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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?