Nuke em Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Yesterday after work which i finished at 8pm i got home and had a while to rest before going to the beach for the night . I got there at around 1am and first because the tide was very high and long i used the 705 on the dry tops for the coinage . For the first hour or so i seemed to miss all or most of the coinage , seemed to be passing around them i think . Then when i got to an area near pubs i started to find a steady stream of coinage , after a while i found a then broken now fixed Silver bracelet and a lighter. After that i was still finding more coinage . At around 4am it was starting to get light and i knew it would be time to change to the Nox but for a while longer i stayed with the Terra and then on the tops which in a small area were being turned over by a digger i found an old Silver ring . At about 5am i took the Terra's control box and coil off the Anderson stem and put the Nox box and coil on and started the low tide , soon after i found a small Silver ring and a few coins but the finds were few and far between . At around 6am a few other people turned up to detect and 2 were using Nox's . After seeing and talking to the first one i saw i went along the beach into the surf a bit and found a Silver band . By 7am i was getting a bit knackered and wanted rest but the long low tide kept me going for a bit longer but apart from a few targets i was getting nothing else so at 8.30am i finished and left the beach. My finds with the Terra were £49.96p , a Silver ring and Silver bracelet and the Light and a small foreign coin and a 20 Euro Cent . My finds with the Nox were £4.86p , 2 Silver rings and 2 x 20 Euro Cents . The tides will be getting shorter from now so not sure when i will use the Nox next , maybe a different beach somewhere but my normal beaches are not sandy all the time unless long tides . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gillespie Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Nice details of your night hunt. Glad to see the rings. I hope to try my hand at beach hunting later this year. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke em Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, Mark Gillespie said: Nice details of your night hunt. Glad to see the rings. I hope to try my hand at beach hunting later this year. Congrats. Its a good way to pay for the hobby . And Gold is far more likely on the beaches than land in many places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I have only found gold at the beach and silver on land, save for one Sterling + Turquoise earring I found at the beach with the EQX. Go figure. Anyway - nice rings Nuke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke em Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Just now, Chase Goldman said: I have only found gold at the beach and silver on land, save for one Sterling + Turquoise earring I found at the beach with the EQX. Go figure. Anyway - nice rings Nuke. Most of my Gold has been on the beaches but i have found a Gold Mourning ring at a Weekend Wanderers dig on 7 June 2009 and the week before on the same farm but in different fields i found a rare Gold Quarter Stater of the Cantii tribe . I still have that but gave the ring to the farmer after it was returned by the British Museum when they decided that it wasn't wanted by them . I found a Gold wedding band for a friend of my Brother in 2008 , a Gold ring for a neighbours friend that was lost for a while . Took 10 minutes to find. Apart from Roman and 1 Celtic Silver and Hammered coins most of my Silver has been on beaches too . Over 350 Silver rings/Chains + others off the beaches so far since 2006 but only have half of them left . Wish i kept all my finds now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Wow that IS a lot of precious metal over the decade+. What is your standard obligation to the landowner if the the finds are returned to the detectorist? I know that if the find is retained for its historic value and cash is paid out, that the landowner gets 50%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke em Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 On club digs we are allowed to keep anything if its not a treasure item . If treasure then its 50 50 . If not treasure and a farm that isn't a club dig then its 50 50 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nig the Dig Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 wow! Richard you sure know your detectors. great day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy2640 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Hi Nuke em. Awesome matey! Beats a pension fund that's for sure! Good on ya brother. Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke em Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Andy2640 said: Hi Nuke em. Awesome matey! Beats a pension fund that's for sure! Good on ya brother. Andy. I thought so too but that idea has gone down the U bend because of cashless society. Still there a few days that will produce. My next hit might be one of them , we'll see tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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