Very nice haul Steve! Your input on the Atx has been helpful in my decision to purchase one this summer when the weather warms and I hit beach mode here in ohio.
Very intertesting how you recover the targets without a scoop at all. I generally detect chest to neck deep depending on waves with a long handle scoop. My trip last week to DR was productive as far as detecting goes, but was the first time I ran into a coral issue, there were several targets in the coral i could not recover with my scoop, and I did not have my snorkel gear with me this time. I am almost certain a few of them were gold by the signal. May have to try you method next trip there in the fall.
Few pics from DR trip, 2 silver rings, 1 white gold ring, 1 silver plated ring, a gold pendant, a silver religious medal, and a very nice silver and turquise bracelet.Plus the usual junk. About 11 hours detecting, all found with the Whites Beach Hunter 300.