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i know im gonna sound nuts here with this story but here goes.
i just got home from the beach an hour ago after finding something rather weird. it was roughly the size of a 55 gallon drum lid. but its not iron/steel hit with a vdi of 83-85. heres where everyone will think im nuts, it was roughly 30-36 inch deep. here are the conditions
belmar nj, salt water beach, between a play area and the boardwalk,
was running my spectra v3i with a blend of fox's beach/salt beach/my own twist
got a very solid hit of 83+ vdi showing 12 inch while running 12 gain with tx on. pin pointed it very solid and dug down to where it was. nothing there, so i rechecked the hole and its still there. thinking i was getting a false signal i turned off tx and and it was still solid at 83+. so i dug some more and made a bigger hole(thank god it was sand) and was showing 9 inch down still and i was about 20 inch down. thinking something was really wrong here i did a fresh ground balance and dropped Rx to 5 and still hitting solid in it straight down in the hole.
kinda late for this but long story short i dug down 30-36 inch deep and hit something after clearing out as much as i could around it, it looked like a rusty lid but not showing up as rust in any way on the detector. tried all i could to get it out intact but it was too big to get out, so i chiseled a line in it and bent it till it broke. when i got it out its still 83-85+ vdi.
here are some pic's
whole piece i got
heres the piece i broke off the main piece and hit on my wire wheel
contrast of buffed and un buffed
if anyone has any questions that might help ask away. and i wasn't drunk hunting or hunting under the influence
i just got home from the beach an hour ago after finding something rather weird. it was roughly the size of a 55 gallon drum lid. but its not iron/steel hit with a vdi of 83-85. heres where everyone will think im nuts, it was roughly 30-36 inch deep. here are the conditions
belmar nj, salt water beach, between a play area and the boardwalk,
was running my spectra v3i with a blend of fox's beach/salt beach/my own twist
got a very solid hit of 83+ vdi showing 12 inch while running 12 gain with tx on. pin pointed it very solid and dug down to where it was. nothing there, so i rechecked the hole and its still there. thinking i was getting a false signal i turned off tx and and it was still solid at 83+. so i dug some more and made a bigger hole(thank god it was sand) and was showing 9 inch down still and i was about 20 inch down. thinking something was really wrong here i did a fresh ground balance and dropped Rx to 5 and still hitting solid in it straight down in the hole.
kinda late for this but long story short i dug down 30-36 inch deep and hit something after clearing out as much as i could around it, it looked like a rusty lid but not showing up as rust in any way on the detector. tried all i could to get it out intact but it was too big to get out, so i chiseled a line in it and bent it till it broke. when i got it out its still 83-85+ vdi.
here are some pic's
whole piece i got
heres the piece i broke off the main piece and hit on my wire wheel
contrast of buffed and un buffed
if anyone has any questions that might help ask away. and i wasn't drunk hunting or hunting under the influence
