Hunted A Beach With The GPX 5000

[schoolofhardNox]

The GPX used for most of the hunt today on a beach where the coins are deep. All these coins seem to be dropped from the same time frame. The 2 Buffalo nickels and the Standing Liberty Quarter all have no dates. The rest of the coins are from the 40's to the early 50's. It's safe to assume the dateless coins were dropped in that time frame too. Why do I care? Because these coins were from 15" to 20" deep. I can barely get some of that layer. There is plenty of sand below them. That is where the earlier coins rest. Beaches are not empty, we just skim the surface of them. I'm too tired from digging to post all the junk and the more modern coins found. I'm just glad that I could get that many good hits, with all the beach people that were there getting in my way I want the temps to drop so they will stay home and keep warm!!!!!

[Valens Legacy]

Nice hunt and glad for the saves that you made.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[mn90403]

 

That is some DEEP detecting.  My 5000 on the beach never produced that many silver coins the years I used it.  What coil are you using?  I have a platty on mine now and did one hunt with it this year.

Our beaches where we get the most finds are 'wash in' beaches when they are good.  The good stuff (never good coins it seems) washes onto moving sand from where it has laid waiting for the energy to push it up.  The churning surf areas make it very difficult to water detect the staging areas.

[schoolofhardNox]

On 10/23/2020 at 3:59 AM, mn90403 said:

 

That is some DEEP detecting.  My 5000 on the beach never produced that many silver coins the years I used it.  What coil are you using?  I have a platty on mine now and did one hunt with it this year.

Our beaches where we get the most finds are 'wash in' beaches when they are good.  The good stuff (never good coins it seems) washes onto moving sand from where it has laid waiting for the energy to push it up.  The churning surf areas make it very difficult to water detect the staging areas.

I'm using A Detech 12.5 DD coil. Our beaches may be different from your beaches. This beach is not directly exposed, so it doesn't take direct hits. Long Island provides some indirect protection. So most of the beach remains intact unless a huge storm pulls some sand down. These coins have been there from the time they were lost, and have seen little water over the years. That is why the silver comes out bright, not black, the Buffalo nickles are dark and not corroded. Even the wheat pennies look good, but suffered the worst of it with cement like, green corrosion forming on some of them. If they were coins that were pulled out to sea and redeposited, over and over again, they would look very different. Not all beaches here produce silver coins, but 2 in particular have been very good to me.