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My new Excal and the beach strikes again....

V

vfr800

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Here is how today's hunt went..... 1 1914 Barber Quarter, 1 Standing Liberty Quarter date worn off, 1 1917 merc. dime, 1951,1961,1964 dime, 2 wheat 1941,1953 also misc. finds 1993 beach badge, 1967 pin with the letter T also a button dated 1939 with a insignia and name Wonceae Dannakk if anybody know what that is let me know. and lot's of clad from the 60"s

I had to hunt in high Disc. because today was like hunting in a trash dump but the Excal still picked coins out of the trash I'm sure we have missed some jewelry but I'm still happy with this hunt.....

Any suggestion's for hunting in this much trash???? Excal II 10" coil

Bruce
 
Hey Bruce, noticed you said "hunt in high disc. because today was like hunting in a trash dump". Be very careful about running discrimination, try leaving it on 1. If you use it, then you risk missing gold. Old silver is all well and good, but gold is king, savvy? You just gotta dig that trash outa there and git after it. Eventually you will make some headway on cleaning things up. Is this a fresh water area? Sounds like it. Get cjc's (Clive James Clynick's) books on the Excal, in them he describes techniques for getting around some of the trash, but it is best to dig it outa there, ESPECIALLY since you just started using the unit. I STILL get fooled sometimes, even after using Excals, since Jan. '06. Could be some old gold in that mix, but you are selling yourself short using discrimination. Best of luck and nice job on the old coins.
 
[size=large]When you don't post pics of your finds to support what you described. Then there usually isn't much interest in what you have to say....after all, that's why they call these "Brag Forums" .....LOL....sad to say but a reality....HH....Brian


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I dig trash...... I use dics 1 and I am glad I did. I was in the surf and I got a low signal, in 4 feet of water. I figured, trash..... What I pulled up was a wallet with money. The foil package in the wallet is what I picked up. A couple feet from the wallet I picked up another low signal, this time it was a big 14k gold men's wedding band. If I wasn't using disc 1, I am sure I would have run over this stuff... I sent the wallet to the owner and received an award.

Gulf Hunter has some good tips, I know, I listened and obtained results......
 
Nice finds. I work areas like that a small section at a time and dig it all......you know that the good stuff is lying under all that junk. Nothing like digging a nail, 3 bobby pins, a coin or two and then hearing that faint wisper of gold........

Good luck!

Chris / NY
 
WoW, Barber Quarter, Standing Liberty , those are some great finds! I would just keep hunting the way you do, and turn the disc down alittle each time out. Then after your warrenty runs out on the excal II, see if you can pick up an 8 in coil and clean the place out, and Post us some Pictures so we can druel over your treasure! Just don't tell anyone where your hot spot is! HH my friend
 
Hey Thanks Guys

I do appreciate all advice as I'm still learning the Excal i only had it a month and couldn't be happier... I would like to post pic's but the camera i have won't do close up pic's they come out blurry maybe i can get another camera and i will post a pic of all my finds this month less the clad because it is alot.

Thanks Again, Bruce
 
OMG, with all that old coinage, you should put that Disc down and get the old gold, too!! I don't mind scooping those old tabs, means nobody has pulled the gold out of there yet!! As for your pics, back off that subject and take the pics, then use your editing software to get the zoom close-up. Also, be sure to take several pics of the subject and edit the best one, trash the rest. The attached pics show what I mean.
 
Well gonna give it a try tomorrow but it is supposed to rain, thunderstorm, high winds and possibly tornado watch sounds like a great day..... if i get out i will give an update.
 
Just like here in Northeast Florida.... rain, thunderstroms, highwind and tornado watches
 
OK...Well at least it didn't rain the forecast was in my favor for once but the beach i went to was sanded in not one cut but i still got to try different Beach's to keep on it...some clad that's it............HH
 
Personally, 99% of the time I hunt using "0" in discrimination, the most I ever use is "1", any higher and you will discriminate out some of the gold.

I would rather dig 50 pull tabs then miss one nice gold and diamond ring. I hunt with a custom water proof Sovereign GT as my primary water machine and Excal as my back up. I sue basically the same setting on both...
 
I'am going to try this spot again on monday 4-12 if i find something good i will try to finally post a pic...
 
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