Finally Got Out Again With The AQ

[schoolofhardNox]

It's been a while since I had a chance to get out with the AQ. Finally, a semi good low tide at a beach where you can walk out a long ways during a good low tide. I've been itching to try the AQ at this beach. I only had about 2 hours of very low tide to work with in the furthest away section, so I concentrated on the lowest areas. I also had my maiden voyage with my new scoop - the XTREME Surf-Master X3 with the carbon fiber handle. On this beach you either have packed rocks, packed shells or that stagnant, clay like, dark sand (smells good too 😂). The scoop had no issues with any of that. I was very impressed on how it handled and how I could bury the large scoop and pry it out of that clay like silt. I will have no issues with this scoop when I start to do some water hunting. 2 hours passes quickly, so no gold for me this time. Most of the other 3 hours was spent waiting for the low tide, so most of the junk came from that period. I was actually shocked at the lack of targets when the tide dropped. I expected many more deep targets, but it was rather quiet the whole time. I may have dug 20 targets in that 2 hour period. A total lack of coins too! Very unusual for me to hunt 5 hours and only get 4 coins. Settings were: All metal, ATS 3, Sensitivity 4+, Delay 7. Got a little bit of deep lead and 2 shot gun shells that could have been gold, but I'm thinking the gold sinks way lower that I am able to get to. Best find was a Buffalo nickel at around 12". Shotgun shells were about  14 - 15". Also found that, what I'm thinking is slag, sounds deep and quiet and fools you into thinking you have a deep, small target. All in all I had a great time trying my new scoop and trying my best guess at deep settings on the AQ.

 

[Valens Legacy]

Great hunt and nice selection of trash. I think you covered every type of trash out there.

What year is the Buffalo if it is readable?

Good luck on your next outing.

[schoolofhardNox]

8 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Great hunt and nice selection of trash. I think you covered every type of trash out there.

What year is the Buffalo if it is readable?

Good luck on your next outing.

Thanks. Yep. I love trash 😄 Doing my part to keep America clean.  I think the Buffalo was a 1937, barely readable. I save my trash and labeled it by beach. In case they want to ban detecting, I have something to bring to their attention, as to the good service we provide.

[rvpopeye]

Good idea , but over time.....you might need a truck ! 

Ya knowwww It's so hard to tell one beach's trash from the next one. 

Maybe just keep it all in one bag and label it just before bringing it in ! LOL

[tvr]

Looks like what I am getting now out of my nearest local beach ... and I hear you about the smell of the clay and silt bottom stuff.

Thanks for the scoop report. I'll keep that in mind when I look for another back up.

[kac]

Nice buffalo. Looks like you ran out of bobby pins, great job on the cleanup! 🙂

[schoolofhardNox]

On 1/18/2021 at 10:33 AM, rvpopeye said:

Good idea , but over time.....you might need a truck ! 

Ya knowwww It's so hard to tell one beach's trash from the next one. 

Maybe just keep it all in one bag and label it just before bringing it in ! LOL

It would have to be a big bag 😄

On 1/18/2021 at 11:09 AM, tvr said:

Looks like what I am getting now out of my nearest local beach ... and I hear you about the smell of the clay and silt bottom stuff.

Thanks for the scoop report. I'll keep that in mind when I look for another back up.

Yep, My wife let's me know every time I bring home stuff from that beach. 🥱 I wanted to try their titanium version but the cost was more than I wanted to spend. Plus the fact that I know titanium is very strong, but I could not stop thinking that the abrasion from beach sand would wear the tip away quicker than 316 stainless steel version.

On 1/18/2021 at 11:48 AM, kac said:

Nice buffalo. Looks like you ran out of bobby pins, great job on the cleanup! 🙂

I know. What's up with that? 😄 Usually I get a lot of them but so far not too many on this beach.

[King-Of-Bling]

10 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

It would have to be a big bag 😄

Yep, My wife let's me know every time I bring home stuff from that beach. 🥱 I wanted to try their titanium version but the cost was more than I wanted to spend. Plus the fact that I know titanium is very strong, but I could not stop thinking that the abrasion from beach sand would wear the tip away quicker than 316 stainless steel version.

I know. What's up with that? 😄 Usually I get a lot of them but so far not too many on this beach.

You made a great choice on your scoop. Probably even wiser on the 1 you didn't buy. My guess is you saw my post on the other forum where I talked extensively on it with pics. I'm kinda surprised you were out there for 5 hours. Usually I have a good idea of what's going on in about 20 minutes. Unless your are just wanting exercise and exploring. But sometimes the low tides are a vast wasteland. Better luck next time , you will do much better.

[schoolofhardNox]

7 hours ago, King-Of-Bling said:

You made a great choice on your scoop. Probably even wiser on the 1 you didn't buy. My guess is you saw my post on the other forum where I talked extensively on it with pics. I'm kinda surprised you were out there for 5 hours. Usually I have a good idea of what's going on in about 20 minutes. Unless your are just wanting exercise and exploring. But sometimes the low tides are a vast wasteland. Better luck next time , you will do much better.

I just couldn't bite on the fact that titanium will hold up to the demands of a beach. Plus I could almost buy 2 of the stainless steel ones for the price of the titanium.  I usually stay at a beach for the entire hunt. It takes me 1 1/2 - 2 hours travel one way to get to a beach, so I rarely travel the extra 1/2 hour + between beaches. 5 Hours is a short hunt for me, and I arrived late only because the tides were unaligned with the gate opening at this beach. I'm good for 8-10 hours at a time😄 My detecting has always been done for the exercise, and for the thrill of the hunt. I just love detecting, and now as I get older it's a game to see how long I can keep at it. Will I make 60 years??? I don't know, but I'm dying to find out. I don't think I saw your review, as I'm not on any other major forums anymore. I'm only on one small local Facebook forum and this one. It is a great scoop and it will allow me to expand to some deeper waters now.

[Rivers rat]

JEEEEEEZ thats a lot of holes ,beach cleaning at this best!!!

 

Well done!

 

RR