Popular Post UT Dave Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 Hit the beach today, with the Manticore and M15. Pretty slow over all. Not a lot of targets, junk or otherwise. But, pulled two silvers and one of them is semi-big. I'm calling it a good start. Based on the signal and the size, I was almost certain this was a silver half dollar. And the ring in my hand was giving a signal that said silver as well. And they were. A 1928 Walker half and a Cub Scout ring stamped Sterling. The other coin proved to be a roached out Wheatie. And the other item a Utah sales tax token. It was nice just to get out! - Dave 26 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
1491 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Nice digging! 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UT Dave Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 2 minutes ago, 1491 said: Nice digging! Sort of . That half, the digging was kind of brutal though, actually. It was a deep signal, with the depth meter pegged. At first, bouncing all over from 60's to mid 90's but all on the center line. After pinpointing, and the short sweeping, it was giving a pretty consistent 92-95 with occasional bounces down into the 60's still. This beach has a layer of darker, hard gray sand I call "hard pack". @abenson knows exactly what I mean. I know what real hard pack is, but that's what I call this hard layer on this beach. Today, that layer was frozen in some spots. Not everywhere, some spots the hard pack wasn't frozen and in some spots it was frozen above the hardpack. I walked away from a few less promising targets without recovering them rather than fight that frozen hardpack. Anyway... Had I been expecting that I'd have carried my big pick out there. But I hadn't... So that half... I hit the frozen hardpack at about 8". And I really wasn't making progress trying to chip away at it with my long handle #2 shovel. So I walked away from the hole and hunted away from it for awhile to let it kind of thaw a bit. Hunted back to it, chipped away some more. Repeated that a few times. Finally got it out of the hole at about 14". All in all, I spent a heckuva lot of time and effort digging that sucker out! Sure felt good to hold that crusty black half dollar in my hand when it was all done though! - Dave 6 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Nice job on the half Dave. Dang I bet it was cold out there with the wind blowing like it was. It's getting tough at the beach, lake level needs to come up and move the sand around to expose some of those deeper targets. This is probably one of the last weeks you can hunt out there before it's all frozen. I had to walk away from a few targets myself the last time I was out there. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UT Dave Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Yes, chilly it was! I was dressed for it. But my hands froze in neoprene gloves. Definitely needs to be some movement of the sand. Even bullets weren't that frequent today. Hitting a half dollar out there anymore, that's just getting real, real lucky. - Dave Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1491 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Aside from the jumpy ID on the half, was the tone consistent? Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PI-Man Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Congrats on finds! Great way to start off year! 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Great saves and goes to show that if you know your equipment anything is possible. Good luck on your next hunt. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Well played ! You earned those finds no doubt. 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/27382-nice-little-start-to-the-year/#findComment-287715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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