2nd Beach Hunt This Past Week - GPX

[schoolofhardNox]

My second hunt this past week was at my favorite EMI beach. Besides getting a new scoop I also decided to try a Coiltek 14" anti-interference coil for my GPX. I need every advantage when hunting this beach, so I decided to give it a go. I was hoping I could still use the coin/relic setting with this coil as it is the deepest, but it was not going to happen. So I changed timings and it worked well. Now all that was left was to see how much depth I lost. Honestly, at first I did not like the coil since I really wanted the most depth I could get, as the coins tend to be deep. But I kept at it and eventually did get 2 silvers that were around 12" deep. Not bad, but a bit short of the depth I wanted. Then something strange happened. I got another deep sounding signal and dug down around 12". Still no target with the pinpointer, so I scraped another 2 inches out, and finally I heard the target, I carefully removed 1 more inch and I flipped out a small copper ring. I measured the hole and it was 15". I couldn't believe I heard that ring that deep. I'm pretty careful with my measuring and I saw the ring flip over when I was pulling sand away, so I'm confident that it was not falling back into the hole. I use a spade to get the bulk of the sand away and then use my hand to finish finding the target. Although it's just a junk ring, I like the enamel design that the 40's through 50's era produces. I've found a couple religious medals before and they were enameled the same way. A couple more trinkets and lots of junk I didn't photograph, and that was it. I'm always happy to get any silver at this beach, so 2 silvers this time of year is a good hunt for me. Just happy to get out twice in one week.

[Valens Legacy]

Nice catch on the ring and the charm.

Looks like mostly modern coins and what is the broken chain.

Good hunting and good luck.

[schoolofhardNox]

On 1/17/2021 at 11:11 PM, Valens Legacy said:

Nice catch on the ring and the charm.

Looks like mostly modern coins and what is the broken chain.

Good hunting and good luck.

Thanks. The coins are modern with 4 out of the 5 cents being the copper version (3 Memorials, 1 Wheat). I may hit that beach again with the new coil and tightly grid a section. It's hard to differentiate between a bit of mineral or falsing and a deep, fringe target. Coins at 15-20" do not sound like real targets sometimes. You have to take a lot of chances and dig about 6-7" out and see if the target gets louder. Sometimes it's just ground noise.

[Gerry in Idaho]

Here is what separates you from the masses.  You are willing to try different things (coils) and yes there is a need for the EMI coils in certain situations.  That is a pretty little ring and great depth from an EMI coil.  If it was a bigger gold ring, just add a few more inches.  Thanks for sharing.