Beach Season Has Begun

[schoolofhardNox]

Beach hunt # 23 was a continuation of the heavy EMI beach I hunted last week. I was eager to get back there for more silver but was not looking forward to hearing all that EMI in the GPX 5000 headphones. 😭 So, I decided to take the 6000 out with the 14” coil set to EMI cancel. I also brought the 5000 with a 14” anti-interference coil on it, just in case the 6000 was not what I was looking for. I was hoping to get enough depth for the deeper coins that were left there but was also looking for some micro gold. Well, I got the micro part down, but I forgot the gold part. 😄  Lots of tiny targets but none of them precious. Big iron hit pretty good at depth, but I really didn’t want to be digging train spikes at 15”. The 6000 lasted the whole 8 hours with the machine battery just about to die (warning shot was given). The headphones lasted 8 hours which was nice to know, as I expected them to die earlier. Lots and lots of trash targets but a couple of keepers as well. Some of those tiny copper discs were really hard to locate with the pinpointer. The 3 war nickels were the first 3 coins I dug, and they had that black crumbly appearance which only war nickels usually get. I was skeptical that I could find 3 war nickels in a row, but when I got home that’s what they were. 2 Buffalo nickels round out the day. So, I may do one last trip to this beach next time out and call it done for a while. I’m happy to get some more time in on the 6000. Happy to just be digging.

[geof_junk]

You must think you are a teenager to get that many targets, but the coins would of given a helping hand. The only time I would want to dig up that much junk there has to be gold nearby. Well done.  🥇 I did not take them home to photograph just left them for others to have fun.😎

[schoolofhardNox]

7 hours ago, geof_junk said:

You must think you are a teenager to get that many targets, but the coins would of given a helping hand. The only time I would want to dig up that much junk there has to be gold nearby. Well done.  🥇 I did not take them home to photograph just left them for others to have fun.😎

That's my problem 🙄 I think I'm 17 again. 😄 My beach day is my one day per week that I actually get any real exercise. It's the thrill of the hunt that makes it fun. If I ever get lost wandering and find my way to your place, I'll clean that patch up for you in a day 😊 Or you can pay my flight down there and I can become a gold nugget hunter.

[F350Platinum]

Good one again! 👍 Do you use headphones? The cheap headphones I posted ($29) should connect to the 6000 and have 40 hour use time. They sure last all day for me. Also I don't know how the 6000 works with charging, but if you're so inclined you can keep it going with a PD battery pack like I do with the Equinox.

Gotta say though, going over 8 hours hunting would be pretty tiresome. 😵 Glad your 6000 came in handy.

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[GB_Amateur]

Somehow I missed your two previous hunt posts; glad to get caught up.  Seems as though you like winter detecting there in New England!

Have you tried waxing your coil (cover) to help minimize snow buildup?  Works for my snow shovels.  I use carnauba paste wax (automobile version but wood floor version probably same thing).  Heck, the choices for cross country skiiers -- I bet there's a perfect one for your situation.

I like seeing all your trash (and of course the better stuff).  Besides the lower weight, do you see any advantage of the 6000 over the 5000 for you type of detecting?

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

3 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

That's my problem 🙄 I think I'm 17 again. 😄 My beach day is my one day per week that I actually get any real exercise. It's the thrill of the hunt that makes it fun. If I ever get lost wandering and find my way to your place, I'll clean that patch up for you in a day 😊 Or you can pay my flight down there and I can become a gold nugget hunter.

I would down for several days if I did 8 hours or even dug what you did..

Great way to keep the body and mind working! Nice saves on the silvers too!

[schoolofhardNox]

8 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Good one again! 👍 Do you use headphones? The cheap headphones I posted ($29) should connect to the 6000 and have 40 hour use time. They sure last all day for me. Also I don't know how the 6000 works with charging, but if you're so inclined you can keep it going with a PD battery pack like I do with the Equinox.

