2 of 3 Dual Fields one modded by Bill Lahr to 12 uSc--PI Pro threshold / "front end". Fisher CZ 5 "Mr Goldmaster" phones Minelab Excalibur "Blue Tubes" interchangeable coils and phones. Eric Foster CS6PI 10" coil Eric Foster Goldquest Aquasearch 12" coil Anchor...

Sand Textures This is equally as important as the grade.  As we move into examining the site conditions in deeper water, the texture of the material becomes more important.  Sand texture determines whether or not there will be heavy targets present. A big part of...

Identifying Bottle Caps I thought it would be a good idea to write a separate section on identifying the ever-present bottle cap.  One reason is because firstly many caps have a nice spongy sound that can initially be mistaken for gold.  Secondly, with its multiple...

Was very lucky to acquire this pristine Anchor Electronics Barracuda from a buddy who "knew I would take good care of it" just as he's done.   The super rare large coil is mint and has had preventive mods done to the hardware.  This 9V detector is very deep, has...

Understanding All-Metal Carry-Over Responses When I began hunting with the Sovereign and Excalibur, I noticed that a lot of signals had this segmented quality that usually meant that something was very close to the coil.  A signal would come in with a wide, drawn-out...

6/ A “Function of the Numbers“ Large numbers of people always increase your odds of finding something of value.  These numbers can be in the form of day-to-day crowds or cumulative--the result of usage over time.  At my local beach there is rarely much jewelry to be...

W/P TDI Pro: Great deep pulse but it could be more stable--especially in fast salt water.  Really, its me that has a lot to learn with this one.  Great to have a waterproof machine that's gold field capable.t's Goldquest Aquasearch:  An old standby that has great...

Last couple of hunts, all 14k total 13.1 gr. All with the CTX.

Our local beach has become a lot tougher in the past few years.  It's kind of funny to me because there are a lot of guys who consider themselves to be "pulse hunters" but they don't really bring too much skill to the task.  They dig everything--not bothering  to size...

  Where there is not so much trash, open screen “audio methods” are more common. The idea is to examine a “composite” of a response’s features: consistency, tone, whether or not the cursor position is stable, target trace, and cross-sweep information. As a long...

Now where's the gold?

In previous books I've tried to teach hunters to understand the shoreline features that determine where gold will come to rest and be held. Learning about how these features operate is the difference between a focused, well thought-out hunt and relying on pure fluke....

“Where there's one, there's more.” A top pro buddy of mine says this often. While there are certainly such things as “anomaly” finds, where you have ground that produces gold and silver consistently, there is always more to be found. These finds may be currently out...

37/ A Bit More about Target Classification I’ve mentioned target classification briefly in previous books---the process whereby objects are grouped within the strata based upon their weight and density. While I’ve always known this to be true--I didn’t know just how...

8/ Discriminate Problems I find most of my stuff going in behind hunters who want to speed things up by relying on discriminate mode. The reason for this is because I’ve learned that any discriminate feature is basically at the mercy of conditions.  For example, there...

The Sovereign and Excalibur were my first introduction to a kind of detector that has a heavily processed signal.  What I mean by that is that a lot of things happen in-between ground and headphone.  With this kind of machine, if your settings are correct--there's a...

A lot of bands.  Best in the middle: rock 50 pts in 18k, a ban d 18k 7 gr., PLAT 14.3 gr., 18k 11.3 gr. & A Cartier band 18K 7.2 gr.  Total 3.9 ozs.  I've g0tten good results with the CTX 3030 using Andy's Beach and Jay's Gold programs and my trusty Dual Field--a...

Thought I would post this just to say what worked.  Obviously a '66 quarter is nothing to run screaming with but here's how I got it from a new park site.  First I looked for the old-growth trees.  Then I started hunting around them paying attention to the depth...

10/ Grades: “The Big Picture” The overall grade of a shoreline site is the most important thing to understand. This is critical “make or break” site knowledge. I've even seen top pro hunters get into a site and waste time up on ground that was just too high to have...

Exchange Exchange is something that happens on shorelines that have some level of wave action. Where you have a faster wave interval, more material is pushed in than is drawn out. When the waves subside, this same material falls back out into deeper water. Sometimes...

A very hard week in the water against some very tough competition.    I used some of the methods described in my new book: "Water Hunting Secrets of the Pros: Volume 11"-assessing the sites fully and determining when it was necessary to cover ground, get depth with my...

My new book is an advanced guide aimed at helping the serious shoreline treasure hunter to fully understand the sites you hunt and become more versatile,  accurate and effective in your methods. "Water Hunting: Secrets of the Pros: Volume 11" Clive James Clynick is...

Still haven't found anything deeper or as conclusive as this  Fisher CZ5 10" coil. It's modded with (legendary) "Mr Goldmaster" phones.

Quite a beautifully crafted Russian chain, 14K tri-tone 77 grams.  Found by Roland with the Minelab CTX 3030.  We've had good results with this detector using such settings as "Andy's Beach" and "Jay's Gold" programs.

  My buddy found this set up on the edge yesterday with his Minelab CTX 3030.  The main stone is about .80 princess cut.

These are from a week-long hunt with the CTX 3030.  Total is 1.55 ounces--26 grams of 18k.  I also used the CTX 3030 with the 17" coil.  This coil got me down to gold that had been in the ground so long that it came out green.  

Thought I would put up a picture of this great custom scoop that Chuck from Sunspot Tooling made for me.  It's a 720i, extreme angle with an aluminum / wood travel handle and a Stout's Backsaver grip.  This scoop has gotten me a lot of gold --even in digs that others...

Some of the results of a tough week in the water in Punta Cana.  Cross is 14k 18.9 gr. the band is 14k 18.5 gr.

These are some local gold finds made with the Minelab Excalibur, Minelab Sovereign and a Whites Dual Field modded by my friend Bill Lahr that runs at 12 uSc. It's one of the best optimised detectors I've ever used also has a great faint range. The conditions have been...