beachrumbum
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Anyone here snorkle detect? Often times as I am digging in the surf at the beach with my scoop I am contemplating if it would be easier to just snorkle. Anyone have experience or tips to share?
Anyone here snorkle detect? Often times as I am digging in the surf at the beach with my scoop I am contemplating if it would be easier to just snorkle. Anyone have experience or tips to share?
I snorkle in the river but have never tried in the surf. I rarely land hunt since I started hunting the water this year. I only snorkle in areas with light current. Not sure how it would work in the surf.
I'm thinking it could be good on calm days. Perhaps allow me to reach where other detectorist arent able. I dont have the funds or will to take up scuba just yet though. Sounds like I would eenjoy doing it in the river but I'm in florida and we have this obsurd bad on disturbing river bottoms which includes detecting and I'm just not willing to go to jail. I know a river swim spot that has been in use for years and as far as I know noone has detected there.
Florida has all kinds if obsurd rules. They even claim that anything found over 50 years old is historically signifigant and should belong to the state. So obsurd I'm inclined not to listen. That swim spot is very tempting.I am scuba certified and have all my own equipment but haven't been diving this year and have never tried using my detector while diving. I hope to give it a whirl sometime soon. I am glad we don't have a ban like that here. That old swimming hole would be very tempting.
I just about spit my coffee out reading this, your right, I've never seen a snorkel. Scuba, I trust you on this, hard work, but from looking at your post could pay off bigtime if done correct. Thanks for the info about the flag.In order to detect snorkels, you have to have good eyesight. Most are buried but you can see parts of them sticking out of the sand or muck. That is if you mean snorkel instead of snorkle!
Now if you want to detect while snorkeling there are a few things you must know. First since you are in Florida, you are REQUIRED to have a dive flag. That is also the law in Michigan. It is also very hard to recover a target if you are deeper than arms length. Bobbing up and down taking breaths is a lot of hard work. I would wear some weights so you are neutral buoyant and probably a plastic scoop, like a grain scoop with holes in it on a lanyard so you can scoop up sand and come back up to let it drain out.
Yes I have done it and it also takes a skill.
Where can I find the EXACT law on disturbing the river bottom? This should be interesting. If you drop an anchor you are disturbing the bottom, so something is fishy.
Anyone here snorkle detect? Often times as I am digging in the surf at the beach with my scoop I am contemplating if it would be easier to just snorkle. Anyone have experience or tips to share?
I'm thinking it could be good on calm days. Perhaps allow me to reach where other detectorist arent able. I dont have the funds or will to take up scuba just yet though. Sounds like I would eenjoy doing it in the river but I'm in florida and we have this obsurd bad on disturbing river bottoms which includes detecting and I'm just not willing to go to jail. I know a river swim spot that has been in use for years and as far as I know noone has detected there.
I'm located in the Bradenton sarasota area.Where in Florida are you? I have a gas powered compressor with two hookah lines.
Hey cntrydncr1,My friend...I"m getting scuba certified too! might be a challenge for me in the future! We can be dive buddies!
As others have said, it needs to be pretty calm. My guess is you could wade and detect in about 2ft chop, but trying to snorkel with a scoop in chop is pretty difficult, if not impossible. If you are fanning then you have to deal with constant up-downs and still getting pushed around in the surf. Practice safely with a weight belt and do some research on "Shallow water blackout"