F350Platinum

5 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Hope you are wearing something good on your feet. Glass and fishing hooks hurt! 😄 I would try from the shore to just above the knees. That will tell you what settles there. If it's all light aluminum and tin foil, and no sinkers or nickles or quarters, then it's either farther out, or buried too deep. Does the river ever go down like a low tide? That's the time to get out as far as you are comfortable.

Yes the river has about a 7-10 foot tide. I'll have some more info tonight, found some stuff. I'm wearing water shoes, especially at the fishing beach. Main beach tomorrow, thanks for the tips!

8 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Great view of the beach! I have a box for each beach that I keep all the junk finds. I save it just in case there are rumblings that detecting may be banned from a beach. That way I have a show and tell ready to show the benefits of detecting at a town meeting. One look at rusty fishing hooks and pointed, rusty nails and maybe that can make or break the deal. Plus, lead and copper/brass have some good value as scrap.  That soft metal may be part of a flattened ring - Aluminum or silver?

I take pictures of most of my finds, didn't today because I had a lot of junk and the trash can looked inviting. That's a good plan though! No worries here, they know the benefits. They don't pay for scrap where I live anymore.

It is soft and not brittle. Not sure what metal, it was a 15 so probably lead? Maybe tin and aluminum?

1 hour ago, Joe D. said:

   Tough call where your at! Not being there, and with the large tide fluctuations! But for me, in unknown murky waters, no more than knee deep below the low tide line! I tend to be a little paranoid about Bull Sharks! Especially around river entrances! But that's just me! Stepping into dropoffs or holes is also something to consider!

   Also, if your using wireless headphones, they won't work if the control pod is underwater! 👍👍

Thanks! I'm in the fishing area, just testing out my gear. I'll have a post tonight but the day "rings" true 😉

Getting ready to hit the beach this morning. Bringing a CooB scoop today and I had a thought - how far out do ya go? Is there a certain depth that is better than another?

Don't want to "get in over my head" here 😀

1 hour ago, Tiftaaft said:

You can't beat that view F350P!  Beautiful!! 

That was a quick phone snap as I was leaving, I heard a boat coming and saw the couple watching it. Sun sets toward the city, you get kinda a West coast vibe on that beach.

9 hours ago, Joe D. said:

    Obviously more of a fishing beach, than a swim and loose your jewelry beach! At least in it's current condition, and time of year! But finding lead is a good sign! I think you are doing fine, and gaining valuable experience! Great sunset!!👍👍

You are absolutely right. It isn't frequented much by beach goers, it's really the Savannah River. There were some there but it's quiet, there is no parking to speak of. Mostly condos and rental houses.

The reason I'm there is the possibility of finding relics. I found one button but I'll move on. Today I'm bringing the scoop and will probably go in the water to get a feel for surf scooping first though. Bet I'll find a lot of lead out there! I have a sling for the Equinox.

This made me laugh today when I saw an inert "practice bomb" in a local shop on the island I'm on. Hope nobody buys it and forgets it on this beach... 😀

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!

8 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

I scuttled my beach plan for today pretty cool start and winds increasing to over 25knots ,,,probably too many depositors in the way anyway,,,   Nice days are comin'.

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.

4 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

That was a good day , my last trip I got a clad quarter , a rusty bolt and a pull tab...... 

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.

7 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

  There are also "negative low tides" (sometimes  as much as.-1.7' here) a few days each month.

Some places it doesn't go out very far at all , depends on how steep the shore is.

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

1 hour ago, GaryC/Oregon Coast said:

Sometimes you have to treasure those seventy-two cent days.  Some will be better and a whole lot will be less!!  GaryC/Oregon Coast

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.

33 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

You mean in a week?  (Moon is in last quarter phase today....)

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.

9 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

I takes time and some luck to hit the beach at the right time and right place. It's not always apparent where the good spot could be. I recommend wandering around if you are not getting much in that area. That is how I find my spots. Sometimes they are not more than a 20'x40' stretch, very easily missed. Throw the change in a jar. You will be surprised how quickly it fills up.

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!

1 minute ago, Joe D. said:

   Good treasures are nice, but few and far between! I'm sure the locals have all the locations figured out! Tough to be a tourist and jump right into the good stuff! But that is part of the attraction to detecting; as Forrest Gump said, close to where you are: "It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna find"!!👍👍

😀 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.

11 hours ago, geof_junk said:

F350Platinum you have got me worried I have found the gold COKE cans but not the GOLD TAB . I think I have been swing the coil too fast. 🤔

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

Apparently Tarsaccis are finders AND keepers.

Congrats!

11 minutes ago, Gold Seeker said:

The button you found is indeed a military button, it's a WWII button used on.....

" WWII US Army HBT Model 3 Suit -
The HBT model III worksuit was one of the most versatile cloth items of WWII. This coverall suit was widely used in a variety of roles throught the American armed forces. It was employed by mechanics, linemen, tank crewman and infantry personnel alike., The construction of the outfit consists of a single-piece herring bone twill material. The model three used black or green metal 13-star pattern buttons . The stars in the design represented the initial 13 colonies of the United States. The suit came in three different models. Our collection also includes an example of the Model I . The differences between the models consisted primarily of the number and placement of the pockets and the use of the belt."

http://quanonline.com/military/military_reference/american/wwii_uniforms/hbt3.php

http://quanonline.com/military/military_reference/american/wwii_uniforms/usbuttons.html

https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-WW2-LOT-OF-6-13-STAR-BUTTONS-UNIFORM-HBT-NOS-US-ARMY-USMC/192209622558?hash=item2cc096161e:g:kgAAAOSw1DtXK5tz

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.

22 minutes ago, Tom_in_CA said:

You "stopped by the police dept. and asked them 'where can I detect' ?"

 

I wonder what would happen if I asked my local police dept. (or nearest beach agency rep) that question.  

 

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.