geof_junk Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I like the TEN to ONE ratio of coins to Aluminium pull tabs. ☠️ That is good indication of ID capabilities of the Manticore, ? or should I say skill of operator. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 The few times I've done it, getting stuff out from under/around rocks or pier lumber was not fun. ? I also dig iron on a small beach I go to to get it out of the way, and at the larger one I'll dig it if it's shallow, usually those bits are sharp. ? Nice hunt, at least you got some silver. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Impressive , as always ... My fave in this batch was the blue engine , at least that's what I think it is ! Just kidding , silver beats plastic toys every day with a cap E and a cap D.? WTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 10/3/2023 at 7:32 PM, CPT_GhostLight said: Well congrats on adding to your silver total, sohN, well done! It looks like the Manticore spared you from digging so much iron and any day on a beach is a win! ? The Manticore odes well on most of my beaches for iron. Some beaches, not so well, but overall it's good. I think it is better than the Equinox on iron. On 10/4/2023 at 12:41 AM, geof_junk said: I like the TEN to ONE ratio of coins to Aluminium pull tabs. ☠️ That is good indication of ID capabilities of the Manticore, ? or should I say skill of operator. ? It's the Manticore, not me ? I would dig every pull tab on the planet if I was in charge. This time though, I think other detectorists cleaned up most of the tabs, as well as maybe some got pulled out to sea. On 10/4/2023 at 8:01 AM, F350Platinum said: The few times I've done it, getting stuff out from under/around rocks or pier lumber was not fun. ? I also dig iron on a small beach I go to to get it out of the way, and at the larger one I'll dig it if it's shallow, usually those bits are sharp. ? Nice hunt, at least you got some silver. ? Thanks. It's getting harder to find quality targets at these beaches. If there is not a lot of movement from storms, then you have to either go deep or dig in areas others won't want to do. I tried it with a sand scoop and it was no fun. I should have just got one of my land shovels and tried prying rocks with them. Even my spade would not work there. 9 hours ago, rvpopeye said: Impressive , as always ... My fave in this batch was the blue engine , at least that's what I think it is ! Just kidding , silver beats plastic toys every day with a cap E and a cap D.? WTG Thank you. Yep the blue loco was wedged in between some rocks. Took me a bit to get it out. I'm just happy to see any silver come out these days. I'm due for a heavy iron digging day soon. I've been on a war project for 2 Wednesdays in a row. Only 1 tiny 30 caliber round ball in 2 days work ?. Saying things are starting out slow would be an understatement ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Finding just one of something you want to find , even over two days is not even close to a skunk . Which is a very good place to be ! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 13 hours ago, rvpopeye said: Finding just one of something you want to find , even over two days is not even close to a skunk . Which is a very good place to be ! ? But I need more ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Beepaholics anonymous meet on tuesday nights at 7:30 But it's not tuesday. You already broke the skunk ice. The smell has probably dissipated by now. So go get it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Beach hunt # 7 was a Friday the 13th hunt. ? I finally got myself to try a beach I have never been to. I was a bit leery since I selfishly wanted to continue my silver streak, but it ended up well. From Google earth, I saw areas I wanted to try, so I hit a spot there, similar to my other beaches. I was hoping for about 15” of sand followed by a solid clay layer, but after digging a test hole to 24” I never hit bottom. So that meant things could go way deeper than I could detect. Bummer. I wandered around for about 2 hours with not much luck and I was about to head out to another beach, (also that I have never been to), but fortunately I stumbled onto a copper cent. So, I stopped to grids the area, and it started to produce a lot of coins in a relatively small area. I couldn’t believe how these coins could be missed, as a lot of the beach was very quiet. I even saw dig holes from someone else close to where the coins were coming up. But digging a deeper hole, I found out why. There are not many places the GPX struggles, but the black sand in this area was the richest I have ever seen at a beach. The Garrett pinpointer could barely pick up a dime at 1” in that black sand. Small targets were almost impossible to pinpoint. I was fortunate enough to get some silver, including a nice filigree heart locket with what I think is a piece of amber inside of it, along with its broken chain. Also found was random silver bead and what I believe to be an odd silver pendant. I looked it up and there are lots of these bar pendants that you can have engraved. Never seen one of these. So, a great finish to a sparse beginning. Not sure I will go back there until there is some erosion, but I did way better than I thought I would. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Nice hunt School! That is some mean black sand, looks a lot like my local beach with the fine white stuff shot through with black. ? Probably why I don't find much there. All I ever get is water at 24", sometimes sooner but that's the Potomac. ? The deep beer cans always sound great tho. Nice pendant and one of your pieces of bling (lower left) looks like something I would look at later - very closely - to see if it was part of a cut coin. That's some digging. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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