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Finally got out again this afternoon. Beautiful warm day, great weather here. Went north on this beach today, didn't think I'd find much. Only went about 1/2 mile. Ended up with 2 more quarters, two dimes, and 6 ridiculously salt-crusted and corroded Zincolns, and an odd piece of soft metal that was a 15 ID. It unfolded easily. Junk take was pretty big, lots of sinkers. It's a REALLY clean beach, you know it when you found something. Found these odd storm wash piles that kept producing the encrusted pennies. I'll probably hit them again tomorrow.

Nice finds Chris! Wasn't able to go out this morning because of a satellite malfunction but gonna hit the beach this evening. You are one of those folks with natural luck and talent finding stuff.

Nice of you to do that. Cool to have an objective, I hope they didn't plant a tree over it 😀

It's definitely a Waterbury (Scovill) two piece. It's very similar to the 1861 - 1865 beat up Dragoon button I found a while back. The letter one it will tell you what branch of the military it was - if it's a 'D' it's cavalry (Dragoons). Nice find!

True! I went 600 miles South thinking I'd have fair winds an' following seas. Turns out today was warmer back home than here. 😵 Not so tomorrow tho. They'll be shiverin' their timbers, and it'll be nice here. I thank you all for making this one of the best life decisions I've ever made. It's been a blast so far, thanks for putting up with me.

I think at my level of experience that would be a fine day. Toting all the lead isn't fun, but there are trash cans along the beach. I may just be hitting the lucky spots where hunting isn't too difficult. Going to go up in the Albemarle sound later this year, that should be interesting, and Emerald Isle.

Just for the numbers folks, it was 7.25 high, .52 low today. Think I hit this place at a good time!

Thanks! I treasure finding anything that isn't a pull tab or a sinker so far. If I had all day there would be more. It's been good, no EMI or difficulties. Clean beach, very little iron. Some noise in the hole but I'm learning to use the carrot in salt. Yesterday was less in value. The South African Rand is worth 68 cents, and the two pennies made it 70.

One day. Or should I say tide? 7 to 10' up and down, every cycle. 10.9' highest recorded. The beach in some spots almost disappears. It was about 8' today.

Thanks. I'm enjoying the walk, I covered about a mile zigzagging up and down the beach. Went out early this morning to avoid the inevitable "finding anything?" There is a certain depression in the beach where I find the most stuff, kinda a "trap". It has a certain look to it. Caught on to that right away, the older stuff is there. Tomorrow I'm thinking of bringing my scoop or my Predator, I've had to let some stuff go because of the waves. Even 10-20 feet from the surf line the holes fill in fast. I don't know how much tide y'all deal with but it's 10 feet here, the water recedes about 100' or more from the dunes. Beach gets big, then really small. The tide even covers some of the towel line!

😀 At least I'm .72 closer to the thousand or so dollars I've spent! 🥳

Kinda cold this morning, but it was slack low tide when I went to the beach. It's only about 1/2 mile from where I am. Spent about 2 hours going over where I went yesterday but at lower levels of the 10 foot tide. There are almost "hourly" cuts in the sand, but it is more from the cargo ships on the Savannah River. When they pass 3-5 foot waves hit the shore. Came back on the towel line, but the lower cuts were more fruitful. Thought I'd get near a mussel patch thinking it might trap coins, but even though there were good IDs I couldn't dig more than 2 inches with my composite trowel. It was also a waste to try anything close to the water without a scoop, the holes filled in immediately. Dug two of everything! I was surprised that a '95 quarter would look as good as a 2018. It's probably because it is still in circulation. Got one recognizable Zincoln, a '98, and one totally encrusted. At first I thought I had 3 pennies but it turned out one was a dime. It is totally green. The other may yet give up a date but it is a Roosevelt. Two bronze beads finish it up. I know this isn't a big deal, but those beads are really small and were a solid 22. Got a bunch of sinkers, one bottle cap (f2/0 seems to make 'em go below 11), and a blue pull tab. Got a 12" piece of stainless steel tubing out of there that would have cored a foot. I can only imagine how much I would find if I could spend all day like I do on the farm.

