Day 4 At The Beach With The Equinox

[F350Platinum]

Day 4 is in the bag. 😀 Went to the beach I hunted yesterday, this time with the Equinox and 10x5, and at low tide.

I guess spring break is over, the morning was rainy and cloudy but it cleared up and there weren't many people at the beach.

When I say tide, I mean tide. I told y'all about this last year, the tide goes out 10 feet. It's like a pool being emptied and filled!

This is ground zero, see how high the beach is? It's above my head, and goes more than 3 feet higher than that. I'm 6'1". Yikes. The water is about 75 to 100 yards away from this edge. When the tide comes in, all this is underwater, 10 to 15 feet. 

Hacked around the flat for a while, checking that edge for any heavy stuff that went down there. Nothing but a few sinkers and coins close to the water, I searched everywhere. I was just about to quit, and went up on the hill about chest height to high tide, and then the targets started coming. Here's the haul, not very impressive.

One big costume hoop, an odd copper earring with a greenish stone, 3 quarters, one memorial, what I think is a gold plated electrical connector, a big copper scary hoodoo earring, and 3 tiny things.

This is where it gets interesting, the small metal thing with the loop next to the penny was over 12" down, and ID'd as a 12/13. It took forever to dig it out.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here. 😬

Anyone that claims the 10x5 doesn't find deep targets is as wet as my shoes were. 😀 A tiny object like that is clear proof. 😎

It is small, thin, and not really great metal. The coil hit it like a brick.

The next thing is my favorite find of the day, a broken earring. Again tiny, may be gold, may have real diamonds, I'm gonna test it. It was 3 big scoops down in hard packed and drained sand. It was a 14/15.

That big copper earring with the moon and eye kinda creeps me, it has runes and stuff. 😀 It was also extremely deep, was a 20/21.

While I was hunting a guy came up to me and asked if I wanted a mission - to find his friend's stainless steel wallet that he lost when they were fishing, a big cargo ship came by and swamped the beach, you better run when that 5-10 foot wave comes in! 🤪 I may look for it tomorrow.

Here's the trash, turned on F2=3 to cancel out those dang bottle caps, three too late. 😵

[Rick N. MI]

Fantastic hunt. Looked like a lot of fun.

[F350Platinum]

I have to say I love the Deus 2, but I'm glad I didn't sell the 600 to get it. It's still a mighty hammer in my tool box. 🙂 The 10x5 combo with it is pretty hard to beat now that I've tweaked it to my preferences. Hopefully the Deus 2 will become as reliable and easy to use.

I realize none of my finds have been particularly spectacular this week, got 4 more days to score something big. 😀 There's a lot of beach out there!

[kac]

Not using the 11" coil for the beach? The beach is one place I like the bigger coils, more for ground coverage than the little bit of depth you gain.

So you like the Nox better on the beach over the D2?

[F350Platinum]

10 minutes ago, kac said:

Not using the 11" coil for the beach? The beach is one place I like the bigger coils, more for ground coverage than the little bit of depth you gain.

So you like the Nox better on the beach over the D2?

Not really, I think the D2 may go even deeper with it's 9" round, but I have hundreds of hours on the Equinox, and only about 30 on the Deus. I'll get used to it, taking it out again tomorrow.

I do think I would have found all these things with either one here, this is like shooting fish in a barrel. Nothing nothing nothing target.

There isn't much trash at all, no mineralization, and once you get used to it you know what's what. I was able to call every pull tab but dug them anyway. Every target but the pull tabs was at max depth on the screen.

The Equinox and Deus both false on deep iron some times, that stake was over 12" down, and was giving me a faint 31. 🤬

The first one I didn't dig. 😁

[kac]

Interesting, I would think the Nox with 11" would do better than D2 with 9". Guess your the one that could answer that.

I do pretty well with the superfly on the MK at the beach, I like the gen mode because big iron will give a bouncy signal in the salt. Depth it does pretty well probably same as a Nox does. Keep in mind I manually ground balance for salt and not a fan of beach mode on the MK.

[Valens Legacy]

Great hunt again, and a nice opal.

Good luck to you as long as you use the Nox.

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, kac said:

Interesting, I would think the Nox with 11" would do better than D2 with 9". Guess your the one that could answer that.

I do pretty well with the superfly on the MK at the beach, I like the gen mode because big iron will give a bouncy signal in the salt. Depth it does pretty well probably same as a Nox does. Keep in mind I manually ground balance for salt and not a fan of beach mode on the MK.

You're right about the physics of larger coils. 🙂 I agree.

I'm thinking I'll never get down to PI depths, and the muscle cramps I get even now with the lighter detectors are enough to shy me from the big coils. That and the $$ and the extra space they take up.

The big winner for me with the small coils is the retrieval time, I find I don't have to use detector pinpoint, I can dig the target quick and move on. 😀 It's minimal but it helps. All my hunts on these trips are short, I rarely get to stay out more than 4 hours at a time. True a small coil doesn't cover a lot of ground at once, but the faster I can retrieve, the faster I can move on. I also don't like digging 3 foot wide or deep holes 😀

The only time wasted is with those false tones and IDs when the target ends up off center. My hope is I'll get as good with the Deus 2 and not dig as much junk. It does have salt settings 🤔 I'm sure y'all notice when I use the Equinox my trash is reduced.

Guess I'll just take what I can get. 👍

[strick]

That was a deep recovery on that pendant. Shiny things always bring hope... If you are surprised by tides you should visit Alaska some day 🙂 

strick 

[F350Platinum]

21 minutes ago, strick said:

That was a deep recovery on that pendant. Shiny things always bring hope... If you are surprised by tides you should visit Alaska some day 🙂 

strick 

Yeah so I've heard. 😀 There is a tide up in the northeast that's about 50 feet up St. Lawrence river way I think. (Bay of Fundy)

Where I am on the Potomac back home, the tide is a scary 1.5 feet. 😬 I'll pass on Alaska, too many bugs when it's warm, and it's not. Heck I have to drive 600 miles to see a palm tree. 🤣