Gold of The Dual Field - One Months Worth

[DrJoePrime]

Gold of The Dual Field - One Month's Worth

Hope this doesn't jinx me ... but I had to do a family portrait of my Dual Field's Gold successes..about 48.44 grams total.

I DO Love my Dual Field!

 

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[nor kal kid]

Which model is it.

 

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[DrJoePrime]

Wow...A little surprise for me when a post from 2012 pops up again!

Those finds were from primarily beaches within about 3 miles from me...specifically Seal and Long Beach. The exception is the 1st one, a baby ring found at Corona Del Mar.

I now have another Dual Field ...possibly not quite as hot. The original one had an "ear" problem...which I fixed but it failed again.

Getting possibly too lengthy here...but I also now have a Garrett ATX. It is much deeper than the DF ...but not as productive. The ATX is HORRIBLY heavy...comes with a swing strap (which I lost). So..I started going to the gym and actually got to the point of swinging that ATX for 3 or 4 hours comfortably.

Sad to say...though....I overdid it with the Dual Field back when we had the rain and a lot of erosion. I went straight to detecting after my yoga class. No lunch..no rest. and detected for a good 5 hours straight. My right shoulder was complaining but the detecting was so good (thousands of coins) that I persisted and over-did it. I was babying the shoulder for the next few days.Then while on the rowing machine at the gym...same weight as the last 9 months...something went b o i n g in the front olf my shoulder. Was a bit painful but I was careful and it seemed to get better but detecting was very difficult..even with the Dual Field which is not really heavy....OK better fast forward to a few days ago...Tying my shoelaces I jerked my shoelaces tight and my right bicep went p o p! SO the bicep looks swollen and sensitive and today I notice a bruise forming. Have no idea what is going on...and it looks like a visit to urgent care tomorrow is on my agenda.

As a retired engineer I can appreciate the punishment the shoulders can receive as we hold a metal detector out in front of us. A lot of stress on that joint!

I had an especially good early 2016 and hopefully will be able to write it up on here as I recuperate.

 

[DrJoePrime]

So a quick update: Torn bicep muscle. Getting an orthopedic doctor tomorrow to find out my options. Surgery or heal by itself. Meanwhile I'll be practicing left handed swinging!

 

[gold fever pete]

Good job Joe...Did ya make the move? Haven't talked to ya in awhile. HH GFP

 

[timmysys]

I wish you a speedy recovery and health!

So a quick update: Torn bicep muscle. Getting an orthopedic doctor tomorrow to find out my options. Surgery or heal by itself. Meanwhile I'll be practicing left handed swinging!

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

That's why we have two arms - when one goes we can use the other to swing the detector...you want to only pick-up the gold and silver for awhile. I actually tore off my short head bicep muscle from my left (dominant) arm while golfing. It took a year before I could raise my arm a certain way and even today, 4 yrs later, I have what they call a "Pop-eye muscle" and you can visually tell muscle tissue is missing from my upper arm...never to fully recover and not rich enough for surgery. May you have a better outcome.