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"Water Hunting: Secrets of the Pros"
- Thread starter cjc
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cjc: I slightly altered title on you book based on goodies shown in cover picture. As good as your book may be, you need to let down you hair on your next book-no more "DFX Gold Methods" etc. Consider a new beach/H20 tecting book featuring the special folks on this site hunting "hot spots" around the world. No marketing any specific machine or skill set OK, just plain talk about what we all fantasize about...hunting all those glorious beaches most of us will probably never ever see. I would love to pick up a book that has stories and pictures of tecting on the sand beaches of Rio, tons of good sites on the Med, how about Israel (seen many pictures with hundreds of folks in the surf there frolicking about), Tahiti, Bali, Queensland etc. Show real loot (incl hairpins, bottle caps and yes, lighters)mix it with good humor, local adventures & foibles of the places visited. Needs to be written by someone that understands our machines, has a real thirst for international travel, and the wild humor found on this site.. It should start out featuring guys like Max, David from Suffolk, Gulf Hunter, therick, Seattle ale, Terry socal, etc to give a good US Continental flavor then move quickly to all the many island locs we all visit but can't afford to live. Steve in PR could be the host for the island segment.
Then switch to tecting with guys like Lucaridelli, cabochris and the other folks posting from international locations. Each chapter should feature one of our US born contributors traveling abroad to hook up with and provide new color with his international host showing him the local ropes.
Man could you have fun researching for this book and you probably wouldn't need any library visits (unless you needed a rest). Steve and Bia would be naturals to set the itinerary and for all the planning and research and I can see Max cradling frigate birds, penguins & Tasmanian water ferrets on every beach with broken pins and bent feathers. Maybe get Natl Geographic $ to fund the whole venture or maybe the State Dept (as a good will mission), heaven knows we squander it in far less glamoris projects.
I spent two hours a couple winters ago talking to two guys who for the past five or so years went to Spain every winter(Med Beaches)for a couple weeks to beach/surf hunt. They were peddling their finds of jewelry and coins at a swap meet in Quartzite AZ. and they had an amazing display of goodies with some 100-200 yr old stuff. Their stories and pictures had me drooling! Every day was an 8 or 10 ring day sez they(many thin small rings displayed along with the clunkers).
Oh well, guess I lost it tonight...but sure sounds like fun! Hope I didn't offend anyone! Sorry if I did!
Then switch to tecting with guys like Lucaridelli, cabochris and the other folks posting from international locations. Each chapter should feature one of our US born contributors traveling abroad to hook up with and provide new color with his international host showing him the local ropes.
Man could you have fun researching for this book and you probably wouldn't need any library visits (unless you needed a rest). Steve and Bia would be naturals to set the itinerary and for all the planning and research and I can see Max cradling frigate birds, penguins & Tasmanian water ferrets on every beach with broken pins and bent feathers. Maybe get Natl Geographic $ to fund the whole venture or maybe the State Dept (as a good will mission), heaven knows we squander it in far less glamoris projects.
I spent two hours a couple winters ago talking to two guys who for the past five or so years went to Spain every winter(Med Beaches)for a couple weeks to beach/surf hunt. They were peddling their finds of jewelry and coins at a swap meet in Quartzite AZ. and they had an amazing display of goodies with some 100-200 yr old stuff. Their stories and pictures had me drooling! Every day was an 8 or 10 ring day sez they(many thin small rings displayed along with the clunkers).
Oh well, guess I lost it tonight...but sure sounds like fun! Hope I didn't offend anyone! Sorry if I did!
Thanks, BB
I owe you more than anyone; lot of stuff in there relating to your posts on using the WOT--all-metal methods and large coil digging. Your instruction put my last few seasons into overdrive and kept my enthusiasm at a peak! I doubt this book would be out otherwise.
Thanks kindly.
cjc
I owe you more than anyone; lot of stuff in there relating to your posts on using the WOT--all-metal methods and large coil digging. Your instruction put my last few seasons into overdrive and kept my enthusiasm at a peak! I doubt this book would be out otherwise.
Thanks kindly.
cjc
What an idea! Like Pilot Guides with loot.
Sounds like a lot of work though. After writing this one, my fondest wish is that somone ELSE write the next one, and I'll read it, sitting with an ocean view and a coffee. You for sure got me thinking though, and benefactors are welcome to call.
cjc
Sounds like a lot of work though. After writing this one, my fondest wish is that somone ELSE write the next one, and I'll read it, sitting with an ocean view and a coffee. You for sure got me thinking though, and benefactors are welcome to call.
cjc
Steve and Bia
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If you lost it last night, regardless, you made a dam good point! Also, Bia and I thank you for the honorable mention.
Purdygold, what you describe is not a book but a video documentary. It actually motivated me! I have all of the equipment, editors, control panels, cameras, and what I don't have I can get with ease. Im not a director or producer, nor am I a writer, but I can film and produce a finished product.
Bia is a traveller and recently it rubbed off on me a bit. This winter we're working on shipping containers for our equipment. When summer comes I expect us to do some serious travel taking our detectors to many elite areas in the world. I'll bring my cam's just in case!
