Beach hunting accessories Save money on beach hunting accessories In the picture you will notice the black belt "fanny pack" as they are known. This one is different as it does not bag outward where you could spill the contents when you bend down to dig but fits snugly around your waist without challenging your gender identification(if you know what I mean). It has 4 zippers and 9 pockets for different goodies and one ring holder. It can be found at your local Walmart store for the amazing price of $3.96. Needless to say if you picked one up like it at your detector supply you would probably be out $30. It is constructed out of nylon and is washable and easy to clean when it is full of sand. Next bring your attention to the little green shovel. This is the same size as the ones that I buy from the garden store for kids to use but those bend and break after a little beach use. This one instead goes for the amazing price of $9.96 and is constructed the same as the large shovels and should not bend or break so easy. I kept my ticket in case it breaks because the store stands behind is name brand products. I use these size shovels because they weigh hardly over a pound and this one has a plastic handle with a hook so I can just hook it over my belt and drag it behind me. I may look a little silly but when you hunt miles of beach you want something light and easy.

Winter hunting protection These are somewhat different than the ones I hunted with last winter as they have camouflage printed on the back side but they are the same neoprene gloves and priced at $15.95 at your fishing store(hurry they go fast!)

Save money on underwater "O"ring lubricant This one will really save you money as the manufacturers have decided that they can retire on the money they charge for the silicon lubricant we use on our underwater detectors. Please note; do not use this if it will invalidate your warranty or if you scuba dive with your detector. To test it before I put it into my detector seals I took a underwater camera case shown in the picture below: > I removed the back from the housing and removed all sealant on the "O"ring and its seat and applied a coating of the much cheaper silicon sealant shown below. I used Magic Lube II #650 sealant and lubricant which sells for $2.99 an ounce. I took twenty-two pounds of lead diving weights and attached them with a belt to the housing and lowered it into the deep end of my swimming pool. There I let it sit for a while and then pulled it up noting that NO WATER had leaked into the housing. I am not without experience in this type of seal because I bought a new 35 mm camera and housing in the early sixties that cost me quite a bit of money then and the first time I took it diving they did not include or recommend a sealant so I used vasoline much to my dismay as the salt water bubbled up drowning my brand new camera. At the time I was running an electronics shop and happened to have a tube of a new product that I got from the supply shop. This was a silicone lubricant that I applied to the silver contacts in the tuners that suffered from the silver turning black and not functioning correctly. I applied it to the seal and took it diving and "wonder of wonders" it worked just fine. I even took it deep diving with no problems. I realized then what it took for the "O" rings to be waterproof and to the best of my knowledge this is the product. It is the heaviest lubricant that you can get and I obtained it from a pool supply very cheaply. They use it to seal the "O"rings in the chlorinators on the pool pumps. I tested this for my own use down to a depth of five feet deep and it passed the test just fine so you can take a chance and try it or just continue to purchase the very expensive stuff. When you water hunt and replace batteries like I do then you use a lot of the stuff and one of those tiny tubes won't last very long. You must consider that you should use this at your own risk. You can see what I did this week as tropical rains poured floods of water all day and night for well over a week here. Hurricane Pauline has been feeding the heavy clouds right over us and the rain has been constant so I decided the next best thing to finding money is saving money.