Target recovery in surf

[Surfdigger]

n/t

 

[XT18000]

You can do this the hard way or you can do this the easy way! Go ahead and think about it I'll wait until you make up your mind.
OK that's better, now lets get you headed down the golden path.
Step one: locate a target
Step two: Try to determine if it's a good target
Step three: try you very best to pinpoint the target in the center of your coil ( this can be done at the toe or at the heel of the coil
but to LEARN, use the center to start with. )
Step four: with the target under the center of your coil, place the toe of one of your feet just touching the rear of the coil ( you do have two
feet do you not ? ) Good were all glad to hear that, hard enough to do this with two let alone one.
Step five: with out moving your foot, replace your coil with the front lip of your scoop.
Step six: lean over the target pushing the handle of the scoop straight out from you at the same time so the basket is more straight up
an down to where the target is suppose to be.
Step seven: place your foot on the back of the scoop and push it down at least half it's length While pulling back on the handle then lift or
pull the scoop and it's load out of the bottom ( do not dump it out yet ).
Step eight: rescan the hole you just made. it you get a signal then dump out the scoop and repeat from step two.
I hope you already know that some targets will wash away as soon as you disturb them ( pull tabs, bobby pins, etc. )
or will fall through the holes in the scoop as fast as you put them in. That's why you want to try to ID the target to start with
if you can. Learn where your coil pinpoints first up on the wet sand with a test coin or ring then go in the water.

 

[thevacantface]

if you are having that much of a problem, learn to pinpoint well and buy yourself a clam gun. You will be able to be down 2 feet without the sides collapsing, once you are in the ground it won't go anywhere if a wave hits. Only problem then is sifting, but you could also just have a small scoop with you get it that way out of the plug.

 

[Dig]

This is about perfect...the only thing I would add would be, before you dig look at the incoming waves and time your push and pull of the scoop with the waves...you will see the bigger waves come in a set. I wait for the last big wave to come in and then I step down as the next wave is arriving. The suction pull from that wave helps you not have to exert as much to bury the scoop. I then wait for the wave to push into me, helping me pull back on the scoop. It doesn't seem like a big deal but if your digging a hundred targets or hunting everyday of the week you back and arms will thank you. Also I will add in the near-shore and wet-sand (especially if I am hunting in All Metal for really deep targets) where the hole will cave relatively fast. I dig two scoops as fast as I can and I put the coil in the hole in the few seconds it takes me to dump the bucket. The point being, just get it out of the hole...once its on the surface it will be much easier to find. If I hear anything in the hole, I am back to digging two more. I always throw the sand right over my right foot so that I can scan the pile while I'm speed digging the next few scoops. I'm sure location and wave size plays a role here as to what you can and cant do but, this system has helped me recover some nice deep rings

You can do this the hard way or you can do this the easy way! Go ahead and think about it I'll wait until you make up your mind.
OK that's better, now lets get you headed down the golden path.
Step one: locate a target
Step two: Try to determine if it's a good target
Step three: try you very best to pinpoint the target in the center of your coil ( this can be done at the toe or at the heel of the coil
but to LEARN, use the center to start with. )
Step four: with the target under the center of your coil, place the toe of one of your feet just touching the rear of the coil ( you do have two
feet do you not ? ) Good were all glad to hear that, hard enough to do this with two let alone one.
Step five: with out moving your foot, replace your coil with the front lip of your scoop.
Step six: lean over the target pushing the handle of the scoop straight out from you at the same time so the basket is more straight up
an down to where the target is suppose to be.
Step seven: place your foot on the back of the scoop and push it down at least half it's length While pulling back on the handle then lift or
pull the scoop and it's load out of the bottom ( do not dump it out yet ).
Step eight: rescan the hole you just made. it you get a signal then dump out the scoop and repeat from step two.
I hope you already know that some targets will wash away as soon as you disturb them ( pull tabs, bobby pins, etc. )
or will fall through the holes in the scoop as fast as you put them in. That's why you want to try to ID the target to start with
if you can. Learn where your coil pinpoints first up on the wet sand with a test coin or ring then go in the water.

 

[OldBeechnut]

Better PP, Bigger scoop {longer nose}.... both of these scoops are 15 inchs from front to back...the larger one is 8.5 inchs wide 15 long, the other is a narrow 5 inch by 14.5 long ..............................nice picture of the sandscrew, this one is a little different. The top & sides are closed in and there is a leaver on the handle to close a gate to keep everything inside when you shake it.........joe

 

[otlew]

What's the saying about skinning cats? More than one way, some really good tips here.