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Minelab is the BEST!

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For you newbies out there (like myself) who doubt the Minelab goes deep, here's the remains of a porcelain jar lid I dug at a full 15".
<img src="http://www.buriedcrap.com/images/sieling_jarlid.jpg">
The zinc lid sort of disentigrated as I extracted it from the hole. My heart skipped a beat as I realized what I had and that it might be the jar lid of a cache of coins. Alas, there was nothing else. However, the signal on the Minelab was LOUD and CLEAR at 15"! This was using the stock coil at sensitivity 24. I was also running in iron mask -16 using ferrous tones. This was in a "hunted out" park that I'm pretty sure hasn't met the Minelab yet <img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=";)">
 
WAIT TIL YOU END UP LAYING ON YOUR SIDE, WITH YOUR ARM STRECHED INTO THE HOLE AS FAR AS IT WILL GO, AND YOU STILL NEED A FEW MORE INCHES ! IT HAPPENS. LUCKELY, MOST OF THE TIMES IT HAPPEND TO ME, WHEN I FINALLY REACHED THE FINDS, { IN MUD, IN A DRAINED LAKE } THEY TURNED OUT TO BE CONE TOP BEER CANS,FROM THE 30's & 40's, IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION, TO SAVE AND TURN INTO EXTRA CASH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. HH <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
 
I was beach hunting in Ocean City N.J. I am using an Explorer XS and was continually digging up coins at 12 to 15 inches. Some time ago, I purchased the heavy duty, $165 staninless steel beach scoop, and even though I thought it was a lot to pay for a digger, I find that it would be VERY difficult, if not impossible to do without it, due to the exceptional depth of the explorer--especially when you are digging where the shallow waves are coming at you! I have used both White's and Garrett and I can tell you, it is extremely rare to find a coin at the depths common to the explorer!
 
Yesterday I dug another metal knife handle at 13". Geez, I need a better shovel <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> So far, I've found 14 of these blasted knife handles in this heavily-hunted, small park. I'm just starting to dig the really deep stuff, so I'll let you know what I find and at what depth.
 
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