1000+ Scoops

[mn90403]

Last night I went to one of my normal beaches.  It was target rich after an afternoon of high tide, wind and waves.  It has been several months since a day like yesterday and the beach was loaded with targets.

When I got to my normal starting spot, I was a little disappointed with the slope of the beach.  It didn't appear to be cut.  I looked at the moon, the waves and took a couple of steps and BAM!  I found myself at the bottom of a 4-5ft CUT!  My hat came off with my light, sand got in my rubber boots, the detector went to one side and luckily the scoop and handle went to the other side.  I didn't know what happened.

As it turned out I was fooled by an 'infinity look' at the top before I tumbled.  Of course I learned all of this after the fall rather than before.  It looked like a steep slope but not a cut.  When I put myself together, I started hunting this cut that was larger in some areas and less in others.  This was one of my go to beaches that had very few targets the days before.  It was the same beach I used the 5000 on a couple of days ago and then the 800/15 which I used last night.

I wish I had my cell phone to take a picture of the cut.

When you work a cut like this you wonder which direction to go.  It would have been an easier choice if I had entered the beach in a safer manner.  I started working it and noticed the sand was a bit fluffy against the walls.  This helped in my fall but didn't hold the targets I was expecting.  I didn't see anyone else out so I hurried to work the cut first which means you walk it and go one swing away from the wall.  You don't walk down the slope to the waves ... yet.  The wall I worked was close to a mile.  It held the stainless-steel chain and cross and a couple of the 8 rings.  I switched back and worked the wall back below my first swing.  I was finding 'patches' of quarters and dimes but I still wanted to 'cherry pick' the wall listening for good tones.

When I was done with that I walked back again going lower and getting the 15g silver ring and some of the heavy weights.  Unfortunately, there were no heavy gold rings in these patches.  I did manage the one gold wire ring.

This is the tally.

76 Quarters (personal best)

66 Dimes

24 Nickels

55 Pennies

48 Pieces of junk

19 Pieces of jewelry

This is 291 recoveries in my 5 lb bag at the end of the night.  So let's say 300 including a few pieces I didn't keep.  I dug at many targets that were just black sand at times without a recovery.  Quite a few targets could be recovered shallow with a couple of scoops but many required a lot more effort.  So let's say an average would be a bit above 3 scoops per target.  That is where I get my 1000 scoops!

Who knows where I'll go tonight.  I hope it is some place with more gold.

Here are the coins.

 

Here is the jewelry.  (Added 11/4 The silver chain is 21g)

Here is the trash.

Here is the 5 lbs of stuff.

This was from Sunday Night.

This was from Saturday Night with my 5000/Coiltek.

 

 

[F350Platinum]

Wow, what a bonanza! Great job, sure gets tough digging all that. It reminds me of the first time I detected an unhunted campground, but I didn't get much jewelry. 👍 I feel your pain and elation 😀

[Skate]

You're lucky your fall occurred at the beginning of your hunt. All those coins would have buried you if that had happened at the end. That is an epic evening and I'm well aware they don't come around like that often. Things are shaping up here up the coast from you as well but we just don't have the mass of humanity that you do in your area to build up those kind of numbers. Congrats on a great day that would really be most peoples months if not year. 

[Rick N. MI]

Wow, that's amazing how many hours did that take. With all that digging it's surprising you didn't find gold. Nice heavy silver ring is good.

[mn90403]

This was from about 10-3 AM.  If I would have known I was that far away from 100 quarters I would have kept going but you have to get some sleep sometime.

[Tony]

That is insane…..bet you slept well later on. Like others, I’m surprised there wasn’t more gold. Must be savvy beach goers who choose to leave their gold at home (smart move but I wished they didn’t 😉).

[Joe D.]

   That was a phenomenal🤯 hunt MN!! Especially considering the start! You were very lucky not getting hurt, or breaking your equipment!🍀

   I rarely hunt in the dark, so I haven't fallen off any erosion cliffs! But in a few places on the Treasure Coast, they are high enough for that to easily happen; day or night! Not to mention the very real threat of a collapse, that can quickly kill you, hunting next to them! It happened to someone here recently that was taking sunrise pictures! He was later found suffocated, with only his legs sticking out!!😔

    Your trash to finds ratio was also excellent! Hope next time it produces like that, there is more gold in the mix!

Keep up the good work!!🍀👍👍

 

[schoolofhardNox]

One helluva hunt!! I can't believe that no gold showed up either.  Maybe there is another line lower that has more lead and possibly the gold. Either way, nice collection of jewelry and a fantastic coin total!

[mn90403]

There are no silver coins in the mix.  Most of the coins are 'blown in' from the deep but a few are from the wash down of the bank.  They are stained and corroded with very few with dates in the last couple of years.

[mn90403]

1 hour ago, Joe D. said:

You were very lucky not getting hurt, or breaking your equipment!🍀

Joe,

I just realized something about the way I carry my detector that probably made a difference.  I don't wear a cuff!  I just put my elbow in the holder I got from Steve's Rods (the original broke too many times to glue any more) and away I go.  When I fell I let go of the detector and it was not stressed nor my body.