Gotta say though, going over 8 hours hunting would be pretty tiresome. 😵 Glad your 6000 came in handy.

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I use the headphones that come with the 6000. They are nicer than the nox ones. I don't think you could extend the battery time with an external set up. I never hurt from the long hunts .....until later 😨

5 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Somehow I missed your two previous hunt posts; glad to get caught up.  Seems as though you like winter detecting there in New England!

Have you tried waxing your coil (cover) to help minimize snow buildup?  Works for my snow shovels.  I use carnauba paste wax (automobile version but wood floor version probably same thing).  Heck, the choices for cross country skiiers -- I bet there's a perfect one for your situation.

I like seeing all your trash (and of course the better stuff).  Besides the lower weight, do you see any advantage of the 6000 over the 5000 for you type of detecting?

Beach hunting is all that is available for me to hunt, so I do it. It's always fun when you get silver, not so much fun when you get skunked 😄 I haven't tried wax on the bottom, but I will if the snow continues. That was just a weird situation that had snow in the area I needed to be. Not being tethered to the machine is a big plus over the 5000. The EMI cancellation with the 14" coil is easier on the ears than the 5000, but the 5000 still wins on coins at depth. In this situation, the coins were in the 10-11" range as opposed to the 15-18" range I usually hunt. The 6000 could hit those shallower ones, so I took advantage of that and had a more pleasant hunt.  One disadvantage with the 6000 is that I would have like to have some control over target volume and stabilizer like on the 5000. Also I would have like to get more gain from it but you are limited to whatever the internal parameters are.  You can't really adjust anything  much on it. But if I had my choice between the two, it would always be the 5000.

5 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

I would down for several days if I did 8 hours or even dug what you did..

Great way to keep the body and mind working! Nice saves on the silvers too!

You water guys work harder than us land guys. I bet I wouldn't last 3 hours in the water 😞 The drawback on land is that target acquisition is faster and easier than in the water, so you dig a lot more. I just turned 60 a bit ago, so I'm taking advantage of it while I can. By the time I get to 70 an 8 hour hunt will probably be more like 3 or 4 trips, not 1, so I'm going to dig until I can't. After that I'm going to talk to the young people detecting and bother them with old stories until the tell me to get lost 😆

[schoolofhardNox]

Beach hunt # 24 was to be my final trip to the EMI beach. I started out early so I could have a full day hunting. I had areas that I wanted to finish up, and the GPX 6000 was the machine that was going to finish this beach up (or maybe not?). It lasted 8 hours and after the 2nd low battery warning I decided to call it quits. It did well, but the junk targets were not lacking, and I was getting tired, but I still had about a half hour of daylight left. So, I decided to pull out the 5000 which I brought just in case. It had the 14” anti-interference coil on it, so I wouldn’t have to listen to that train EMI. I didn’t like the coil at first, as I felt I was losing too much depth, but this time around I got a little more involved with it. Because time was short, I figured I would just hunt the last area that I just did with the 6000. First target was a silver dime at about 10” Hmmm. In just a few minutes, I realized there needed to be a return trip here. I think the 6000 was doing what it was designed to do and high conductors at depth was not it’s strong point. The 5000 absolutely hit targets (both high and low conductors) that the 6000 did not hear. Those targets were just beyond it’s reach. I can’t complain because the 6000 did hit a couple of silver coins and some small silver jewelry. It also hit what’s left of Susan’s gold bracelet. It was nice to see gold in the sand no matter how small it was. So, 8 ½ hours and a long ride home was all I could do. But the drive home still had me wondering about the rest of the areas I had already done. It was cleansed of tiny targets by the 6000, so maybe a return visit the following day was in order??? I think I already know the answer to that one. Fun in the sun is what it’s all about.

[rvpopeye]

Sure is gonna be a clean beach ......🤗

[schoolofhardNox]

7 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

Sure is gonna be a clean beach ......🤗

Until the next storm 😄