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Hawaii, in particular Oahu Island info needed

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Gerry

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I will be visiting Oahu towards the end of May, I will be staying minutes from the Kailua beach and plan to MD detect there. Have any of you Island types detected there, I have an Excal. II, which has yielded the best results when hunting there, wet sand, dry sand or water, what can I expect from a days hunting there? I will be staying with my brother in-law and don't want to bother him driving me around, I know the bus service is great, can you recommend any other beaches to M D near there that would be an easy bus ride from Kailua.
Should any of you live near there and want to tee up a day of detecting I would love to meet up and spend a day detecting
I am relatively new to detecting, have had my Excal about 20 months and have found 40 plus rings with it, most of my detecting has been in Mexico so would appreciate any and all tips you could pass along about detecting on Oahu.
Thanks in advance.

Gerry.
 
Kailua is a great beach with tons of shoreline erosion. That beach is regularly detected by a husband and wife duo that works it pretty hard. Also the sand there is very fine and deep, so you'll be looking to recent drops in the water. Shoreline closest to the mouth of the river would be a good place to look for some older items as this is being eroded heavily by wave action. You'll see what i mean when you get there. Additionally, you could also detect at Lanikai beach down the road from Kailua beach park. That is another nice beach where a lot of locals go as well as Japanese tourist. My recommedations as to detecting at these two beaches is all metal mode and at very least a 50% overlap of your swing. Go slow and listen for the faint signals. Good luck and hope you find something.

Ken
 
http://www.honolulu.gov/multimed/waikiki.asp

Had a great time detecting all week! Wear sunscreen.
 
Tell me sanddigger, how many MDers did you see?


Ken
 
Sorry didn't see your heading. You were here in '05?


Ken
 
Aloha Gerry,
I'm new to this forum but I've been following everyone for about 3 month now. I learn allot from the gang here on the scuba & excal forums. Very interesting stuff both in knowledge and friendships. So here's my first entry and it would be a pleasure to meet with you when you reach Hawaii.
This site will help you out with the surf, wind and tied. http://www.surfnewsnetwork.com Like Ken said Kailua is a nice beach to hunt. Problem is most of the island hunters do the wet/dry sand thing. My friend and I run excals and we always hunt submerged anywhere from 2" - 8"in depth and anywhere from 1yard - 10yards out (depending on depth). We don't use scuba gear just mask, snorkel, wetsuit, and a weight belt. We don't uses scoops they just get in the way. Lot of the good stuff get pulled out by the tied so that's where we are. We live on the other side of the island but go to Kaila a lot. If you really want to have a good time detecting and something totally different email me at mpajela@hotmail.com and I'll get you my number. I guess its like scuba but no tank. We call it scratch fever cause you basically dig with your free hand. For myself it's the greats stress reliever I now.

Aloha, Mano
 
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