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I hope this goes straight to you and not the forum? You are absolutely correct, I wont bring my 10x5 to the beach any more unless my sholder hurts and I am in pain. I was hurting but I am feeling better now and sticking with the 11in Minelab coil! I was thinking about the 14in Coiltek coil but its almost 2lbs and I cant swing that! The 10x5in is great in the woods and in the thick brush and I would swear it close to being as deep as the 11in. I usually search for Roman coins in the woods and in the fields where the 11in works great. May I ask where you live here in Germany and are you an american by any chance? Anyway I wish you a mery christmar and a happy new year!

OPPS, Oh boy I am sorry that I didnt get back to you sooner. I just checked in and saw your post. I will write to you again tomorrow!

Thats a very nice find, no one ever forgets the first gold ring! Now get back out there and find another one!

Hey Mr Sinclair, Greetings from Heilbronn! LOL I also have an Equinox 800. This time I was using my Coilteck 10x5in coil as I thought that the 11in Minelab coil would be too heavy. I hurt my sholder and am recouperating but I will be swinging the 11in coil real soon and I dont think I will take my 10x5in back to the beach its just too small. The clasp on the chain was broken and while it was not loud when I went back and fourth over it a few times it has a scratchy but it was a solid sound. It wasnt as solid as a ring or a coin. it sure looked great in my scoop! I go to Hawaii every year for a couple of weeks and have been beach hunting for a very long time. I started Beach hunting when I visited Lloret de Mar Spain in the late 80s. I have some really great beach finds. I am also interested inRoman History and like to get out in the woods and fields here in Germany! I was in the Army for over 20 years and have been retired for a while and I love Germany!

Keep both the discrimination and the threshold low while in the Beach mode! Dig Everything as some good tatgets can detected in the lower Non Ferrous range. Espicially a broken piece of gold jewlery! You will dig a lot of junk but once in a while something unexpected will jump out! 🙂

Just returned from a few weeks detecting the Waikiki beaches! there was a noticible diffrence in the amounts of Detectorists than in the past few years! Every morning or evening there were a several beach hunters. Everyone that I spoke to were friendly espicially the local hunters. The beaches get preaty cleaned out and I have to say it was hard enough to find a cup of coffees worth of change due to everyone using credit cards. None the less I didnt get skunked, I managed to find a nice 19 gram 14 kt chain which made my trip worth while! Next year I am definatly going to try another island though, too many turists and not enough bling! LOL