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[Woodsman469]

I am new to the forum and to MD in general having just gotten our first detector yesterday, a BH discovery 2200. My wife has wanted a detector for a long time and we decided to get one to learn with before retirement which is just a few years off. We are in rural Central Ontario Canada. As a test yesterday we took it out into an area of a field along our private road that is used for parking and our first find was a Canadian quarter. Other finds came up were iron junk including rusted wire, a cable bracket and even an old relay from a car. The detector was operating fine and we found it easy to use.

The second outing this morning was to a local beach and I worked it for about an hour and found nothing. I think I must have been in some heavily mineralized sand, I had a lot of good non iron hits that followed the sand as I moved it but there was nothing in the sand when I sifted it through my fingers. But I really enjoyed being out there in the early morning.

I think we are going to enjoy this a lot, and it will be good exercise as well

 

[salmonriverhotrock]

The first thing that came to mind when you said you were at a beach and had non-iron hits but found nothing in the sand was melted aluminum from camp fires. We have that stuff all over the place where people toss aluminum foil and cans into fire pits and it melts. The high water then spreads it all over the place, even down into the river. Being melted and oxidized and if small enough, you may not easily distinguish it from soils, sands, and small gravels. Not sure what you have not being there and I'm not familiar with your machine but it could be.

 

[Karl]

Hello and Welcome to Findmall and the Bounty Hunter Forum !!

 

[Woodsman469]

The first thing that came to mind when you said you were at a beach and had non-iron hits but found nothing in the sand was melted aluminum from camp fires. We have that stuff all over the place where people toss aluminum foil and cans into fire pits and it melts. The high water then spreads it all over the place, even down into the river. Being melted and oxidized and if small enough, you may not easily distinguish it from soils, sands, and small gravels. Not sure what you have not being there and I'm not familiar with your machine but it could be.

Thanks for the information, I will keep this in mind. It is very possible as there were camp fire sites near where I was working.

 

[Woodsman469]

The first thing that came to mind when you said you were at a beach and had non-iron hits but found nothing in the sand was melted aluminum from camp fires. We have that stuff all over the place where people toss aluminum foil and cans into fire pits and it melts. The high water then spreads it all over the place, even down into the river. Being melted and oxidized and if small enough, you may not easily distinguish it from soils, sands, and small gravels. Not sure what you have not being there and I'm not familiar with your machine but it could be.

Thanks for the information, I will keep this in mind. It is very possible as there were camp fire sites near where I was working.