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  1. Hey Everyone, thanks for the warm welcome! @phrunt thanks for the tips, I'll probably try to pick your brain a bit more as I've read several of your posts, and the fact you're familiar with the local coins/common finds, and the Vanquish, you will no-doubt be an invaluable source of info (provided you're willing of course! lol). And yes, while I was hoping that the "Magic" of Multi-IQ might be able to cope somewhat with Black Sand, I suspected Muriwai/Piha etc (most of the west coast beaches) would be "out of reach" due to the crazy amount of black sand on them. I live on the east coast (on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula), so will primarily be hunting east coast beaches, which tend not to have much black sand. One thing that has been driving me nuts, is the inability to find a decent sand scoop here. I have found a couple metal ones that are handheld only, and may be modifiable, and small plastic ones, but would love a nice stainless steel or aluminum one with a pole on it as watching those in videos of beach detecting using those seems like such a brilliant way of doing things... But couldn't find anything like that locally at all... If I could find some source for perforated steel sheets or something I could probably DIY one, but would be interested to hear if you have any suggestions on that. I'm also interested in anyone's suggestions on good books/sites/sources on how to read a beach. Identify good hunting spots, based on tides/sand/rocks/etc... Want to read up on that as much as I can so I can try to optimize my hunting when I start hitting the beaches. Lastly, I'm basically at budget for my "hobby" budget on the Vanquish itself... But one thing I'm curious about is cheap vs good pinpointers (at least to get started). I found a few on amazon that are generic no-name imported ones, but seem to have decent ratings, and are DIRT cheap... so thought it might be worth giving one of those a try, before working up to something a bit nicer like a Nokta Pulsedive, or some other nicer branded waterproof pinpointer. But perhaps I should go start some proper threads in the appropriate forum for discussions like that! 🙂 Anyway, thanks everyone! I will see you around the forum!
  2. Hey everyone, Name is Paul. I'm essentially new to the hobby. I had a metal detector when I was younger, and lived in Canada, and used it a bunch, really enjoyed it. But haven't done it in a long time (and no idea where that original detector went, or what make/model it was). Anyway, I've since immigrated to New Zealand, and live within a short distance of about 100 beaches lol... (exaggerating, but only slightly). And many parks. And being a Canadian expat, have been watching to catch up on "The curse of Oak Island" over the winter period, and through COVID lockdowns, etc... Which lit up my "Treasure Hunting Urges"... So coming into Summer I was bugging my wife to let me get a metal detector as we'll be hitting all the beaches anyway, and would be a great opportunity to do a bit of treasure hunting of our own! 🙂 She broke down and bought me a Minelab Vanquish 540 for Christmas, it's under the tree taunting me right now... So in the meantime I've been doing as much reading as I can, looking for tips, tricks, info, etc... And this forum came up so I thought I'd better sign up and make myself known, as I'll probably be annoying people with lots of silly questions at some point soon! 😉 I also understand a few of your other active members here are also Kiwis, so will be neat to swap some stories with them too! I'm on the North Island, about 45 min drive north of Auckland, and very much looking forward to getting out there after Christmas, and hunting on those beaches! Anyway, just wanted to say hi, and introduce myself! Cheers!
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