Trokair
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Hello everyone. I have been beach detecting now for over a decade and I'm looking to make a bit of a change. My local beach is the Fenwick Island/Ocean City area of Maryland and Delaware and though I have put in a lot of time hunting, I have yet to get that elusive first gold ring. This area has decent wave action right at shore so I spend a lot of my time along low tide lines and after storms where possible but I've always had an itch that the "good stuff" is in the water, right beyond where the waves break and the water is around chest high on me. In my years I don't think I have ever seen anyone in the water searching, most likely attributed to the wave action since the water is never still so it will be a bit of a fight. So I have a few questions before I possibly sink some money into equipment to try this out.
- Is this feasible/does anyone do this in these kinds of conditions? I see a lot of people on Youtube in calm waters but nobody in harsh. Anyone have any experience with it?
- Is the Nokta PulseDive basically it for handheld detectors? With the wave action I think it would be too much to try and get my Excal out there. I looked around but other than non-branded knockoff stuff I found Quest and Nokta and it looks like everyone says Nokta
- Would it be worth trying to shore scuba or just go in short bursts? We are talking at most 10 feet of water though I would be concerned to try to get a full size rig back up on shore through the breakers. Maybe a smaller one for a half hour under water? My thought being a weight belt would help stabilize in the current but would be dangerous without air supply.
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