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I used a 1/4" mesh sifter till last year. Added floaty tubes to the sifter now... If on the sand with the scoop or shovel , about half the time. On a lawn ,,,always . Everywhere else probably but not always. Good tool when I need it.

MineLab GPX6000 , Resistance Is Futile !

Blew all my likes on this one ...some good answers.

Well , that's interesting.....

Welcome Aboard FastR1Red ! Get out there and look ! Just don't confuse the GT with the banjo , you'll find more and always remember .... We like pictures.....

My thought was the same as Chase's , be mindful of the depth limitations......

Bravo !

When you're hot , you're hot , except when you're not. I see activity on Most OF the other brand Forums here on DP in last ..18 hrs. Many here own other brands . Just DP is home to some "heavy hitters" on the MineLab team. Yes , the hot threads are on MineLabs latest . Just what everybody wants to learn about...IMO , You'll probably see the same post by brand ratio elsewhere ? Try posting a question on a different brand of your choice ,(I didn't see one in your Sig line) ? Here's just one new post example

I skunked last week...not even any trash ! But a couple more hours building up my swing stamina ! Oh hell yeah ! I was at the beach , and it wasn't frozen ... Sea temp still well below 50* so no swimmers yet. Maybe try a small lake , they warm up faster !

I save the trash. It comes in handy as a benefit of allowing it when some beach town wants to ban detectors...

Another day at the state park (I have zee papers in order) negative low tide -.6 but not as good as it was on the weekend -1.9 . But basically had it all to myself . A very steep beach , dropping off of 15' from the towel line to the low tide mark , probably 100' of flat from drop off to the water today. I started off right at the water line, surf caught me not lookin' and topped my 18" boots , Pants shed it off so feet still dry and warm in the wool socks.... Stock 11" Beach2 , Recovery , switching between 4 and 5 FE , 6 (did a factory reset , forgot to check for F2.. Sensitivity , between 16-20 , Zig zaging the flat from the wash to the bottom of the drop off . I got a tone , (a 9 on the 800 display 8" down , plus ) There were streams of water running out of the bottom of that soaked 15' mountain every few feet and flowing to the wash line. I was lucky , the tone was between two of them. But not that lucky .The hole was instantly a pool with water running through it washing the sand in as guick as I could scoop it out and nothing found but each time I swung the coil over the hole ( ~ every ten scoops ) the target was still there and the ID GOT LOWER ! 8 ,,, 10 more scoops 5 , 10 more scoops 1 ! And I heard the scoop hit something metal !!!! One final jump driving the scoop down 6" below the sand ! Pulled it out with both hands .....That's when I saw it . A door off a beat up lobby trap ! Skuh kuh kuh kuh ~6"x8" 1 1/2" mesh , steel? Been there a while rust and concretion. I kept at it for a couple more hours zigging my way about a 1/2 mile and then back . One more target , ID 13 ....a beat up beaver tail . And then another I had trouble pinpointing and finally ? think it was a badly rusted hook , but that turned out to be a forked stick when I cleaned it up so mystery bit left for pdunk to find ??? Did a final sweep of the towel line between the two trails to the beach and the entrance/exit areas . It started to rain as I was packing up , just enough to send the few others there scurrying home .. then it stopped ! So I sat and watched the surf eat its way back up the beach for a while and headed out before I got stuck in rush hour from the navy ship factory ! Another 2 1/2 hours of nox time ! Any longer my hip would have probably started hurtin'... I'll save the more high end junk for when I get photo capability . So I can post a "Hall of Shame" pic 🤔 Who knows MAYBE the depositors will bring me "gift targets" soon ? Still lookin' for that 10 carat diamond trophy wife ring..................

Thx for the interesting and informative post Off Grid ! Sorry ' about the "babes " .. I'd sure miss that ! LOL

Welcome aboard BlueMask ! Sounds like you have some experience already ! There is a LOT of information here for you to read . Here is a link to Steve's Guides , Reply to anything you want to comment on and ask all the questions you have !

I've never found a gun ! Awesome WTG Lots of good finds here this weekend ! Uptah camp hit 70* today ,,,just need the depositors ...soon.

Cut it out Relic Ray ! Don't force me to follow you around .....skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh kuh That spot is treating you real good !

I still drop finds in my pants pockets without thinking sometimes ..... I find em again when I get my keys ,,,if they don't fall out when I pull out the keys !🙃

Yup yup , dig 'em up !

Yes the secure top pocket is the best choice ! Something heavy nylon with a zipper is in style on the better beaches these days ! LOL I use an old case from a Canon point and shoot I found ,,,,on a beach ! (minus the camera unfortunately) the mesh bottom mod is a winner too .....

Yes Arch , T'was Bill Carson that told me. ..... Now hope the detector is really quick to drawwwwwwww ! And on targets.

Welcome aboard ! I actually saw Purple Haze live in '69 . So 'scuse me while I kiss the sky ! So , now that you've made it to the big time , got any plans ???? Arrrrrrr ya hunting anythin' in particular and where ya wanna be lookin' ? Have ya chosen yer gear yet ?

Nice load of precious !

Love those mercs ! Any silver in the spoon pile ?

Once again , you're making me look bad ! 2 hours on the beach yesterday ,,,,skunked ! (I think I might have cleaned it ,as far as the machine can see. But I really like the beach and I was 'in the neighborhood so....) I even swung over the kiddie wading area. The depositors are slowly returning but nobody in the water or even not dressed for "winter" , even no surfers which is rare ! NO summah uptah camp till 4th of July Chummie .......

Yup yup tow 'on the stringer fer sure in a kayak! I have a fishkin' buddy that had a 16' Whaler that he wanted to mount one of those overhead tow rigs for a skiier. SO we didn't have to try pulling the really big ones over the side ! Some of them have really sharp teeth !!! and others were just bad for the back musckles.... Two old pirates ,,,, sad ! skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh Long story short , he traded the boat for a camper and now I'm trying to get him hooked of detecting .....we can still fish from shore ,,, and IT's working! Bwa ha ha ha.,,,I mean ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !

I saw a vid once of a guy that caught a swordfish fishing from a kayak. Talk about a sleigh ride ! It was a long day for him ....... He called some friends with a boat to come out to bring him back to shore. They had to help him with bringing the fish in too , he was beat ! Can't remember exactly but think it was in Costa Rica?