[quote Diane]Holy Moley, That is one heck of a haul of fantastic finds!!! I am a curious person as alot of the people on this forum know. I drive alot of them crazy asking questions. But when you ask questions you learn and can do better at things. Anyway I have to know what kind of machine you use? Do you scuba dive? Do you live in Florida? Do you sleep
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Are you retired? Are you married? You should submit that to a magazine and show the world. I would be very proud if I found all that in one year. Here's to your next year![/quote]
I was using the Explorer 2 with the 14" - 12" - 5" - 4.5" x 7" coils
for the first part of the year.
I also use the Excal..1000 with the Anderson Long shaft - Wide open areas
Excal 800 with the lighting rod - rocky areas
If you haven't gotten a 560 Vibra probe...life saver in the water
Works great in rocky areas where a scoop wont go - fan the bottom and pinpoint..
I never went past chest deep in the water.... most of my finds are waist or less deep....
Married, Live in Alaska
and am a General Contractor - which would put me at the semi retired status - I guess...I averaged about 2 or 3 times a week.
My average hunt usually last 4 6 hours...
Good luck to you in 2007 and I hope I answered all of your questons
If you have any more questions PM me I would be glad to help...
Thanks Skully