maiden voyage with tiger shark

[pointer80]

Hi all, well I finally took my tesoro tiger shark out for the first time and I must say it was a blast but also a little trickier than I thought. I definitely had trouble pin pointing. Is this normal and will practice make perfect? Also there was allot more targets than I thought there would be in the water. It was a little overwhelming at first but I did manage to get a couple of clad coins(a penny and a quarter). I gave up after that so I can practice pin pointing before I go back out in the water. Also I am going have to get a stainless sand scoop with a wood handle instead of the all metal one my buddy let me borrow. I dropped it once and it sank and I had waders on in waist deep water so I had to root around with my foot and pick it up. Also not very pointed so could not scoop real good. Any pointers or tips are welcome. Thanks all and HH.

 

[Rainyday101]

The Tiger Shark pin points really well, it just may take you some practice. Take short sweeps in both directions to zero in on the target. You are right about a wooden handled scoop. I have a T-Rex and it does not have a pointed tip. On hard bottoms you will have a harder time getting the pointed tip to start straight. I abuse the t-rex in rocks, gravel, muck, and clay and am really impressed with it. I'm not saying the t-rex is the best, it just works really well for me. You will get lols of different opinions on scoops, everybody has their favorite. I do suggest you stick with stainless steel. With a good scoop, digging all those targets is no problem. The deeper you get the less targets you will find. The Tiger Shark is one heck of a freshwater detector. Stick with it and success will come.

 

[ken ward]

After you get a long handle scoop , Your pinpointing will get much easier. Just a little practice. Put a coin on the ground so you can see it. Try to pin point it to see where it will be.. It will be a little tricky in the water,, but you will get it...KEN

 

[kaolinwasher]

thear is a water hunter up hear who swears by the tiger shark, he finds lots of good targets, try practicing with difrent things on the pinpointing , soon it will be like riding a bike

 

[Hombre]

I'm right handed, I hold/hunt with the Tiger Shark in my left hand and drag my long handled stainless water scoop in my right hand. When I get a signal ( I hunt/pinpoint in motion disc.mode), I make short passes over the target and stop the coil over the strongest signal, leave the coil resting over the target and bring your left foot (same side holding detector) up against the rear of the coil, move the coil to the side. Then place the scoop from your right hand "carefully" in front of your toes of your left foot that 'was' resting up against the rear of the coil. Move your left foot back, step on rear of scoop with your right foot and dig with your right arm. Of coarse if you hunt with the detector in your right hand, it would be a complete opposite. It is much easier to actually see this demonstrated than try to write it out in a post. I had this trick shown to me by an old hand at water hunting long ago. This technique helps when you are in murky water up to your chest and you can't see where your searchcoil is located.GL & HH

 

[TigerNed]

Best tip i've ever given to a fellow Tiger Hunter, Listen for the Quack of the Duck!!!!!!! if it sounds like a duck quacking, dig it!!!!!! more than likely it's Gold!

 

[Sven]

The T-rex looks to be a direct copy of the Prostock Proscoop. I own the Proscoop and find it an excellent scoop. The small hole pattern on both scoops will catch
the small gold the Tigershark is known to find. And because of the extreme amount of holes in the scoop, it sifts wet sand quickly. Get a decent scoop with closely spaced holes
and it will make water hunting easy for you. Without a good scoop, is like digging a plug in a lawn with a dull bladed knife.

There's a lot of inefficient, crappy scoops out there being sold. that will definitly make you swear and a waste of money. Those that tell you that those crappy scoops are great, haven't tried a top notch scoop..................

For the TS, mount it in the rear under the arm cuff. When you hunt use the arm cuff arm band. This will allow you to release the TS from your hand and pick items out of the scoop without the TS wandering away.

 

[Rainyday101]

Sven is absolutely right on the hole spacing for a scoop. With the T-rex, and I am sure some others, the close hole spacing allows the scoop to be drained by the time you lift it up. Of course clay, thick muck, and rocks are exceptions.

I pin point my target and leave the coil centered right over the target. I then put my scoop right next to the edge of the coil. Move the coil out of the way, push the scoop handle forward so that the scoop is going straight down, push the scoop straight down and in with my foot, pull back until the scoop is parallel with the ground and then lift. Like Hombre said, it is easier to see than describe. By doing it the way I described I am getting the sand directly below the coil.

I think a scoop with a handle set at 20 degrees off perpendicular makes things much easier. I find it would probably be harder when rocking the handle forward to scoop straight down without the 20 degree handle. I have never owned any scoop other the T-rex so I can't say for sure. All I know is works for me. Most my targets are recovered in one scoop. Some are deeper and need a few more scoops.

 

[tvr]

I have a Proscoop too. The small holes keep the split line sinkers in the scoop and keep me from digging them again. When I fly I use a RTG 6 inch diameter aluminum travel scoop. I use a body board leash on both the detector and the scoop to keep them from getting pulled away from me by waves and to keep from dropping them to the bottom. I find a few of the leashes abandoned on the beaches each year, so I don't have to buy them.

Practice makes finding the target center easier. Some good tips are in the posts above.
Cheers,
tvr