Joe Beechnut OBN

Thanks Mr KOB! My normal hunt I hit one beach, I can get into area's and spend the full hunt just working thru all the targets in a 20 by 20 foot area. Other places I can't buy a signal, and that's where the AQ seems to shine. Most of the spots I've hunted this year I walk a good distance too... one is 2 miles......Come next year I hope to be back on the program of using my boat and taking a few detectors. Convid and my parents health has kept me limited this year.. Thanks Valens! It was a much needed outing. Amen Hamid! Best to you my friend! You called it TVR! Thank You!

Buying a drysuit one has to weigh in their plans on what it will be used for...Me, being a cheap SOB, I get mine on ebay. Me.. 175 dollar drysuit off ebay, a 8 ounce tube of Aquaseal, a can of HH-66, 3 seals..neck, 2 wrist..And a Aquaseal YYK plastic zipper......Will get the same results (staying dry and warm) as a drysuit that cost thousands!

Thanks Mike! I seen you got a whooper cigar band !! Nice save it that! I ended up taking my hat off and strapping it to a tree stump that was exposed from the lowtide. And I did not forget to go get it as I was leaving. Thanks Gary, I got all three on video but have yet to up load the full captures. Trying to take care of things at home and get you guys some extra battery power. Be glad to get the batteries out... Thanks Bill! Hope you are well my friend! Thanks RR, been researching the Masonic ring. Took it to a old guy (91) who is a mason today. He did not recognize the lodge or any other clues. But I knew I was in trouble when he did not grab a set of glasses. But he did well considering.

Had a real nice Low Monday, Neg .9 ..........the hardest thing. Deciding which beach to hit. Narrowed down to 3, the one I chose is not "AQ" friendly, and at this point I still don't feel safe walking into this spot with a PI...For many reasons. Excalibur was perfect, hunting in PP, using the push button to check targets in Disc, Very fast and efficient. I've been using the "AQ' most of Oct, doing a lot of different testing and forgot how much I love the Excalibur also. Seems I had started feeling if I took the Excalibur I was missing targets. But after Mondays blowout I see it's still a very important part of the team. Walking out at this spot........ water was very low .........I went as deep as I could then started listening for targets and feeling/checking the bottom....... for the good stuff lies in a blackish/grey sandy shelly bottom, ......I started hitting some iron/nulls so slowly worked my way thru each and everyone..3 hours and 19 minutes I had three gold rings..then I went exploring...something I do that kind of helps plans out the next trip. Ended up about 4 hours total, never really found anymore openings...but things are moving. Onto another spot Weds...maybe the "AQ"..⚡ End totals 3 gold and 3 silver dimes...silver badly eaten by the bays nasty water. Stay Safe and Healthy..Joe Short video of the first gold ring found, shows how the wind is whipping .........blowing off shore...water was nasty facing into...

No doubt Silver...Sounds like you had a good day with the "AQ" .. I went with the Xcalibur today, just not confident enough ...yet... to hunt uncharted areas with the "AQ" ... Tuesday and Weds lows look decent but nothing like today's. I'll be using the "AQ" weds..Good Luck if you get out!!

I enjoy digging...It's the anticipation. Dredging......Most public beach's or area's that is consider illegal. That being said I have done mining, digging holes, moving rocks, sifting, using a floating sifter. I've even used a seadoo scooter to blow out areas then metal detect them. At 68 now I just like going hunting, not bringing along a arsonial of things to transport.

Monday is the day...be ready. looks like a major blow out.. Looking like I was wrong now...Just a good lowtide.. Wait ..looks like it's still on... I need to find a good spot to hunt..unfortunately I think I will be taking the excalibur for I'll be in area's of uncharted hunting. Who knows what will be encountered ..

Wow! That's excellent.... Thank you for taking the time to test the run time..... I figured about 11 hours. Good to know it's better then I figured. I have 9 done now, (3 shorties - 6 Big batteries) testing each submerged in the water for about a hour. Got two shorties tested already then taking one out thursday.........Will start testing the Big batteries maybe Saturday...Then I'll start shipping Monday.

!00 silver a year is excellent. 1200 silver coins is insane! Wow! All of my silver is from in the salt / brackish water, not the best of shape which is very sad. But they do melt.. What I like about silver also, I start finding it there could be gold in the next scoop.

Several years ago I ran some experiments on the excalibur. It was noisy in rough waters, So I removed the control pod from the water by running it inside my drysuit. The change was like night and day. I was able to use the 10 inch coil with very little noise. The idea has already passed thru my mind, maybe once the warranty is near end. Only thing to do it would be order a stock coil with a longer cable.

I have to be honest, I just skip that part of the beach when the surf is hitting that area of the connector and hunt it when the tides have changed. Lower (below the connector) or Higher tide...above the connector. Question..How easy does that stuff pull off?

Amen to that! Nice report and some very true words..Thanks for sharing...

