schoolofhardNox

The worst part is the battery life. You will be very disappointed in it as it lasts about 3 hours at best. Originally a spare cost around $200.00 if I remember correctly. I don't know what it would cost today.

2 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Man, sohN, you worked hard for that silver dime!😉

But you always do work hard, so I hope the next hunt has many more great finds waiting for you!

I had no choice but to work hard - I didn't want to go home skunked 😢 What I really need is for the hurricanes to get on my schedule of days off and not delay like this next one is going to do 🙄 I'm going to be a day early. Oh well.

1 hour ago, Tony said:

I wanted ask what your coil of choice is for the GPX?
I have finally settled on the 18” Detech DD for my GP3500.

I persevered with a mono for some time but EMI and that slow salt groaning audio finally beat me. The big DD gives nothing away in depth to my 14” mono but with all the added benefits of running a DD.

Happy hunting 

Tony

I use a Detech 12.5 DD coil. I can get the most out of it while running it hot, but you will not get a quiet threshold in EMI. But the real signals stand out for the most part. Generally I can get 15" repeatable on a copper US 1 cent piece. Above that, you can find deeper coins, but maybe not consistently. I don't use any bungees or handles on the 5000, so my Detech 18 DD sits at home. Maybe others can, but I just can't use a mono coil on my beaches.

Absolutely fantastic couple of hunts.  Beautiful finds.  Just shows you it's not necessarily the machine that finds the gold - It's the operator. You worked hard for those targets.

I wish I lived closer to you. I would love to see that in person and get a shot at trying one out. If you are ever  traveling through any state in New England, give me a holler and I'll meet up with you. I watched all your videos on the Nexus and always am impressed at it's depth on lead relics. Thanks for making those videos.

Beach hunt #2 is in the books. I was dying to get out to my favorite beach (any beach really) 🤔, since all beaches are now accessible. It’s always fun to get out after Labor day and just detect. I got to the beach around 9 AM, and it was a bit hotter than I expected it to be that early. I detected 2 hours and then took a ½ hour heat exhaustion break. At 95 degrees, full sun and almost no breeze, you get wasted no matter how much you hydrate.💀 I barely made it back to the car for some AC. Ate some lunch and went back for 2 hours more fun. The beach was fairly crowded, but my sections were relatively free of people. Beach conditions were poor, as no sand had moved much. I headed to the only part of the beach that usually does not sand in much. I worked my butt off and finally was given a silver Roosevelt dime. You’d think I won the lottery. 🤣 Happy to see it. I also found someone’s bright idea to stash their coins with their gum. Makes for an unusual find. Not the best idea to head to the beach during a heat wave, but I needed my fix.

Awesome finds. I love relic hunting. Barbers always look so old when they are dirty 😄

On 9/9/2023 at 12:15 AM, mn90403 said:

I'm using the 800/15 with your Minelab bag!  haha

Hopefully it doesn't have a hole in it 😶. Take out that GPX and see what's really there.  Those green coins always make me think silver.

Nice older coins. Are you using the Nox or the GPX?

It might be small but it's still gold!! The Excalibur still has its place in your arsenal. I'm glad the beaches are opening up to be detected. I'm going to try my luck soon. You don't see Heineken very often these days 😄

Their next detector should be a (technology) upgraded Excalibur. Maybe tweak some what users didn't like about the ergonomics, etc.

Don't know how I missed this post before, but what a great hunt. Nothing like seeing rings come up more than once 😄

I know I'm not interested in it unless it completely outperforms the Garrett carrot. Make it work while digging a water filled hole at the beach and I will buy two. Stability while detecting deeper, and wet salt water rejection are the only two things that interest me in any pinpointer. Otherwise Garrett has my business until something real comes along. With almost no videos on the Profind 40 to see it in action, I will assume it's marginally better than their previous ones. I don't count introduction or unboxing videos as evidence 😅

On 9/2/2023 at 8:18 PM, JCR said:

Pretty nice condition coins too.

Surprisingly good condition in my neck of the woods. They look better in real life too. I was shocked by the fact that there were no pits in the fields section of the coin. Smooth.

On 9/2/2023 at 10:05 PM, UT Dave said:

Very nice!  I did a similar u-turn for a sidewalk tear out on one side of the state capitol about six weeks ago and got nothing worth mentioning.

- Dave

I don't do them very often, but they are usually a bust for me as well.

On 9/3/2023 at 2:39 AM, CPT_GhostLight said:

Way to jump on that opportunity, sohN, and congrats on the coppers, well done!

Thanks. I have to fight myself to drive back home and do this, but it just looked too good to be true 😄

On 9/3/2023 at 4:12 AM, Valens Legacy said:

Nice to say the least and couldn't have happened to a better person.

I missed the chance to check out the ground when the County replaced the side walks at the old court house.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Thank You. Even though I didn't get silver (which would have been Seated or Barber), I was very happy to get Indians. I got to do some old area dirt hunting again. I really miss it.

On 9/3/2023 at 7:36 AM, jim tn said:

 Good catch on the park tear outs. Those are some nice, older, I H's. HH jim tn

Thanks. Usually they are 1900's Indians. That was the first thing I noticed was the earlier dates. Was hoping for a  '77 but no dice!

On 9/4/2023 at 7:46 AM, F350Platinum said:

Nice opportunity.

I'm sure if there was anything other than Indian Heads there you would have found it. 👍

I miss finding IHPs. If that 1864 is more copper than bronze it's a rare bird. It definitely has more of a copper look to it! 

Same here, I miss finding Indians as well. I never get the rare stuff, so it's bronze by default. 😅.

3 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

I'd call that a not too shabby haul right thayah ! 

👍

 

Thank ya. It was just enough to get the old blood pressure up a bit.

