Night detecting with the Explorer SE Pro

[silver]

Splurge out and buy a stainless steel loupe GP,.. would save on wearing the goggles all night, you can just pull the loupe out each time you get a ring,.. if you end up sick and tired of pulling out the loupe then you'd know you were having a good night on the rings.
You can get one that has a light built into it as well(find them at the Gem Fairs).

 

[Goldpick]

I already have a backlit loupe, probably should carry it on me - cheaper to drop this in the drink than my reading glasses.

 

[silver]

You must have the upmarket loupe GP,... mines not quite as grand.

 

[Ramjet]

Mine has a white and "black" light which come in handy.

 

[Goldpick]

Mine has that ultraviolet light too when switched the opposite way, good for raves.

 

[Paulmarr]

I'm sure you used my loupe last night GP (hey pal ... Come over and read this for me (my son) ).

 

[Goldpick]

He's a bit big to store in my pocket. Might bring the missus down to potter around with the G2, she'd be happy just to find a coin or two, plus good for her to get out of the house.

 

[Pushingtin]

Wow great finds for the night! Conditions must have been just right. Congrats, may there be many more

 

[Goldpick]

Back down to the same spot tonight, conditions looked good, but the area came up target poor with only a lone sinker, some scrap lead, and a long thin piece of lead with patterns running down the length of it. Still a bit unsure to what it belongs to, it rings up in the gold range at 11:03, quite heavy, hence pretty certain it is made of lead (can be bent easily).

Once again I managed to come across one of those rare coin honey holes, with $12 in goldies all coming out of the same hole on the edge of a beach cut. Everytime I put my coil back over the hole, to my amazement yet another coin would pop out. I gridded up the surrounding area, but nothing else appeared, very strange how these coins manage to group together in the one spot. The staining is from a layer of rotting sea grass, very stinky black stuff.

 

[Goldpick]

Hit the beach again tonight, though back down to the local for a change, which is currently still sanded in. As it happens, I walked straight down from the car to the wet sand, and literally a minute after starting up the Explorer I walked over a 9 gram 925 silver bracelet - couldn't have been luckier if I tried.

After that I hit the dry sand for a few goldies, got bored with that so I headed off down the beach to try and spot any recent cuts that may yield something. I found a small cut in the beach that led down to a ripple flat which proved to be full of targets, 13 coins all up, plus a toe ring and a few other random bits of metal. I reckon once this sand is eventually gone, there should be plenty of targets that have built up over winter/summer, especially considering how long this area has been sanded in.

The spot that produced target after target, most being 10c coins, but still good fun.

 

[Goldpick]

Feeling a bit depressed tonight, so a walk down the beach was in order to get my head straight. Despite being hopelessly sanded in, I still managed to hook up a few targets, with a fair bit of lead, small heart shaped 925 earing, lots of copper rivets, and a rarity for me on the beach, a cooked up half penny.

 

[Goldpick]

Had another shot at the beach tonight despite the tides not being favorable, and true to form, I only managed a couple of goldies and some aluminium junk. Not to be defeated, I headed off to a spot away from the beaches that had thrown up a fair few coins and rings in the past (hadn't been there since early last year), and surprisingly it was still offering some goodies. Amongst the $2 coins and lead, I hit on a ring that I thought might be a keeper, but unfortunately just a junker. Next good target was a high silver type ID, which turned out to be a decent sized 925 silver ring with an amethyst stone, not a bad ring after a bout of electrolysis to rid it of its black tarnish.

Another interesting find was the J.Moss No.1 Adelaide button dating back to the late 1800's, that's the second one I have found, and belongs to a popular clothing supplier at the time.

Can't wait till the tides get lower, as this spot should hopefully produce some more rings in areas that are currently waiste deep in the water (I need a ctx!)

After electrolysis

Junker!!

 

[Ramjet]

A good hunt. Nice ring.

 

[Goldpick]

Tonight I went for a very long walk down several beaches to check out what was happening regarding sand movement and developing erosion, so it was pretty aimless detecting, just swinging as I walked along whilst checking conditions. Didn't really expect much, picked up a couple of coins and a toy car, and on the return trip to the car, I got one of those 00:27-28 signals indicating possible silver. Ended up pulling out a nice old 925 opal ring from about 30cms down, pretty damned lucky to find it considering the very small area of beach I was swinging over. It is marked with STG.SIL vs the usual .925 hallmark, now just need to give it a hit of electrolysis to clean it up.

 

[silver]

Lucked on it GP,... or did the silver smell draw you over it subconsciously ?(especially considering that you found it on the way back).
That sure is a beautiful looking white opal.

 

[Mikezoom]

That silver bracelet looks absolutely gorgeous mate!!!

Enjoying your hunts!

Mike.

 

[Goldpick]

Back to sinker heaven tonight, no rings unfortunately, but enough targets to keep one amused for a few hours. The big sinker is a whopper 228 gram piece, so far this year my lead scrap container is filling up rather quickly.

 

[Goldpick]

Gee, it was such a perfect night last night, no wind, no waves, dead still water and with a decent low tide. Unfortunately nothing spectacular on the coin or jewellery front, but a few interesting targets popped up. Got my first spoon for the year, a silver plated Sheffield spoon that was very deep, ended up digging a crater to find that. Also found an old pocket knife, a brass oar lock, and nearly a half kilo of lead. The sand is slowly being shifted from the beach, so hopefully something decent turns up over the next few days.

 

[Ramjet]

What do you call very deep GP? I am constantly being asked how deep will a detector pick up a target.

 

[Goldpick]

Ramjet, it was one of those sinking targets in wet sand with the hole collapsing in on itself, so pretty hard to judge the depth - certainly wasn't shallow though.

Just a quick beach detect tonight, same spot as with the G2 on the previous night. Not a hell of a lot around, though most of the coins occurred in the same locality, with a very crusty 1957 threepence not far from last nights one. The exception was the silver St Christopher pendant, found at the high tide mark further up the beach.
I've come to the conclusion that these pre-decs are most likely being spat out of sand that was pumped onto the beach, sand that was intially excavated from further up the coastline for reclamation works. It is not usual for pre-dec silvers to be lying around on or near the surface on this section of beach, anyway, that's my theory.