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    Global Moderator Fire Fighter 43's Avatar
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    Private Beach hunt

    I recently got permission to detect the water at a private beach. The owner had told me that people have asked in the past but not recently. My 11” CTX coil took a crap 10 minutes into the hunt so I had to use the 6 inch. I Forgot my 17” and 5X10 but luckily I had the 6”. The shore line is about 100 yards long so I took my time and made 3 passes over a 3 hour period. As I got out deeper the sand got thicker and there were less and less signals so I figured the targets were out of the 6” range. I ended up with a fair amount of clad $1.96 and one buffalo nickel, no date. Only one ring and several junk pieces of jewelry.
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    Minelab Equinox 800, 15”Coiltek, 11” & 6”coils

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    Detectors since 1977: Simplex, DEUS, CTX 3030, F75 Ltd, Etrac, Excal II, V3i, DFX, GTI2000, Eagle II, 6000DI, 6DB, AlaskanTR4B, Beachcomber

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    Elite Member Digger_O'Dell's Avatar
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    Sorry to hear about your coil going bad. That's the first I've heard of a CTX coil failing! Still, congrats on the permission and the finds. Anytime you can get a buff is a good hunt. Hope you can get back with a bigger coil and get the deeper stuff!
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    Elite Member Bucknut's Avatar
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    I hope Minelab will take care of the coil for you! They did just that for me with my stock coil on my Etrac. Going back with a larger coil certainly will help to find more goodies.
    Detectors I use: Minelab Equinox 900 & Manticore
    Favorite finds I have made:
    1,000+ silver coins
    92pcs of 1700's Trade Era Silver
    Copper Culture Indian Artifacts
    125+ War of 1812 Era buttons and relics
    My wife
    (probably should have started with that one)

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    The Chief has an aura about him . Nice going !

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