Ramjet's Garrett At Pro finds

[Ramjet]

Interesting. My mate was to the south of where most people sit and was getting most of the coins. Standing in the surf the pull was definately going south.

 

[Havinago]

Often the case with NE winds, but the net flow is always North. Another interesting point is Northerly winds cooler water, southerly winds warmer water

 

[silver]

All the good old targets will be right down deep in-between the oyster laden rocks that are still insitu from way back then ,.... when your hands are shredded by oysters you should be getting very close to the goodies ,... amazing how 150 year old buried oyster beds look brand new(except all the oysters are dead) when they have all the muck washed off them.

 

[Ramjet]

There was a layer of shell and pebbles about 20cm down.

 

[AtomRat]

Great medal and 1800's penny RJ Collect that copper too

 

[Mackka]

Gee Rocket you really know how to treat a mate hehehehehe!
What no countery at the pub?
Mackka

 

[rocketaroo]

I shouldave found that park 6 months later lol

 

[Ramjet]

Still plenty in there Rocket

 

[Heatho]

Nice hunting Rod, that medal is a nice find.

 

[Heatho]

Nice Rod, cant get my head around finding stuff thats been hit hard

As Rod said, nowhere is totally flogged out, sometimes you just need to slow right down or come at it from a different direction, even try some different settings or a different coil or detector. All the finds I've made in the last month were from the mankiest spot on the field I've been detecting. It's full of mozzies, under fig trees with long grass and the ground is always damp and the dirt is black, nowhere near as nice as wandering in the sun in the middle of the field.

Was dreading having to detect that strip under all the trees but is had paid off very nicely. still have about 30 metres of it to do.

 

[Goldpick]

Great work Ramjet, the victory medal was a pretty cool find. Can't help but think that a lot war related medals were tossed due to animosity over the wars and deaths of loved ones.

I still go over old sites in the hope of finding something I missed previously, nearly always come home with a few predecs for my efforts. Just got to think outside the square a bit on search methods, detector setup, and often the speed that you swing the coil. Running a smaller coil can also be beneficial in unearthing previously masked items.

 

[Goldtarget]

Nice Rod, cant get my head around finding stuff thats been hit hard

No place is ever "flogged out". It was very hot today so I stayed under the trees and went slowly over ground both Rocket and I have covered before. That's where I got the 1873 and the sixpence. Your coil only has to miss it by a couple of centre metres and you don't hear a thing.

Got a list from parks and gardens on which day is mowing day and which day is watering day in rotation, saved a bit of research and hopefully gives a few more finds. Love mowing day.

 

[Ramjet]

Today's target location was rained out but Rocket was keen to try his new sand scoop. Actually i think i saved Mrs Rocket from facing a murder charge.
The weather man said rain moving north so we headed south and managed to get past it into some sunshine. The tides were all wrong so it was only going to be recent drops. All good as the beach is a new environment for us to learn. Digging every target so I got a lot of trash, mostly foil from chocolates, lollies etc. Best find is the Storm trooper and I added a few tent pegs to my growing collection. The flower earing is junk and the little "A" charm is from yesterday's hunt and is 925 silver.

 

[rocketaroo]

Was a good day ty RJ, our finds will improve

 

[Havinago]

Not to shabby , I reckon those city beaches would be a hell of a lot better than my little regional ones, probably why i'm not overly convinced with beaches

 

[Heatho]

I'm keen to find more on the beaches but I don't really like beach detecting, no shade, glare from the sand, the wind, the noise from waves..... all the damned bobby pins. Detecting parks is easy, beach detecting is much harder, harder to get good finds but I guess once you find where the heavies have accumulated it can pay well.

We have some of the busiest beaches in oz 5 mins from my place and I still have trouble motivating myself to do them.

 

[Paulmarr]

Night time is best Heatho ... No sun and not s soul around ... The beach all to yourself ... I would not go day times anymore.

 

[Heatho]

Night time is best Heatho ... No sun and not s soul around ... The beach all to yourself ... I would not go day times anymore.

Yeah very true Paul, will have to give it a go over the next week or so.

 

[Ramjet]

I was all prepared to get into the surf tonight but 10,000 blue bottles told me otherwise. Managed to get stung 4 times. I did get a ring but it's another junker. I think the item at top, right of the pic was spat out by Rocket.

 

[silver]

Singer sowing machine foot.