I'd figure either a WOT or 15x12). He also mentioned that he used a powerful light on the shaft so that he could see the coil under water. Not sure why that would be important but I'd guess so he can eye targets before scooping or to help him locate them faster. The guy went on to say that he hunts an hour and a half one direction and then turns around and comes back in a straight line next to that, then repeats the process. So, not only is he covering a very wide area of ground, but he's also covering a pretty good distance.

After they talked more he found out the guy does this for a living and lives in a junky RV he parks at or near the beach. When the summer is over he said he moves over to another area of Florida where the winter storms uncover more rings and also have the potential to reveal stuff from ship wrecks.

Now, I'm hearing this 3rd hand so the details might be off a little but I was wondering if anybody has ever heard or seen this guy they are talking about? I just thought it was a curious story. I would figure even if he's made this his full time job (I think he said he "makes his living" this way) the amount of finds wouldn't cover the basics of living even if you are staying in a trailer or RV of some sort. I'm guessing he's either retired or on disability from the sound of it. Just figured I'd throw what I heard up hear to see if somebody has ran acrossed this character.
 
and so it begins.....to compete you/we need to build a longer shaft, hunt before him, hunt longer than him etc:
a longer shaft and bigger coil for my coverage is a good idea and was talked about on the golden olde site!!!!!
 
I agree. He isn't going to find the real deep ones doing that. Not supporting it, just reporting it.
 
Wow, that's interesting. I hope he's not hunting Clearwater. :surprised:
 
I was just down in North Reddington Beach area a couple of weeks ago and there was 4 guys from Sarasota in a van hitting the beachs at night but my son and I still done pretty good. No body can find it all make no difference what they got rigged up. Most locals don't wear anything valuable into the water and not as many tourists because of the oil spill. I believe every time the tide goes in and out some targets get exposed and some gets moved deeper or shallower. Prime gold season in my opinion and from experience is July through September. I will be around Clearwater down to St. Petersburg the middle of September so I will let you know how it goes. HH :minelab:
 
now that's a good tale. We need more details.
A lot of junk Winnebago's in FL.. not to mention natives living down by the river:lol:
hope this yarn has legs!
 
If he can swing a 15" coil on a 10 FT. shaft while in the water he's welcome to all he finds! Don't want to mess with
anyone that can do that!
 
XT18000 said:
If he can swing a 15" coil on a 10 FT. shaft while in the water he's welcome to all he finds! Don't want to mess with
anyone that can do that!
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:rofl:
 
hershey1 said:
I was just down in North Reddington Beach area a couple of weeks ago and there was 4 guys from Sarasota in a van hitting the beachs at night but my son and I still done pretty good. No body can find it all make no difference what they got rigged up. Most locals don't wear anything valuable into the water and not as many tourists because of the oil spill. I believe every time the tide goes in and out some targets get exposed and some gets moved deeper or shallower. Prime gold season in my opinion and from experience is July through September. I will be around Clearwater down to St. Petersburg the middle of September so I will let you know how it goes. HH :minelab:
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I'll try and leave you a little. I'm not real greedy :detecting:
 
CRISPY: There is a guy that stays close to the far right rock wall on the north end of CWB. He will yell at you and try to run you off HIS beach so be prepared. And don't leave to much that gold gets heavy. HH:thumbup::minelab:
 
hershey1 said:
CRISPY: There is a guy that stays close to the far right rock wall on the north end of CWB. He will yell at you and try to run you off HIS beach so be prepared. And don't leave to much that gold gets heavy. HH:thumbup::minelab:
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Thanks for the warning Hershey. If and when I ever get there, I will keep an eye out for him. Personally, I have never detected there (lived in Bradenton) but I recently met a couple of guys that go there once in awhile and was told that I could join them some time. My new Infinium is supposed to arrive on Monday so I'm hoping to go soon after that.

Again, thanks and HH
 
Not sure if he's using a "10 foot shaft" or if they meant he has a shaft that allows him to cover a 10 foot wide patch of ground. If you have enough reach to cover 5 foot to the left and 5 foot to the right guess what that equals? 10 feet...
 
Yes, I bet 10 ft. is the sweep distance not the shaft length. I extend my shaft length when beach hunting also to get better coverage but not quite that wide. I find a wider arc helps me maintain a slow steady even sweep without lifting at the end of the sweep.
 
i think i know this guy, but he is not doing to much water any more.He legs ... He live in a Little van and go from place to place..He do not travel to much any more. May be the gas price and the van age keep him more around the same good beach around here.

An old friend of my told me that he have seen that guy for at lest the past 13 year. Same van same job (metal detecting)


He use to stay along the A1A in is van before they install pay meters last year.Yes he use long shaft but standard one at the maximum longs. he have MD for 30 years.No shoes, long bear, often i see him in middle of night.He park most the time in city park were there is bathroom and ext. shower.

I did talk with him once( 2 minutes). but did not get into the MD business to much.I am sure it would be interesting to hear some MD story from him...

Next time i see him, i will try to get a conveersation wtih him.

Serge
 
Now that's the response I was hoping to get. I just think it's a curious story and was hoping to hear from others who might have ran into this guy.
 
You're right...he's sweeping a 10 ft swath...the guy is currently working Vanderbilt Beach in Naples, FL. Hunts from 4:00am to 7:00am...same time the sharks feed.
 
We are not talking about the same one then.
 
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