Ha, found a BLUE one today but that will be another story. 😀

Apparently Tarsaccis are finders AND keepers. Congrats!

Thanks so much for the ID and the useful links! The only difference I see is the button appears to have a solid stud on the back, perhaps because it was used. I understand now why it isn't as corroded as I would expect, it's not 150+ years old. 😀 Not discouraging, the beaches here have been "replenished" many times. Last year they put 8" of new beach on top in some places, and the place was swarming with detectors. I'm grateful to have found anything! Haven't gone in the water yet, just using a composite shovel on the beach.

Yep. This area is very popular for detectorists. I hoped they'd suggest a place I didn't know of. 😁 The dispatcher didn't, but told me any place that isn't private property (posted/obvious) on the whole island is fine as long as I fill in the holes, stay off the dunes, and not mess with the sea oats or marine life. She said someone would probably call them, and asked for my name so they'd know it was me. I thought it would be best to respect them up front, and it paid off.

Wait a minute... What scoop? What detector? 🤣 Good 2 hours man.

Finally got warm enough (and I had enough time) to hit the beach for 3 hours. Before I went out I stopped by the local Police department, asked where I can detect, and gave them my name. First thing I found was the small military button or possibly cuff or tack attachment. Not sure if it's Civil War era because I don't have my references with me. Found two pretty unrecognizable pennies, and to my surprise a 2003 one Rand coin from South Africa. There isn't a lot of junk on the beach, second photo shows the take. One gold pull tab! 😀 It's a really quiet beach. I was in more of a scout mode today, trying different levels of the beach (there is a 10 foot tide here), I walked about a mile up and back. I was hoping I'd find something military, there was a lot of activity here. Forts and Batteries everywhere! Of course I stayed out of the forbidden zones, and of course someone called the cops on me anyway - they told me someone would. Officer came out on a beach buggy, took a photo of me, radioed in, and left. They probably said "yeah, that's him!" 😀 Not a word to me. Word to the wise... Found one "hot rock", and had my first experience with black sand under the good stuff. Impossible to pinpoint in it. 😵 The one bottle cap was a 9. Beach mode 2 on the 600, F2/0. Sensitivity 21. I know I'm sacrificing some depth for the 50 tones and whatever else B2 does. It's kinda annoying I can't change to single frequency in this mode.

True, for sure I've heard other parts of VA are iron rich, but you can go in fields here and not even hear a peep. Seriously, nothing! The only time I find lots of iron is where a house stood, they don't clean them up well. 🙂 The rest of the time it's horseshoes and plow parts. Going to hit the beach some time this week, probably when it warms up a bit more.

Wow that GPX is incredible. Even your "junk" is cool. Nice shootout!

Welcome, Ben. I retired, bought an Equinox as an upgrade to my Ace 400, and have dug hundreds of interesting artifacts and coins in a very short time. We look forward to your exploits and photos! I hope you live in or near history like I do, it's much easier on a retiree. My health has much improved due to this hobby. There is a lot less lead in the farms around my house 😀

Welcome! We look forward to your exploits and photos.

Yikes, most of that stone looks like the gravel in my driveway. Maybe you could revise it a bit with only the most interesting specimens? You should also post in meet and greet to tell us a bit about yourself first. 🙂 That is general forum protocol.

Hey Glenn, Just to put my money where my mouth is 😀 I just put this together today. 1mm Snake chain, bezel for a Mercury Dime, and of course the only other American silver coin I've found so far in my area than a Trime which they don't make a bezel for. This will be for good luck at the beach. I wish the coin wasn't stained but here we are. 🙄 Didn't want to get too aggressive on it.

Nice stuff! Takes me back. Those are some great bottles, I can feel the elation with every find. Hard work!