Popular Post F350Platinum Posted April 28 Popular Post Share Posted April 28 Headed out to a local beach to get some more time in on the Manticore, especially using Dankowski settings with both 5 Region All Tones and One Tone. Next week I'll be at yet another beach, all my relic permissions are planted. 🥲 It was a little cold in the morning (45) but it warmed up to the mid 70s quickly. The water is 53 degrees. Today I had the Manticore and the M9 coil. Got there early, the place was deserted, but it cost me $12 to park for four hours. 😵 That starts 1 April. I brought the Tube Tubb with me, I didn't feel like wearing waders, so I just went in knee deep at low tide. I hate having to get out of the water all the time. I speared a bunch of coins and ended up switching to full tones after a while and noticed no real difference in depth. I wanted to hear the variations in tones with all the stuff that is in this area. I can run Beach Surf and Seawater at 29 sensitivity here anyway. Here's the coin and other stuff haul, 35 of them, lots of nickels! All water coins so quite a few are mangled: Got a dog tag and a gold plated plate that says "Sexy". 😏 Nothing is particularly old, I wiped out all the old silver last fall, and this winter before I got the Manticore. After I got it I've found gold in a few places! 🤯 it hits the really low conductors. 🤔 Not a bad pile of trash: All the usual suspects and nasty stuff. But y'all know me, that isn't all: Got 2 14k gold rings, one a baby ring (wife identified) with a sapphire, the other a plain wedding band with an inscription and a wedding date in 1973. I'm pretty sure the plain band was there for a really long time. It was a 10 on the Manticore, and the baby ring was a 17. The stainless spinner ring on the right was a 10 as well. It's really nice but way too small for my wife. She says it's size 2. It looks broken but it isn't. Ended up with almost 5 grams of gold anyway! I hunted the beach after the tide came in, but not much. 🍀 26 1 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 10 minutes ago, F350Platinum said: Got 2 14k gold rings, one a baby ring (wife identified) with a sapphire, the other a plain wedding band with an inscription and a wedding date in 1973. Congrats!!!! Unbelievable you can run the Manticore at 29. Where I am 23 would be max. You must need a backhoe to dig.😎 2 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 12 minutes ago, midalake said: Congrats!!!! Unbelievable you can run the Manticore at 29. Where I am 23 would be max. You must need a backhoe to dig.😎 Thanks! One Tone is deep, and so is cranking sensitivity on all tones, but this beach has a lot of rocks near the shore in some spots. The water is brackish (river), and the sand is pretty clean. The only ferrous stuff is all the iron 😵 lots of old junk in the water. I think my advantage today was others' unwillingness to dig in those rocky spots. I am going to need a pointier scoop! 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodge Scent Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Wow! That sapphire band is gorgeous F350. You keep finding stuff like that you are going to force me out of the woods and onto the beaches! 1 1 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 4 minutes ago, Lodge Scent said: Wow! That sapphire band is gorgeous F350. You keep finding stuff like that you are going to force me out of the woods and onto the beaches! Thanks Lodge! I hope you do hit a beach or two. 🍀 The ring is so small it doesn't fit past my smallest finger fingernail. My wife says it's a size 2, and probably custom. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Boom! Boom! And it paid for parking! That crazy they start this early with the parking fee, most places here start May 1 or June 1st. And I know OC Md once paid parking starts you can park 2 blocks out from the beach and it is free but you have to get there early in the summer. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
King-Of-Bling Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Gold is Gold ! You said there were some rocks , murky water. Did you really find it beneficial with your coil bumper ? Does it alter your swing style at all. Sand build up ? Been thinking of getting one. Thanks 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 10 minutes ago, King-Of-Bling said: Gold is Gold ! You said there were some rocks , murky water. Did you really find it beneficial with your coil bumper ? Does it alter your swing style at all. Sand build up ? Been thinking of getting one. Thanks Thanks KOB, That cover does make the coil slightly easier to swing but mostly just makes it easier to see in the water. Where I was today it's clear until you start digging, and at slack tide it's useless 😅 A negative is that it's really hard to get on and off. I'm not that fussy about sand in the cover but I know some are, and while less sand gets in, it still does. 1 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 30 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said: Boom! Boom! And it paid for parking! That crazy they start this early with the parking fee, most places here start May 1 or June 1st. And I know OC Md once paid parking starts you can park 2 blocks out from the beach and it is free but you have to get there early in the summer. Oh well, they have beach bathrooms anyway 🤷♂️ It's been a great year for a novice like me so far! Gotta get in the water. I also noticed the jellyfish are starting already. 😬 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/28270-a-gold-day-metal-detecting-is-better-than-any-day-at-work/#findComment-295858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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