Purdygold, what you describe is not a book but a video documentary. It actually motivated me! I have all of the equipment, editors, control panels, cameras, and what I don't have I can get with ease. Im not a director or producer, nor am I a writer, but I can film and produce a finished product.
Bia is a traveller and recently it rubbed off on me a bit. This winter we're working on shipping containers for our equipment. When summer comes I expect us to do some serious travel taking our detectors to many elite areas in the world. I'll bring my cam's just in case!
Steve and Bia: You're right, I see it as a video documentary too (maybe a book later). The ultimate "tecting" adventure on film and on paper. I'm sure the Outdoor Channel(Perry Massie)would love to air it as well as the travel channel and all the public channels for the adventure, scenery and local color. It's hunting/finding at it's best!
I've been to many of these places during my working years (sans detector) and believe me, thinking back now, it haunts me thinking of the thousands of folks having fun, frolicking on the beaches and in the surf and not a "tecter" in sight. It's the ultimate next step after Virginia Beach and other good (but heavily hunted) stateside beaches. Go for it and convince some of the rascals on this site to meet up with you to give it the color it deserves.
I've been to many of these places during my working years (sans detector) and believe me, thinking back now, it haunts me thinking of the thousands of folks having fun, frolicking on the beaches and in the surf and not a "tecter" in sight. It's the ultimate next step after Virginia Beach and other good (but heavily hunted) stateside beaches. Go for it and convince some of the rascals on this site to meet up with you to give it the color it deserves.
Clive and All,
Here is one more tip. How to make a $5.00 harness to take the weight of a large coil off your arm.
1. Obtain 6 ft of 1 inch wide web strap, usually available at a marine supply store.
2. Obtain 6 Ft of 1/8 inch bungee cord
3. Make a small loop in one end to fit your belt through (in the center of your back).
4. Make a large loop about 12 to 15 inches away from the small loop. This large loop should go over your head and rest on you shoulders. The knot or loop joint should NOT rest on your neck. If it does, make it a little lower down.
5. In the center of the large loop (somewhere between 6 and 8 inches below your chin) attach the bungee cord. You can either tie it or obtain a plastic triangle and a plastic hook at the marine store in the same location where the web strap is located. You must use a doubled bungee cord to have the right amount of stretch and support.
6 Attach the other end of a doubled bungee cord just below the control box. Choose a location where the bungee cord length is adjusted to support most of the weight of the MD shaft. If MD has batteries under the arm, it may be top heavy and need the attachment point moved a little higher.
7. Now hunt all day without a sore arm. Some fine adjustments of the bungee cord length may be necessary as you guide and glide the coil over the ground, sand or beach.
You can now use a shover to retrieve your deep targets, as I do on the beach. Both hands are free to use a long wood handle shovel. Once the target is located, just place coil to your side and place the shovel about 7 to 8 inches behind the target, for deep targets (12+ inches deep), 5 to 6 inches behind for medium deep targets (8 to 12 inches deep) and 3 to 4 inches behind for shallow targets (3 to 8 inches deep. Make sure the blade goes in vertical so the target is in front of the shovel. Deeper targets need more offset to ensure that the shovel is behind the target way down. If you consistently miss deep targets use more offset to ensure that the shovel tip is behind the target.
bbsailor
Here is one more tip. How to make a $5.00 harness to take the weight of a large coil off your arm.
1. Obtain 6 ft of 1 inch wide web strap, usually available at a marine supply store.
2. Obtain 6 Ft of 1/8 inch bungee cord
3. Make a small loop in one end to fit your belt through (in the center of your back).
4. Make a large loop about 12 to 15 inches away from the small loop. This large loop should go over your head and rest on you shoulders. The knot or loop joint should NOT rest on your neck. If it does, make it a little lower down.
5. In the center of the large loop (somewhere between 6 and 8 inches below your chin) attach the bungee cord. You can either tie it or obtain a plastic triangle and a plastic hook at the marine store in the same location where the web strap is located. You must use a doubled bungee cord to have the right amount of stretch and support.
6 Attach the other end of a doubled bungee cord just below the control box. Choose a location where the bungee cord length is adjusted to support most of the weight of the MD shaft. If MD has batteries under the arm, it may be top heavy and need the attachment point moved a little higher.
7. Now hunt all day without a sore arm. Some fine adjustments of the bungee cord length may be necessary as you guide and glide the coil over the ground, sand or beach.
You can now use a shover to retrieve your deep targets, as I do on the beach. Both hands are free to use a long wood handle shovel. Once the target is located, just place coil to your side and place the shovel about 7 to 8 inches behind the target, for deep targets (12+ inches deep), 5 to 6 inches behind for medium deep targets (8 to 12 inches deep) and 3 to 4 inches behind for shallow targets (3 to 8 inches deep. Make sure the blade goes in vertical so the target is in front of the shovel. Deeper targets need more offset to ensure that the shovel is behind the target way down. If you consistently miss deep targets use more offset to ensure that the shovel tip is behind the target.
bbsailor