Beach Season Has Begun

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

3 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

That's my problem ? I think I'm 17 again. ? My beach day is my one day per week that I actually get any real exercise. It's the thrill of the hunt that makes it fun. If I ever get lost wandering and find my way to your place, I'll clean that patch up for you in a day ? Or you can pay my flight down there and I can become a gold nugget hunter.

I would down for several days if I did 8 hours or even dug what you did..

Great way to keep the body and mind working! Nice saves on the silvers too!

[schoolofhardNox]

8 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Good one again! ? Do you use headphones? The cheap headphones I posted ($29) should connect to the 6000 and have 40 hour use time. They sure last all day for me. Also I don't know how the 6000 works with charging, but if you're so inclined you can keep it going with a PD battery pack like I do with the Equinox.

Gotta say though, going over 8 hours hunting would be pretty tiresome. ? Glad your 6000 came in handy.

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I use the headphones that come with the 6000. They are nicer than the nox ones. I don't think you could extend the battery time with an external set up. I never hurt from the long hunts .....until later ?

5 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Somehow I missed your two previous hunt posts; glad to get caught up.  Seems as though you like winter detecting there in New England!

Have you tried waxing your coil (cover) to help minimize snow buildup?  Works for my snow shovels.  I use carnauba paste wax (automobile version but wood floor version probably same thing).  Heck, the choices for cross country skiiers -- I bet there's a perfect one for your situation.

I like seeing all your trash (and of course the better stuff).  Besides the lower weight, do you see any advantage of the 6000 over the 5000 for you type of detecting?

Beach hunting is all that is available for me to hunt, so I do it. It's always fun when you get silver, not so much fun when you get skunked ? I haven't tried wax on the bottom, but I will if the snow continues. That was just a weird situation that had snow in the area I needed to be. Not being tethered to the machine is a big plus over the 5000. The EMI cancellation with the 14" coil is easier on the ears than the 5000, but the 5000 still wins on coins at depth. In this situation, the coins were in the 10-11" range as opposed to the 15-18" range I usually hunt. The 6000 could hit those shallower ones, so I took advantage of that and had a more pleasant hunt.  One disadvantage with the 6000 is that I would have like to have some control over target volume and stabilizer like on the 5000. Also I would have like to get more gain from it but you are limited to whatever the internal parameters are.  You can't really adjust anything  much on it. But if I had my choice between the two, it would always be the 5000.

5 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

I would down for several days if I did 8 hours or even dug what you did..

Great way to keep the body and mind working! Nice saves on the silvers too!

You water guys work harder than us land guys. I bet I wouldn't last 3 hours in the water ? The drawback on land is that target acquisition is faster and easier than in the water, so you dig a lot more. I just turned 60 a bit ago, so I'm taking advantage of it while I can. By the time I get to 70 an 8 hour hunt will probably be more like 3 or 4 trips, not 1, so I'm going to dig until I can't. After that I'm going to talk to the young people detecting and bother them with old stories until the tell me to get lost ?

[schoolofhardNox]

Beach hunt # 24 was to be my final trip to the EMI beach. I started out early so I could have a full day hunting. I had areas that I wanted to finish up, and the GPX 6000 was the machine that was going to finish this beach up (or maybe not?). It lasted 8 hours and after the 2nd low battery warning I decided to call it quits. It did well, but the junk targets were not lacking, and I was getting tired, but I still had about a half hour of daylight left. So, I decided to pull out the 5000 which I brought just in case. It had the 14” anti-interference coil on it, so I wouldn’t have to listen to that train EMI. I didn’t like the coil at first, as I felt I was losing too much depth, but this time around I got a little more involved with it. Because time was short, I figured I would just hunt the last area that I just did with the 6000. First target was a silver dime at about 10” Hmmm. In just a few minutes, I realized there needed to be a return trip here. I think the 6000 was doing what it was designed to do and high conductors at depth was not it’s strong point. The 5000 absolutely hit targets (both high and low conductors) that the 6000 did not hear. Those targets were just beyond it’s reach. I can’t complain because the 6000 did hit a couple of silver coins and some small silver jewelry. It also hit what’s left of Susan’s gold bracelet. It was nice to see gold in the sand no matter how small it was. So, 8 ½ hours and a long ride home was all I could do. But the drive home still had me wondering about the rest of the areas I had already done. It was cleansed of tiny targets by the 6000, so maybe a return visit the following day was in order??? I think I already know the answer to that one. Fun in the sun is what it’s all about.

[rvpopeye]

Sure is gonna be a clean beach ......?

[schoolofhardNox]

7 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

Sure is gonna be a clean beach ......?

Until the next storm ?

[schoolofhardNox]

Beach hunt # 25 was the following day at the same beach, this time using the 5000 for only 5 hours. Commitments in the morning didn’t allow me to get to the beach until just before noon. I was excited to see if the 5000 could get more deep coins in the area that the 6000 did. The section I concentrated on was about 200 ft long and I did 3 passes (so about 25 ft wide). No gold this time but really happy with the silver count. For some reason people did not get the Buffalo and war nickels. I’ve never found this many at this beach before. I’ll probably go back next time and hit another similar stretch that I did with the 6000. My biggest mistake of the day was that I didn’t pay attention to the lowering tide. When I glanced over late in the day, I could see big boulders sticking out of the water, where there were none before. I wonder how much gold was exposed with that amount of sand removed. I may try it if it’s still exposed and give the Equinox some time out there. I do not have the next day available, so I have to wait until Thursday.  You never know what you are  going to find condition wise, until you get there. This beach was bland for many months, but now it lit up. I wish I was retired and could hunt every day!

[F350Platinum]

1 hour ago, schoolofhardNox said:

I wish I was retired and could hunt every day!

? That day is coming. Hope it's soon for you. I can hunt a lot, but you're always working for someone. I do like my "new boss" a lot more than others I've had, and she will make me a sammich now and again. ? At least, more often than not, you can choose.

Great couple of hunts. You are the PI coin master here. ?

[GB_Amateur]

That sand sure likes to hide old coins.  I'm glad you have the (physical and mental) strength plus perseverance to harvest them.  Hope you get back there in low tide to find some gold.

[rvpopeye]

Every time you post a hunt like that ,,,I just imagine swinging a heavy 5K for that long ...and then add on the amount of holes you must dig .(and possibly fill in too).......

I would be dead for a week of sundays !

I now think you must look like Conan the Barbarian  (with a custom coil on that big ol sword) .  

I plan on pitching this idea for a blockbuster Hollywood movie , so please don't spoil it by not fitting the lead role ....but , if I have to, I guess,, I could step in for the sake of realism !?

Nice haul , as usual .