mn90403 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Last night I decided to use the 6" coil on the beach after my first usage in the desert on Saturday morning. Wow, was I surprised. I thought I'd go out for a short hunt at about 11:30 PM and be back in a couple of hours. It turned out to be a lot more fun than that. As soon as I got to the beach I knew the conditions were pretty good but this 6" coil has been burning a hole in my floor since I used it on Saturday looking for nuggets. I gave it one day of rest and then I had to go use it on the beach. My first target was a dime. It sounded good and it was down about 3 inches. Not bad I thought for the little coil and then I came across a lot of pennies. Often times I won't dig them but I wanted to know how deep the coil could see them so dig, dig, dig. I was finding pennies at 6-7 inches with no problem. I know because the diameter of my sand scoop is 6 inches like the coil. After many pennies I wanted to get to a different part of the beach so I skipped them for a bit. When I got to where I wanted to be someone was up on the blanket line with their detector. I hunted along the wet sand in Beach 1 all out (25). I started finding some quarters. I worked my way down the beach and I looked up and saw a guy 25-30 yards ahead of me coming in my direction. (I ignore this guy because he doesn't fill his holes.) I turn back away from him to work my little section and I get an 8 signal. I dig down about 7 inches and I see the rose colored ring in the scoop. ( I don't know what is in this ring.) The other guy has just walked past me so I drop it in my pouch so he can't see it. I swing around the find area and about 20 feet away I get a 3 ... it is the Michael Kors belt buckle ring. (Fun to find but not worth much.) All along I'm finding more quarters and the $1 coin. I walk down to a beach I call Ring Beach but nothing to be found. On the way back I hunt a newly exposed area near where I found the two rings. I get a signal that jumps between 12 and 14 but never staying on 13. It turns out to be a 14/20 Toe Ring. So, now I have 3 rings with the smallest coil I've ever used on the beach. Something is going right. Along the way I find a fine chain. There were a couple of the quarters I dug that had to be 9 inches deep. It was a fun first time on the beach with the 6 inch coil but it won't be the last time. Mitchel 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 very nice, Mitchel! You seem to know your beach very well... fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Mitchel you defintiely put that 6" coil through it paces and did well!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 2 hours ago, fredmason said: very nice, Mitchel! You seem to know your beach very well... fred Thanks Fred. This weekend I want to use it on the Hot Patch and any other place I can get on. Mitchel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Holy cow, good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Great Finds Mitch, You sure have the experience for some nice beach finds... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 I got to another beach last night with the 11 inch coil and found 4 rings and almost $14! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick R Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) mn90403, are you hunting the wet in the water or the dry sand. I have a condo in Fla and bought the 800 for the beach. I did pretty good when I first got it not knowing that much about the machine. I will be back in Fla in Oct hunting the 1715 shipwrecks beaches if the conditions are right! Right now it's just too hot to be out looking for gold and meteorites around Vegas but will use it for them when it cools down! Edited August 16, 2018 by Rick R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 What a fantastic hunt - Congratulations! I have only used the stock coil with my NOX 600 on the beach, never even thought about using the smaller coil - guess I need to re-think that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 I have been trying to sign in for a day now with my Google Chrome but it says 'page not responsive' so I am using Microsoft Edge. I need to 'reset' the browser. Now that I am here I wanted to post my picture for the 2 hour hunt yesterday with the EQ800/11. Mitchel 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdigger Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Killer finds Mitchel , I have not had the chance to get my 6"coil out like I would like...Keeping an eye on my Dad, he had eye surgery on the 8th and he will have another one o the 22nd, plus taking him to VA...kept me busy..... Great finds, keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Mitchel, it looks like you are loaded for bear for tomorrow night's PCSC find of the month competition with such nice displays. See you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 I returned to the last beach this morning just two days later and found a single dime! The beaches are fickle. Mitchel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondmn Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 really nice finds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Mitchel: That middle ring in your July 24th post, the one that looks like a belt with a buckle -- There are some vintage Mexican artisan rings that, I believe, introduced that style concept back in the 1940's or 50's. Any hallmarks on the one you found? It looks too new to be one of the original early Mexican silversmithing pieces, but you never know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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