schoolofhardNox Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Thanks. I do save all my junk targets from each beach in separate boxes until the season is over, just to see how much I dig. Then I recycle them. Here are some of the usual targets I dig from that beach. I will dig around 4x what is in that picture per 1 visit. Some people may say that you can tell the size of an object and just pass on it. It's true, I can tell the general size, but with a PI you can never be 100% sure if it's a deep big target at 20", or a large coin (our silver half dollars) at around 8". A big coin at 8" comes in very loud and wide. The added benefit of digging iron is that I remove some very nasty pointy objects. I have also found coins near or with that iron many times. If I get out soon, I will save the junk targets for a picture. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/8/2019 at 8:56 AM, schoolofhardNox said: ...With a PI you can never be 100% sure if it's a deep big target at 20", or a large coin (our silver half dollars) at around 8". A big coin at 8" comes in very loud and wide. The added benefit of digging iron is that I remove some very nasty pointy objects. I have also found coins near or with that iron many times. If I get out soon, I will save the junk targets for a picture. Good observation, schoolofhardNox, and I'll add that it's even true with IB/VLF. Anyone who thinks he's 100% sure of what's giving the coil a signal is fooling himself. That's why there are so many good find still available for those of us who search previously detected sites. I guess we should thank them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share Posted November 22, 2019 Well it's come full circle at the beach. I was not able to get out any sooner than yesterday, but was hoping the beach hadn't changed a lot. Well nature waits for no one ? All the sand that was removed (around 12-15" worth) was now neatly back in place. There would be no easy silver picking. I also wanted to try out a new DD coil for the GPX I had just recently received. I did not get that chance since I left it home, so I decided to try going over the areas that I figured I would have a shot at getting some silver. I did notice that there were NO other detectorists out that day. Unusual for this beach. I soon found out that the targets were out of range for the most part. A lot of ground covered and a lot of silence. In this situation, the targets found are different than the targets found when the beach is stripped of a decent amount of sand. You tend to dig a lot of big, deep iron, mainly because it is so deep that it sounds softer and sizes smaller that usual. You also find a lot of thin wire, and smaller nails that were washed back on shore, and were at a depth that they would sound sweet too. Absent are all the good coins I was used to digging. Although I did not realize that I was stuck at 99 silvers from this beach, I was begging for at least one silver. that way I was not skunked for the trip. One really crusty silver dime was the only silver of the hunt. When I got home I realized that was #100 silver. ? I've included the trash targets I found and if you look closely you can see an American dime for scale. I did that for my tiny new coil picture too ? Great to get out, and hopefully I can sneak into a new beach and try that coil out. I think I'll need a bungee cord for that one though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Great thread, I'm catching up on all of these since I'm new to the forum. I'm guessing you live around New Hampshire, Maine area since the tides play a big part in where you can hunt. Thanks for taking us along on the ride. And please continue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 10:19 PM, Joe Beechnut OBN said: Great thread, I'm catching up on all of these since I'm new to the forum. I'm guessing you live around New Hampshire, Maine area since the tides play a big part in where you can hunt. Thanks for taking us along on the ride. And please continue. I usually hit the CT and RI beaches. I'm in western MA, so a beach trip is usually 1.5 to 2 hrs away. Lately the beaches provide very little but clad and the occasional silver. Last hunt was my first non silver hunt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farell Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Congrats for your treasure! I also trying to find something on my beach near my property in Spain but maximum what I found on the beach is coins. We don't have so much natural disasters haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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