English Translation from French As a beachcombing enthusiast for years and after cleaning all the beaches around my home with many types of detectors, I had the good idea to buy a Minelab Excalibur II in order to avoid my detector always getting “sunk” by a wave or a heavy shower. But I didn’t expect that this waterproof metal detector would have such amazing performance! Not only did I find with it several rings in wet sand, but I have also been amazed to see its performance on dry sand. One winter evening, as there was nothing interesting to watch on the TV, I decided to go out for a quick detecting hunt on the beach nearby my property. I was detecting for 10 minutes, finding variety of coins (Euros, 1951 french Francs and some british coins. see pictures) but the sky was already dark for more than an hour and I thought about heading back to the car. As I already done enough detecting on the wet sand that day, I decided to follow my way back using the path on top of the dune. There I found some coins and a die cast toy car that my nephew will definitely love.