Standing in Waves

[MajaPalra]

Greetings,

Newbie here -- Quattro is in the mail.
I posted this question in the Quattro
Forum as part of another discussion
but realized I should probably have posted
it here to start with.

The scenario I'm imagining is this.
An MDer is at the beach, standing in water
that is over waste high -- not too deep
if using Big Blue, but maybe 3 to 4 feet deep
if using, say, an Excalibur. A target is registering
and let's say it's > 12" under foot.
I was thinking it would be difficult,
if not impossible, to dig a hole that deep
to retrieve a target.

To phrase this as a question: How deep
under foot could an MDer expect to retrieve
a target when standing in several feet
of water with constant waves going by?

 

[houndawgg]

Each hunter seems to develope a style or system which works for them. Naturally, if your up to your neck with a scoop, it's next to impossible to scoop at target that's down 12". Some wear weight belts to help and maintain enough mass to push the scoop in deep enough for retrieval. Others may use a mask and dive under and fan the sand to retrieve.
I guess the best answer to your question is, the shallower one's in the water, the deeper a retrieval can be made.
I definitely wouldn't use any sort of a land machine, if I were hunting out at that depth.

 

[therick]

You get that whisper in your headphones that you've been looking for. Once I feel that the target has been adequately pinppointed, I drop the coil to the bottom and put my toe on the bottom behind the coil. I then remove the coil and place my "Beach Brute" scoop just in front of my toe. My scoop has a 56 In. handle, made of 3/4 In. aircraft aluminum, and hold about a gallon of material. Sometimes it takes several scoops to retrieve a target and of course the scoop gets heavy being full of sand and shells. I find that junk targets move more than good targets so the longer it takes to find. the more likely I am to be disappointed. On the problem of sanding in..... when the hole gets big enough the sides will cave in with loose sand making it difficult to get deep to locate the object. In this situation I'll sometimes use my scoop and detector to help me balance while I tread water over the hole fanning the loose stuff out. Then I'll quickly get my scoop on the bottom to get as big a mouthful of new bottom as I can. This helps with the sanding in problem. Everyone develops their own techniques and I also think it is very risky putting a land unit in water ( with large waves) over a foot deep. good luck

therick

 

[Sanddigger]

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