Wasn't an hour. bout 30 minutes. It's called using my lektronics to see where the feshes were. I eased around with my 997 for abit first. Ain't that why you buy it, to see where the feshes are? Had I not lost those 2 buckets, I'd have won the thing cause I had them located but by the time I came back through where they were, I'd love the buckets and was going to fast