Bonestockz06
Jr. Member
So I get my AT Pro yesterday and I'm amped to go out and give it a shot. I have never ever MD in my life. After lurking in here for a while I decide to pull the trigger and get one.
Off the the beach which is only 5 minutes away. I wear my camo BDU's with my ranger hat and off I go. On the way there I realize, I need something to dig with? Ok, quick stop at home depot and buy a .99 4" diggin tool ( so I thought) and go on. Once there, I proudly pull my MD and off I go. Within the first minute I get a hit about 8" deep. I get on my knees and begin the dig. After couple of strokes I quickly get that palm fatigue and I realize I can barely get 4" despite my best efforts. To get 8" I'm really gonna have to put in some muscle.
I swear, I dug and dug and couldn't find anything. I quickly realized that my pinpointing skills were lacking heavily. So I decided to plant my own coins and get this pinpointing down packed. After about 1 hour I felt confident enough to give it another go. I get a signal, I dig and out comes a wheatie (my first find ever), I put it in my bdu side pocket and I keep it moving. I pulled a couple of pull tabs and a 1962 lincoln nickel. After about 2 hours my Bicep was killing me and my hand was in so much pain that I skipped everything with a reading of 4" or deeper which was about everything.
Coming to terms of how unprepared I was, I decided to call it quits. As soon as I get home I reach in my BDU pocket and the only thing left was my pull tabs and nickel. My WHEATIE was gone!!!! I had a small rip on the edge of the pocket big enough to fit the penny. I'm so bummed
Well, lesson learned. I will never go out again without the proper diggin tools and a proper place to stash my goods. I still can't believe I lost my first find......
Off the the beach which is only 5 minutes away. I wear my camo BDU's with my ranger hat and off I go. On the way there I realize, I need something to dig with? Ok, quick stop at home depot and buy a .99 4" diggin tool ( so I thought) and go on. Once there, I proudly pull my MD and off I go. Within the first minute I get a hit about 8" deep. I get on my knees and begin the dig. After couple of strokes I quickly get that palm fatigue and I realize I can barely get 4" despite my best efforts. To get 8" I'm really gonna have to put in some muscle.
I swear, I dug and dug and couldn't find anything. I quickly realized that my pinpointing skills were lacking heavily. So I decided to plant my own coins and get this pinpointing down packed. After about 1 hour I felt confident enough to give it another go. I get a signal, I dig and out comes a wheatie (my first find ever), I put it in my bdu side pocket and I keep it moving. I pulled a couple of pull tabs and a 1962 lincoln nickel. After about 2 hours my Bicep was killing me and my hand was in so much pain that I skipped everything with a reading of 4" or deeper which was about everything.
Coming to terms of how unprepared I was, I decided to call it quits. As soon as I get home I reach in my BDU pocket and the only thing left was my pull tabs and nickel. My WHEATIE was gone!!!! I had a small rip on the edge of the pocket big enough to fit the penny. I'm so bummed
Well, lesson learned. I will never go out again without the proper diggin tools and a proper place to stash my goods. I still can't believe I lost my first find......
