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| Tuesday's Rocket Launch As Seen From Sebastian. Photo by Alberto S. |
Great photo Alberto! The bigger you blow this up the better it looks. I saw the rocket go up but didn't get any photos.
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On 1/21/18 I showed on some reale finds reported by Terry S. You might recall that two of those reales were sight finds. They were seen lying on the surface. They weren't deep. In fact they weren't buried at all.
A few weeks ago I showed a cut and told about a few modern coins that were lying on the surface. I've also seen cobs on the surface in the past.
Obviously not all cobs are found on the surface, but most that I've found have been fairly shallow. I can't recall digging any that were real deep.
When you find a good hot spot on a beach ( as opposed to land sites ) most of the coins will not be deeply buried. If you find the best spots with the largest concentration of coins, it there is a good chance that some will on the surface in plain sight.
In the past I identified five ways that coins move on a beach. Despite what people say, coins do not sink down through the sand. They get buried, but they do not get pulled down through the sand by gravity. I've discussed that in detail in the past and talked about trigger points and the things that determine how sand and different objects move relative to each other.
All of the above is to set the stage for my main point which is that detecting depth is not the the primary factor for most cob finds. The important thing is being at the right spot at the right time. The big thing is to put your coil over a cob, which is not that easy, and as you know, it happens too infrequently.
Everybody always wants the best and deepest seeking detector. If they aren't finding much of anything they think it is because their detector isn't working well. If you don't have a decent detector, that won't help you, but the lack of finds is more often due to other factors.
You don't need a super detector to detect reales. Other than worn down fractional half reales, most reales will not be difficult to detect if you are using a decent detector and put your coil on one.
The trick is to put your coil over what you want to find. That is why I say that a detector won't find you anything. All it does is beep when your coil is over a target, but you have to put your coil over the target, and that is where most of the knowledge and skill comes in.
I'm not saying that the detector has no effect. You do need a decent detector and you need some level of skill. You must have confidence in your detector. That is very important. That is one reason I suggest a lot of experimenting and testing. If you do that, you'll know what your detector will or will not do and how to use it for best results.
I've been saying that I was going to revisit my formula for metal detecting success, but I've been putting it off. Here is is.
S = L x T x Sk x E x D.
S is the amount of success in terms of number of finds. L is location. T is time spent detecting. Sk stands for skill level. D, the detector used, and E is amount of effort or determination.
I talked about the first four factors in the recent past. I talked about the effort factor in my 1/9/18 post, for example.
D is for the type of detector you use and its capabilities - not how you use it. How you use your detector is part of the skill factor.
There is a detector factor. I agree with that, but as long as you have a decent detector, it is not a big factor. I put the detector factor last in the formula because I think it is the least important of the factors listed.
There is one more factor that I will be adding to the formula. It is something that I am personally not good at, which might be why I missed it.
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Concerning Sebastian Steve's mystery find that I posted a couple days ago, Darrel S. said, I forgot to mention that I visited the old Piper shop on Aviation Blvd many years, ago. Yes, there were planes from that period, but was told the pieces I showed them (same as in your blog) were probably old flashing from construction sites. Most of the snips used in cutting metal have serated edges.
However Steve P. offered the following: I agree with DB, as an aircraft mechanic, it looks like aviation snips pattern.
Thanks guys.
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I recueved a great Ole Timer Talk to post soon concerning holed coins.
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The tides are now small, and it looks like the surf will remain in the two to four foot range for a couple weeks.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
