:usaflag: It Wasn't A Great Hunt, But It'll Do Until A Great Hunt Comes Along!!:detecting:

[Cupajo]

[size=large]The water was really rough this AM as I sat drinking my coffee watching the sunrise at 7:02! I knew that the sandbar a couple of hundred yards out would protect the area I wanted to hunt when the tide got low enough.

At 8:30AM complete with Dual Field, Diablo, neoprene waders with lots of thermal layers inside I waded into ankle deep water onto the exposed stones of a local beach. (Had to pass on the Rock Garden as it's under too much sand now.)

I hunted just below the water line so I could use my sifter and find those small targets that plague me by being hard for my old eyes to find especially among the sand and stones in the sifter.

A few times I had to use my Vibra-Probe to locate a tiny target as they often look like a small stone or are the same color as a small stone.

A few coins, a brass fishing lure and lead weight in the same scoop and several nails used up 2 hours of my energy by being deep in the stony sub-strate where I worked so hard to dig them out that I was soon perspiring in the 35 Degree morning.

I watched my Friend fsa arrive and start working his Excal down the beach a ways at the water-line a half hour or so into my hunt.

Two hours of working the shallows is about all I can stand under these conditions so I headed out to water just above knee deep where I don't have to bend and stoop so much to find targets in my sifter.

After a total of 4 hours I had a total of 55 targets recovered including some clad, fishing sinkers, and some brass scrap (which is selling well these days) and a silver ring, a Merc dime and a small jewel of some kind that looks like it may be silver.

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I had a whale of a workout digging lots of junk metal and think that as the water is very low there I will return with my water-proofed Sovreign GT and see if I can avoid some of the iron targets that are wearing me and my equipment out!!

GL&HH Friends,

CJ[/size]

 

[fsa46]

Hey CJ, I know you don't like to hear it, but I'm going to say it anyway, "I don't know how you do it". I'm working the water line for 3 hours and was beat when I headed back to the truck and you were still out there giving it hell. You didn't fine any yellow but had a very respectable hunt anyway.

I had some good practice with the Excal and was really glad I had a discriminator... I was getting lot of nulling again and decided to start digging some of the nulls to be sure I wasn't having a problem with the machine. Sure enough, nails and iron, now that I have the confidence that it's doing what it's supposed to, I just re-tune and continue.

 

[Cupajo]

It was nice to share the day with you my Friend even if we didn't do all that well.

BTW working the water's edge is a lot harder than wading and using a sifter!

I only stayed at the edge for 2 hours then I had to go out to deeper water or go home as all that bending and stooping to see what was in my sifter was wearing this Old Hunter out!!!!!

Maybe tomorrow we can find a ring lurking under some of those stones!

See Ya,

CJ

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Some good find and congrats on the dedication in your digging Cupajo .

 

[Cupajo]

Joel, one thing about this hobby Friend, if you ain't diggin you ain't hunting!!

Thanks for your reply,

CJ

 

[woodwizard]

cograts on all the trash-proves you been trying-my trash pouch always out weighs my keeper pouch.keep at it and good luck on all future hunts

 

[mickfin]

Right on Cupajo, Wen you work with the PI do you have a magnet in your scoop helps with finding the iron,
That was a good Hunt 4R me Silver Ring N a Merc??? Mickfin

 

[patch]

i got tired looking at all the targets you dug,especially considering the weather. great job.

 

[scubadetector]

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