3 Rings On The Beach With 6 Inch Coil!

[mn90403]

Wow, was I surprised.  I thought I'd go out for a short hunt at about 11:30 PM and be back in a couple of hours.  It turned out to be a lot more fun than that.

As soon as I got to the beach I knew the conditions were pretty good but this 6" coil has been burning a hole in my floor since I used it on Saturday looking for nuggets.  I gave it one day of rest and then I had to go use it on the beach.

My first target was a dime.  It sounded good and it was down about 3 inches.  Not bad I thought for the little coil and then I came across a lot of pennies. Often times I won't dig them but I wanted to know how deep the coil could see them so dig, dig, dig.  I was finding pennies at 6-7 inches with no problem.  I know because the diameter of my sand scoop is 6 inches like the coil.  After many pennies I wanted to get to a different part of the beach so I skipped them for a bit.

When I got to where I wanted to be someone was up on the blanket line with their detector.  I hunted along the wet sand in Beach 1 all out (25).  I started finding some quarters.  I worked my way down the beach and I looked up and saw a guy 25-30 yards ahead of me coming in my direction.  (I ignore this guy because he doesn't fill his holes.)  I turn back away from him to work my little section and I get an 8 signal.  I dig down about 7 inches and I see the rose colored ring in the scoop. ( I don't know what is in this ring.)  The other guy has just walked past me so I drop it in my pouch so he can't see it.  I swing around the find area and about 20 feet away I get a 3 ... it is the Michael Kors belt buckle ring.  (Fun to find but not worth much.)

All along I'm finding more quarters and the $1 coin.  I walk down to a beach I call Ring Beach but nothing to be found.  On the way back I hunt a newly exposed area near where I found the two rings.  I get a signal that jumps between 12 and 14 but never staying on 13.  It turns out to be a 14/20 Toe Ring.  So, now I have 3 rings with the smallest coil I've ever used on the beach.

Something is going right.  Along the way I find a fine chain.  There were a couple of the quarters I dug that had to be 9 inches deep.

It was a fun first time on the beach with the 6 inch coil but it won't be the last time.

Mitchel

 

[flakmagnet]

You have your beach hunting wired. Very fun account to read. Continued good luck.

I will look for you on the beach, I live near-by (and fill my holes).

 

[Buzzard]

Very nice Mitchel, Ineed to get out and hunt some coins with my 6 inch coil . Going to a place I have hunted with every coin machine and coil I have had.

Great finds on the beach...none around here in Golden Valley but will make it to Bullhead to hunt soon.

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice report and congrats on the finds!!

Once nice thing about the small coil is you can crank up the sensitivity, so for a small coil it'll likely do OK in the depth dept.

[Mark Gillespie]

Awesome write up on your hunt.  Very excited for your success.  I hope to do some beach hunting later this year. 

Thanks for sharing.

[Guest Tnsharpshooter]

Nice report and finds.