Jim in ma

A warm rainy day nothing frozen so I took the AQ to a fresh water beach I have been to countless times. After about an hour I heard what I was listening for a quick quiet targetI took one scoop and checked the hole it was still there, now I become more interested as a lot of the time the weak sounds are small lead fishing weights which are down about 4 inches. a few more scoops and it was out.

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I am glad to see someone else has found a 333 I don't feel alone any more.

Nice cigar band, Joe I have not seen one of them in a while.

Its Great to here you are back out at it. The AQ is my go to detector as well the TDI BH sits in the corner now. Jim

Trying to hear over your air bubbles is tough, This is what works for me. They hold well to your hood, also.

I my self do not clean them, By the time they look like that value is minimal.When they are clean and shiney they look just like the clad that I am tired of digging in my older beaches or my pocket . When I look in my box of black and gray cookies they remind me of all the times I looked in the scoop to see them lying on the bottom. These black cookies are becoming harder to come by.

Nice piece of 14k🎖️ You keep cleaning the beaches like you are doing and a newbe tries out their new detector there , they will think it is broken 😆

WOW SHN You did not waste any time this year with Gold and Silver.

Great hunt it looks like you got to that old layer again, Plus a 14K.🍺

https://www.groebner.com/product/Vivax-Metrotech 480B I used a similar unit years ago, Most town water departments have them. On the one I used I could place it next to the well and you could trace the elect. and water pipe as long as the water pipe is not plastic. The conduit will have no effect on it tracing the wire.

Try asking your question here. https://www.geotech1.com/forums/

You seem to always to find your way into that silver layer!! 🎖️

SHN when you get AU and AG in one hunt it is a great hunt!! I just feel sorry for the newbies with their first detector and they go behind you, they will think it is broken.

I have tried using a PI in fresh water diving, The problem I had is there is to much iron and steel on the bottom. It does not rust away or get washed away like it does in salt water. If you had a lot of time and plenty of air you will do good. As far as the coil floating I wrapped a ankle weight around the shaft, it did the thick.

A staggering number of targets!! 🏋️‍♀️ After digging that many targets law of averages is on your side. Its been a long time since I have seen a stamp that deep on a ring. That is an OLD one!! congrads SHN now hit the Aspirin

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All of what OBN said is spot on. What I can add is that up in the Northeast most of our fresh water beaches or swim areas were replenished with sand in the late 50s and 60s . I would suggest digging down in different areas to see how deep the sand is and if it is all the same. if the depth of sand goes way beyond the reach of your detector be happy picking fresh drops if you hit a hard bottom at a depth your detector could be capable of hitting then you could work that area very slow with much higher odds of finding silver or old gold. If it makes a sound dig it.

You should be able to find enough here to get it done. https://www.google.com/search?q=coil+wire+repair+excalibur&rlz=1C1OKWM_enUS927US927&biw=1366&bih=625&sxsrf=AOaemvJp4lDnxx3fLFZOIPDYPEwFqQM12g%3A1639683867335&ei=G5e7Yd_XE82LytMPhvixgA8&oq=coil+wire+repair+exca&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABOgYIABAWEB46BQgAEIYDOggIIRAWEB0QHkoECEEYAEoECEYYAFDPKVivPWDPY2gAcAJ4AIAB8AaIAZcLkgEHMC40LjYtMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

Here art some pics of what you are looking for. Unfortunately the handle is the the base. the small piece is a hip mount. I know of a person who is very good at designing for a 3 d printer, I could ask him to design a base plate if you have access to a printer. If you could least make the base plate with the 3 holes to mount to the detector then make it work to attach to a shaft.

OUTSTANDING 99.9% of all detectorists will only be able to dream of silver like that!!!!

It took almost 2 weeks before I heard back from them when I contacted them back in March. The repair was quick.

Nice piece of AU Hardnox 👍 Has it been claimed yet???

THANK YOU SHN for letting me get my feet wet with the AQ. The part I had the most trouble with was pinpointing a shallow target once I got the target out of the hole, being chest deep and digging in running sand I dont have the time to check each scoop, I dig and dump piles next to each other so when I go back to check witch pile the target is in I can now judge by the strength of the signal witch scoop pile it should be in. Missing in the pic is a silver wave ring that has already been claimed. Joe you have helped many others including myself keep it up, Thank You