My 2 Cents, Not Much But Here It Is...

[The Seeker]

I have no idea where to start since most of the things I saw have been said already. I have done only two hunts so far.  My first hunt was 2.5 hrs and my second one (today) was about 3.5hrs.

Every new detector I get I start from scratch like a new detectorist and just learn it as I go. My first hunt was not good at all since I dug a lot of iron and less than a dollar in coinage. My settings were all metal, ats 0 , sensitivity 8-9, volume/threshold 4. With these settings I was digging anything I heard in the wet and the holes I was making were just too deep so when the 1st battery died I followed suit and called it quits. While swinging I noticed I was getting quite a bit of noise/falsing and I don’t know if it was because I was running it hot.

My hunt today was a little better and I managed to pull some decent targets. Setting this time were all metal, ats 2, sensitivity 7, volume/threshold 4. The AQ ran way better, no falsing unless I was running parallel to the water on a slope. Even with the falsing running parallel I managed to hear the small yellow ring and the big gray tungsten.  The yellow ring was quite deep too. 

Today’s hunt I wasn’t 100% into it due to the beach closures going on in Socal.  I read online that the beach I went to was supposed to be open today but when I got there it said it was closed. I drove a long way to get there so I wasn’t going to drive back without giving it a try. Luckily during my time there nobody came by to kick me out.  There were a handful of people at the beach so that helped some I guess. I am very pleased with the performance/outcome and I’m sure with a little practice things will only get better. 

The pictures below are from all the targets I recovered today. The fishing lure was an eyeball find. HH

[Compass]

Hey Seeker, That's  good hunt, especially, with a new detector. Are those smaller rings gold? Maybe 10K? Your experience driving all the way down to the beach because of misleading news exactly mirrors my experience yesterday!

[The Seeker]

3 hours ago, Compass said:

Hey Seeker, That's  good hunt, especially, with a new detector. Are those smaller rings gold? Maybe 10K? Your experience driving all the way down to the beach because of misleading news exactly mirrors my experience yesterday!

It’s my 3rd PI and I’m hoping I can get as good with it as my previous. I needed a PI since the others in my arsenal are Excalibur II, Equinox 800 and Tarsacci. Unfortunately none of my items are gold.  The silver one with the stones is 925 at least. Even though we live in a time where information is easy to access, it’s still hard to get the correct info.  I went to the beach I told you about. There were a lot of iron targets, deep and shallow but I managed to skip a few. I think I found something interesting about the AQ and iron but I need to do some more testing to make sure I’m not hearing things. See out there Compass.

[okara gold]

Nice report! Thanks for sharing. It looks like a nice well rounded assortment of targets. And 4 rings is mighty fine!

[Steve Herschbach]

Is that everything you dug? If so, great results for a very focused target mix! 👍🏻

[The Seeker]

12 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Is that everything you dug? If so, great results for a very focused target mix! 👍🏻

Hi Steve,

Everything in the picture is what I dug on my second hunt. I usually just throw all the junk away but I will posting everything I get with the AQ for the next few hunts. HH

[Rivers rat]

Well done the gold ring looks old i had a similar one Cartier!

 

Bravo

 

 

RR

[Steve Herschbach]

2 hours ago, The Seeker said:

Hi Steve,

Everything in the picture is what I dug on my second hunt. I usually just throw all the junk away but I will posting everything I get with the AQ for the next few hunts. HH

I usually toss the junk also, but have been saving everything to be able to show people "the full picture" at least initially.

[Ferrous Grump]

Thank you for saving all dug up targets.  It gives us without an idea of what to expect.  Of course All Metal will produce just that!  I read earlier it will not pick up very small items.  ...say a ear ring stud.   Yes or no?

 

[The Seeker]

23 hours ago, Rivers rat said:

Well done the gold ring looks old i had a similar one Cartier!

 

Bravo

 

 

RR

Unfortunately it’s not gold but maybe the next one will be. HH

21 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I usually toss the junk also, but have been saving everything to be able to show people "the full picture" at least initially.

My plan was to post everything so people see what’s in store for them if they get the AQ or any other PI for that matter.

 

16 hours ago, Sting Ray said:

Thank you for saving all dug up targets.  It gives us without an idea of what to expect.  Of course All Metal will produce just that!  I read earlier it will not pick up very small items.  ...say a ear ring stud.   Yes or no?

 

Unfortunately I don’t have an earring stud so I can do any test. I don’t know if it will pick it up in all metal but for sure it won’t on the other modes.