- Oct 6, 2009
- 1,212
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- MXT 300/Excal II/Surf Dual Field
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
While here at the Mayo Clinic, figured I'd hit the beach and give it a try... Too busy with appointments during the week while it was warm, cold front blew in and it barely reached 60 degrees today and the wind was blowing about 20 mph..
Took a little bit to figure the MXT out in the salt, finally flipped the salt switch and still wasnt sure if it was missing stuff or if the beach was just clean. Found a key to a Saturn, a pretty corroded piece of a necklace that was junk, then went up to the dry sand area and flipped back to ground and then started finding clad and of course, tons of bottle caps.. Ended up with $0.83 in clad and other misc. junk like a hair barrett, bottle opener, etc.. All in all a great day, as I learned a lot about the MXT and the sounds it makes..
But, that beach is sure picked over and CLEAN!... Saw 4 other MD'ers there, only talked to one, an 88 yr old fellow that searches every day.. Said he had "a coffee can full of gold jewelry" and it was kind of cute when he said "I should probably cash it in, gold is at $900/ounce now"... I told him it was pushing $1040 and his eyes lit up and he said "really, I guess I really need to cash it in then"...
Gonna try again tomorrow even though it is supposed to be in the 50's...
I sure love the MXT so far!
Took a little bit to figure the MXT out in the salt, finally flipped the salt switch and still wasnt sure if it was missing stuff or if the beach was just clean. Found a key to a Saturn, a pretty corroded piece of a necklace that was junk, then went up to the dry sand area and flipped back to ground and then started finding clad and of course, tons of bottle caps.. Ended up with $0.83 in clad and other misc. junk like a hair barrett, bottle opener, etc.. All in all a great day, as I learned a lot about the MXT and the sounds it makes..
But, that beach is sure picked over and CLEAN!... Saw 4 other MD'ers there, only talked to one, an 88 yr old fellow that searches every day.. Said he had "a coffee can full of gold jewelry" and it was kind of cute when he said "I should probably cash it in, gold is at $900/ounce now"... I told him it was pushing $1040 and his eyes lit up and he said "really, I guess I really need to cash it in then"...
Gonna try again tomorrow even though it is supposed to be in the 50's...
I sure love the MXT so far!
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