1 hour ago, mn90403 said:

Good stop!  Some of the improvements on a site hide some goodies.

I keep kicking myself for not stopping at a school auditorium near me that was torn down a couple of years ago ... and then there was a caferteria ...

I've missed so many opportunities over the years that I've lost count. The biggest one was a huge pond that was drained for 1 year before I saw a You Tube video on it. It goes back to colonial times. Only 15 minutes from my house 😭 By the time I went there, The reeds grew back, but I still pulled 2 gold rings from it. I cringe to tell you whet others found there. 🙄

😄 Jinx and then reverse jinx.  Got to be a way to cut the jinxed time in half 🤔 Nice rings.

Lots of nice relics and pottery sherds. Wonder if it was a camp or was there a house nearby, or was it a dumping ground? Even the iron stays fairly clean there.

That was some nice hunting. It sure does look like a gold ring. Either unstamped or most likely just worn away. You can try toothpaste or a mix of baking soda and very little water (makes a paste) and just rub it until you break the black coating. I would do the edge of the cross (or coin) first, to see how thick the oxidized layer is. Gold and silver make the hunt a lot better. 😄

On 8/31/2023 at 8:12 PM, midalake said:

My hat is off to you!!!  I could not handle that trash ratio. 

Yeah, I try and not think about the trash portion of the hunt 😄 I'm helping future fellow treasure hunters out 😏

On 8/31/2023 at 8:44 PM, rvpopeye said:

 

It's always impressive finds photos on your beach hunts , you Son of the Beach !🏴‍☠️

Decent silver for a hunt (thank you manticore, here's your biscuit)  and 8 hours  arrrrrgh  ! If I go out for more than 2 hours my elbows really feel it next day !  Did 3 today .LOL   

I don't know about you but I can't wait for winter,,,,,to be over !🌴👍  

 

 

 

 

 

  

Thanks. Winter bites, but it also limits the number of hunters out there. I can remember a few times I had to sit in the car and thaw out my finger tips.

On 8/31/2023 at 9:48 PM, Doc Bach said:

Son of a beach that's priceless Popeye!

Thanks. Either the GPX gained some weight over the summer or I'm getting weaker. 😌

On 9/1/2023 at 2:13 AM, geof_junk said:

Great photos, all I can say is you will have to get a bigger bucket for your coins soon. 

Ahh the coins.... what are my kids going to do with them when I'm gone. 😮    😄

On 9/1/2023 at 3:49 AM, Valens Legacy said:

Great hunting with both machines with a decent ratio of good versus bad.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe out there.

Thanks. Both machines have their place. They are about as opposite as it gets when you consider how they responde to targets.

On 9/1/2023 at 8:10 AM, F350Platinum said:

Nice hunt. Glad to see you back! The thing I dislike the most is the bad muscle cramps after 6-8 hours of digging, I guess it's part of aging. It gets better for me when I can get out more to the farms. A capful of vinegar in a few ounces of water stops them immediately.

Is there a way to get the black off silver? You find so much of it I would guess it a chore. 🤔

It's been a long break since Memorial day, but I'm ready for some more punishment. 🤕 Most of my leg cramping comes from just not hydrating when I am detecting. I usually have 4 16oz bottles of Ultima mixed up and staying cool in the cooler. Do I drink them when I need to??? Of course not. 🙄 The silver can be done in quantity if you set up electrolysis, but I'm in no hurry to do any of them. That comes when I am too old to detect. Plus if you remove that black coating, you may be surprised on how many pits (craters) it's hiding. Unless they are a rare date, they can stay black for a decade or so 😅

On 9/1/2023 at 11:59 AM, CPT_GhostLight said:

Well congrats on your early season silver, well done! That's a good sign! 😎

Thanks. It felt really good to get out in the fresh air.

On 9/1/2023 at 12:42 PM, Joe D. said:

I'm just in it for the artistic finds displays!!😜🍀👍👍

I'm resolute to be a little bit lazier this season. Unfortunately, you will have to stare at piles of junk instead of the mosaic scenes from previous seasons. It goes a lot quicker when I can dump out and quickly sort the junk and snap the picture. 🤗

2 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

That's a Good haul on the silver!

I would be down for a few days with 8 hours and that many targets dug..🏴‍☠️

Thanks. I'm happy to get any silver from such a small beach.  When I was a young lad 😄, I could jump out of bed the next day and do it all over again, like it never happened. These days I just want a nice, easy, slow day the following morning. 😶

1 hour ago, Hardtimehermit said:

Good digging hardnox! you will have popeye arms in no time. 😁 

As long as I don't have to take olive oyl too. 😲. Actually I enjoy the long hunts and I just take it easy the next day. After a while I'll get back into shape. I'm just out of practice. I got a feeling here in New England we are going to have a cold winter. That I will not enjoy one bit. 🙄

That thing hurts my eyes 😄 Beauty of a ring. I find the same thing, that I usually hit a lot of good targets towards the end of the hunt. By that time, I'm too tired and already dreading the 2 hour trip home to continue hunting. When I return the next time, all of that area is different, probably sanded in. You have to keep taking what you can while the beach lets you.

2 hours ago, Compass said:

Thank you School, Maybe they will be soon. A year ago we had another hurricane swell which coincided with extreme tides and that was an epic week of detecting. 

Yeah I remember that. Lots of great finds on the west coast. You had us east coast guys drooling for weeks 😄

Talk about narrow window of opportunity 😊. That 18K ring is unusual looking but stunning at the same time 😄. Just imagine if all the beaches were stripped and loaded like that one area was.

Great that you are still getting results from the AQ! Must have been nice to get into the water and hunt while it's still warm.

I wonder how many other people were digging pull tab readings all day long looking for that gold ring? 😄 You plucked it out right off the side of the road.  Nice hit!