Longer Water Hunt With Manticore And D2 V3.04

[F350Platinum]

Got a chance to hit a local beach today before low tide, I'm still recovering from surgery, but I can go in the water about waist deep. It started out at 73 degrees at 6am with no wind, but got brutal really fast, when I came home it was 97.

Today I brought the Manticore with the M9 coil, and the Deus 2 with the HF2 coil and V3.04.

I started out with the Manticore, knocked out about 2 hours in the water, and got some great stuff. I used the Deus with the new coil and antenna and the latest update for an hour. I wish I had the fortitude to go over where I used the Deus with the Mcore, I got nothing. I did hear some targets but very few, even with sensitivity at 95. Almost all of them sounded like junk. 

The last 2 hours I went back to the Manticore, and it did well again.

That's all the trash I got in 5 hours, lots of .22 short which is abundant on this beach, it was probably from a sand dig used as a range. I think I'm getting the hang of the Manticore on bottle caps, I never dig them with the D2.

This was a water hunt, I never searched the dry, but this is most of what I got with the Manticore. Typical change, a cool little brass dangle thing with a stone, and a 1970s DC Metro/Metrobus token. 

But yeah, you're right - there's more. 😎

Got 2 rings, one a very well made sizable ring with a purple stone that I think is quite old:

And an 18k gold plated silver ring:

But the most interesting thing was the coin, it's a Swiss 1/2 Franc coin from 1943. .835 silver. 🥳

Here's what it looks like: 

They minted 4 million of these so it's not particularly rare, but this beach always surprises me somehow. 😅

🍀

[Tony]

Great hunt........bottle-caps trace all over the place so you'll ignore these soon enough. I find coins and rings are nearly always on the centre line (even at depth) unless there's another target under the coil. Apart from the 22 casings, in time, you will ignore those other junk targets 👍

Now I have to say this is based on white coral sands which give very accurate ID and amazing depth.

[1491]

Very cool coin! Congrats on the rings and staying cool!

[F350Platinum]

38 minutes ago, Tony said:

Great hunt........bottle-caps trace all over the place so you'll ignore these soon enough. I find coins and rings are nearly always on the centre line (even at depth) unless there's another target under the coil. Apart from the 22 casings, in time, you will ignore those other junk targets 👍

Now I have to say this is based on white coral sands which give very accurate ID and amazing depth.

Thanks Tony,

The sands are good here as well, not much mineralization albeit rough at this beach. My other one is all white sand. IDs don't really change.

The .22 shorts are all over the place, I've probably dug 100 or more over the years, and they keep coming up. 🙄

[F350Platinum]

10 minutes ago, 1491 said:

Very cool coin! Congrats on the rings and staying cool!

Thanks 1491,

There were a couple breaks where I sat in my truck and drank a whole bottle of water in the AC, got a bit dizzy so I stopped for a bit. Water hunting is a lot more strenuous! We're having a monster heat wave this week. 🥵

I always seem to find crazy coins at that place.

[Tony]

Water hunting in the heat is great if you can dunk under and cool down......I wear a wetsuit in the summer as I usually start around 3am but it can be a 100F by 7am.....flush the suit with cool water and you're good to go for another 30 minutes. That photo shows some very calm water...are you hunting open ocean or a bay, inlet? 

Joe could be lurking nearby with a Manticore so watch out 😁

[F350Platinum]

1 minute ago, Tony said:

Water hunting in the heat is great if you can dunk under and cool down......I wear a wetsuit in the summer as I usually start around 3am but it can be a 100F by 7am.....flush the suit with cool water and you're good to go for another 30 minutes. That photo shows some very calm water...are you hunting open ocean or a bay, inlet? 

It's a river. Big one in Northern Virginia. Very few times but often enough at slack tide it's placid, but it changes rapidly if there's any wind. I've seen 4-6 foot waves in it. I used to travel on it in my boat, but it has a temper. Sold the boat and got into RV'ing.

Right now I can't dunk, so water waist deep is my limit. Probably another few weeks until the incision is healed. 🙂

[Tony]

7 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

It's a river. Big one in Northern Virginia. Very few times but often enough at slack tide it's placid, but it changes rapidly if there's any wind. I've seen 4-6 foot waves in it. I used to travel on it in my boat, but it has a temper. Sold the boat and got into RV'ing.

Right now I can't dunk, so water waist deep is my limit. Probably another few weeks until the incision is healed. 🙂

Might have to pack some cold beers under whatever you are wearing....works for me.

[Tony]

Just now, Tony said:

but it changes rapidly if there's any wind. I've seen 4-6 foot waves in it.

I just read about the tragedy on Lake Tahoe.......shocking news. Wind fetch is the problem on big open water.