Going to be doing some searching in an over burdened stream.Most of the water depth will be one foot to three. feet......Lots of stone....will be using a 1266....need to get phones, and a safety sling for the detector..I haven't worked a stream or pond since 1987/88 and then the bottoms were sand..The "sand bars" are mostly stone and gravel moved around.Since they are above water a shovel might work..What do I use for underwater? I don't think a scoop would work..Civil War battle site, and everything will probably be a mile down stream thanks for any comments NAD
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Stream digging advice
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BEACH HUNTER
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god hunting hope you get some gold!!
It isn't my choice for my conditions but for what you're describing it should do a great job. The pointed box style basket is very good for prying rocks and cutting through gravel and it is strong enough and heavy enough to do the job. Unless you're going to pick everything by hand this would help you retrieve targets, either that or get a floating screen to sift out the targets.
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Cheers,
BDA
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Cheers,
BDA
You're probably going to want to build a floating sifter. I have one that I built a couple years ago, and used it to search a gravel-bottomed mill race that was the entrance to a swimming hole. The sifter helped in recovering the target from the gravel, sand, and dirt.
If you do build one, you might want to use something other than hardware cloth for the screen. This would enable you to use a pinpointer (like a Vibraprobe) to quickly locate the target in the rocks. Buttons and Coins might be readily visible, but bullets (lead or modern copper-jacketed), sinkers, frags, etc., will tend to look like rocks, and are not easily to distinguish from the gravel.
You'll want a heavy-duty scoop.
Always hunt facing upstream (in case a log suddenly appears, or rafters, canoes, etc.). I usually work a pattern side-to-side, across the current, slowly working my way upstream. This way the current keeps the sifter behind me, and I'm facing upstream to see floating objects coming at me.
HH from Allen in OK
If you do build one, you might want to use something other than hardware cloth for the screen. This would enable you to use a pinpointer (like a Vibraprobe) to quickly locate the target in the rocks. Buttons and Coins might be readily visible, but bullets (lead or modern copper-jacketed), sinkers, frags, etc., will tend to look like rocks, and are not easily to distinguish from the gravel.
You'll want a heavy-duty scoop.
Always hunt facing upstream (in case a log suddenly appears, or rafters, canoes, etc.). I usually work a pattern side-to-side, across the current, slowly working my way upstream. This way the current keeps the sifter behind me, and I'm facing upstream to see floating objects coming at me.
HH from Allen in OK
A few years back a buddy of mine and myself when down to georgia. I detected some exposed bedrock with my Minelab and located the targets. He followed along with a 2 inch gold dredge. We got mostly lead fishing weights and nails, but we got one nice 10 gram gold nugget and some Mini balls from the civil war. I took the nugget and he got the minis and the fine gold.
Bob
Bob[quote AllenOK]You're probably going to want to build a floating sifter. I have one that I built a couple years ago, and used it to search a gravel-bottomed mill race that was the entrance to a swimming hole. The sifter helped in recovering the target from the gravel, sand, and dirt.
If you do build one, you might want to use something other than hardware cloth for the screen. This would enable you to use a pinpointer (like a Vibraprobe) to quickly locate the target in the rocks. Buttons and Coins might be readily visible, but bullets (lead or modern copper-jacketed), sinkers, frags, etc., will tend to look like rocks, and are not easily to distinguish from the gravel.
You'll want a heavy-duty scoop.
Always hunt facing upstream (in case a log suddenly appears, or rafters, canoes, etc.). I usually work a pattern side-to-side, across the current, slowly working my way upstream. This way the current keeps the sifter behind me, and I'm facing upstream to see floating objects coming at me.
HH from Allen in OK[/quote]
Dead on the Money Allen:
Always look upstream and always face the waves. It's too easy to get plowed by a surfer or a body surfer, not to mention getting tumbled by a rogue wave if you turn your back to the waves or the current. I don't use a sifter in the ocean because I already lug enough gear around with me and when the waves kick up I don't think you can use one effectively. For a stream or calm waters I think a sifter is the perfect solution to sifting out your finds and saving time.
Cheers,
BDA
If you do build one, you might want to use something other than hardware cloth for the screen. This would enable you to use a pinpointer (like a Vibraprobe) to quickly locate the target in the rocks. Buttons and Coins might be readily visible, but bullets (lead or modern copper-jacketed), sinkers, frags, etc., will tend to look like rocks, and are not easily to distinguish from the gravel.
You'll want a heavy-duty scoop.
Always hunt facing upstream (in case a log suddenly appears, or rafters, canoes, etc.). I usually work a pattern side-to-side, across the current, slowly working my way upstream. This way the current keeps the sifter behind me, and I'm facing upstream to see floating objects coming at me.
HH from Allen in OK[/quote]
Dead on the Money Allen:
Always look upstream and always face the waves. It's too easy to get plowed by a surfer or a body surfer, not to mention getting tumbled by a rogue wave if you turn your back to the waves or the current. I don't use a sifter in the ocean because I already lug enough gear around with me and when the waves kick up I don't think you can use one effectively. For a stream or calm waters I think a sifter is the perfect solution to sifting out your finds and saving time.
Cheers,
BDA