Sorry I did not speak up earlier. I made a verbal agreement not to speak of the 8 inch coil with anyone except one person at Fisher Labs. The 8 inch coil does not float...Stays on the bottom perfectly without effort if your cuffed to the shaft. Letting go of the detector, not cuffed in, it has a slight, very slow lift. In my words it is "Perfect". No effort is needed to keep it on the bottom while hunting. Moves thru the water like any other small 8 inch coil, very smooth....

How bad can a little coil be, I've used several over my short time as a water hunter..Never....a issue when they were small And submersed....My only concern is the price. 15% more power? OOoo..We're going to need a Bigger battery. Thanks for the report Willy, Good to know things are moving. Come on AQ 8 Inch!!

most modern pins are plated / rhodium otherwise it would rust in the hair. just like the capsules, the 1/2/5 cent coins that are made of iron we detect the tackle! in the video, he never lifts the disc and always goes in the same direction! while from the beginning we repeat it: cross over the target lift the disc so as not to be saturated and listen before you dig! I just did a 4 day trip, I have to edit a video I had to dig 2 pins / with fatigue we are less concentrated and less than ten pultab / while always being in all metals .. not much yellow = 4 wedding rings and a small ring. We can't wait for your video! after he made his first outing, maybe he'll get used to it with time. you are the aq expert! it has another air test comparison video, but i didn't like it, if only for the aq audio with two phones. When you say less than 10 pulltabs, is it that there were few or do you recognize them most of the time? in any case barbara didn’t do her cleaning and erosion job at my place.

Two hour drive is a haul. Looks like a good few days out. No doubt your in the right area..I love looking at other AQ hunters hunts for I try and think how I would go about hunting the same spot, and could I do anything different. I have a few spots I think would be the same as your targets found. I've yet to get up enough nerve to venture to them yet. But winter tides are coming so It will be interesting if I can get up the confidence to take the AQ....Thanks for sharing! Working on your battery and several others. Finally making some progress since things settled down some. I would expect to have all done by the end of the month. Thanks for being patient.

Wow! Kool find for sure! Love the design!!

That's a beauty and love the color!! One thing I have found, it's very easy to get spoiled...then each hunt seems to drag out when gold dries up..but when you see that yellow after several goldless hunts...........it's like total relief. My opinion, and Just for me, ......... it's good to be humbled. Makes me appreciate when gold does show. And Thank you for the Hug!

Here ..... Being the Chesapeake Bay anything is possible. Movement of gold can be nothing up the coves and rivers other then sinking to a harder layer...........then in the open bay gold can be on the constant move until it hits something to slow it down or stop it. Being most of the beach's were closed in the late 60's you would think all has found a resting place. But seems there is no way of predicting...you just have to get out and do the time and find the openings..and hit them hard while its good for it can change as fast as it opened. One thing about storms, they can be great,........ ok..or devastating to a beach... My first year of metal detecting was 2008, we had the perfect storm come thru at the ocean in 2009. Luckily I had reservations at a hotel near by and was able to get 3 good days of hunting in.... You could not dig a target ...then Pinpoint it for there were so many shallow good targets. By the 4th day it was hard to even find a signal sand was coming in so fast. Video is a little rough ....I was one of the first 5 to do Youtube metal detecting videos and you can tell by the cam video...quality. NOthing like the Go Pro's they have now days..but it is a saved memory.

Looks Great!! And yes please keep me informed on the run time and how well the Carbon fiber look does. I have about 50 hours on mine and looks as good as the first day I did it. 👍 Love the BSB and BBB names...!!! Perfect!!

Looks Good TVR! Nice saves on the Silver!!.....Winter tides are coming so hopefully we can get into some untouched areas..

Like all things, the AQ is only as good as the operator's skills and their ability to put themselves in the right place.. The discriminant mods are not perfect but as one builds there skill levels with a PI the amount of trash dug can decrease. And you are correct!..One of the best features of the AQ is deeper than anything out there and that in itself can be used as a discrimination tool...dig deep targets only and skip the shallows.. (One of my favorite) I've had the AQ for about 5 months now and still so much to learn. How much trash do I dig? A few hunts..

Amen...

I use both the "AQ" and the Excalibur (VLF) in combo as a team....I like taking the Excalibur in to a beach to do a evaluation.. Overall and spots I think the AQ will do well and area's I should stay away from. Like a Team working together we decide who goes where.. Right now I know the beach's I hunt very well ...So based on the incoming conditions I choose which beach I am going to..(Weather, Winds, Tides..Waves, etc.) Then my decision on who goes where is based on the reconn and which will be the best. Very Simple. One thing to remember also. I hunt in the water...which is a great classifier of targets. I let Mother Nature do the work for me...I just have to find the open window.

Gigmaster and Carolina hunt the same places...VB ..Ocean front..Then the Chesapeake Bay. Both hunt in and out of the water. More out, Ocean front and more in the water bay...I think. By the Way Gig messaged me..Got a nice Gold ring today with the "AQ" ..More to come on that in his Next video..