Heya all

    I have been lurking awhile, ty all for the reports and nice post. I own a gun, never used it. I have been considering free diving for a while. I do however have lots of snorkling experiance, metal detecting in the ocean is my hobby. I have been spending countless hours in the water up till mid november, but due to my work schedule I have not been in for 2 weeks. It has been a bit chilly in the water to say the least, going to get a wet suit when i am done with this post. Anyway if anyone is going to do anything from shore in shallow water I would be game. throw me a call at 786-877-3485.




    Stevo

    Hello Stevo and welcome to the forum. When you say metal detecting in the ocean you mean on the beach or underwater? I have no idea how this can be done underwater. Snorkeling water time is just the kind of thing that will make spearfishing come naturally. Give it a little time and I'm sure you'll be able to coordinate a beach or boat dive with some guys here.

    Thanks for the replies all.

    Quote

    When you say metal detecting in the ocean you mean on the beach or underwater?

    Water detecting, I will detect up to 7' of water. Any deeper and it gets a little tough with a detector. The machine i have will go around 200' or so. I will usually find a couple pieces of gold each trip, its a nice hobby and the gold sells good. I have a couple rings atm that I would trade for a yak, prefably a tandem. Here is a brief description of 3 nice rings


    Left Mans diamond & emerald ring 18 kt size 8 1/2. 1ct total weight diamonds, 1ct total weight emerald


    Middle Mans wedding band 14kt yellow gold size 10 1.25 ct total weight diamonds


    Right Ladies diamond initial ring "G" around size 5 or 6. 18kt yellow gold 40 pts diamond



    Stevo

    Stevo, if it's not a trade secret :) can you post a link to your gear? I'm curious to see how different it is to the common metal detectors I see people using on the beach and how much it costs. I imagine it has electric circuits and a battery pack and that the whole thing needs to be waterproof.

    i use the Xcaliber] it cost around $1,200.00 as for the rest of my gear i just use a weight belt, cut off fin to fan with my foot, mask & snorkel. oh yeah i also wear a homedepot nail pouch for the junk and clad I find.




    Stevo

    Cojones, that looks like a serious machine. Serious business metal detection. What you said about the cut off fin for fanning reminded me of Cuba. Over there very few people have a metal detector. I knew a kid who's father had one. But often you could see guys with nothing but a mask and snorkel fanning the sea bottom along the beach. They used a paddle/fin that was cut out of plywood and was fairly rigid. For a footpocket they nailed a piece of inner tube to the plywood paddle. I used to wonder how long can one fan with that uncomfortable appendage.

    Quote from straight shaft

    Daaaamnn! Those are the three rings I lost yesterday at the beach!


    :nono: I think you're mistaken holmes - that first expensive lookin one with the bling looks like mine! :D

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Autocross Junkie

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member to leave a comment.

Register a new account
Sign in now