Golden Beaches..

[Erik Oostra]

Unlike its real gold, Magnetic Island's gold coins are a replenishable resource.. They seem to sprout best during school holidays and tend to favour sunny beaches, particularly in the shade of palm trees.. Amazingly they also grow underwater, favouring the cooler deeper water at the back of bays.. I've got a hunch that gold coins are spread by feral animals, mainly humans..

These gold coins (Ozzy $1 and $2) were found during the week at my favourite hunting grounds ($65).. I've included some pictures of what these beaches look like.. Whilst they're never crowded, since the Corona virus has been eradicated they've been getting a steady stream of visitors again, even from overseas.. The beach in front of a backpackers called XBase and along Horseshoe Bay are the most productive as far as gold coins are concerned.. Both have pubs right on the beach.. Inside the shark nets at Horseshoe and Picnic Bays are also worth an early morning hunt at low tide..   

 

Picnic Bay.. If your eyes make it that far, you'll see the corner of the shark net on the right.. 

XBase Beach.. 

Geoffrey Bay.. About halfway along this bay is the 'Silver Mine'.. A good spot amongst the trees for old silver coins and the odd bit of gold jewellery.. 

Alma Bay.. My home bay.. 

Arthur Bay..

Horseshoe Bay..

Radical Bay.. 

[Chase Goldman]

Nice.  Rockin that 15" round coil, I see.  It would look nice on a new 900, Eric, dontcha think?  Combined with Vibration and 5 meter submersibility (and significantly less expensive than the M-core), it might just be the "do it all" Magnetic Island machine you've been waiting for.

BTW, what is the metallic composition of those Aussie dollar coins?  They are in great shape if they are composed primarily of copper like the US Golden Dollar copper clad coins.

[Erik Oostra]

5 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said:

metallic composition of those Aussie dollar coins

Both our dollar coins are made of 92% copper, 6% aluminium and 2% nickel.. 

[Erik Oostra]

1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said:

Rockin that 15" round coil, I see

It gets a lot of use alongside the ML 15x12.. As the photos show,  I need large coils to cover a lot of ground.. And you're spot on: They'll be great attached to a Nox 900.. Hoover Time! 😁

[Chase Goldman]

Very similar composition. The US coins have a pure copper core and an overall composition of 88.5% Cu, 6% Zn, 3.5% Mn, 2% Ni.  US dollar coins see significantly less usage in circulation than their Aussie couterparts.

[Erik Oostra]

2 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said:

US dollar coins see significantly less usage in circulation than their Aussie couterparts

Ours lose their gold shiny look really fast and become dull and tarnished looking.. once they get into the sea you've got to be real quick, they'll get a greeny corroded look within days..  

[beatup]

well done 

[Erik Oostra]

This map shows where these bays are located on the island.. XBase beach is at Rocky Bay..

[Valens Legacy]

Very nice shore lines and the second picture was also very nice.

Forgot to mention the coins on the coil, nice job on the saves.

You really need to take better pictures of girls on the beach for us as it is hard on our eyes trying to see them properly.

Good luck on your next outings and stay safe.

[geof_junk]

Eric you did not tell our USA friends that you got more small coins (2$) than the large ones ($1). I believe that is because you normally get only one, 1$ coin in your change where as you can get one or two, $2 or more.

Eric I told you to leave my beach alone and not advertise it to other so I an angry but will forgive you once again but you only get limited pardons.  😜