Beach Season Has Begun

[schoolofhardNox]

Thanks! I'm always amazed on how much junk is on our beaches. Cleaning up some spots on my regular beaches doesn't do me much good when they are sanded in, but later in the season I may be able to hit some deep silver with the surface junk gone.

[F350Platinum]

I'm always impressed by your discipline and fortitude. The trash to keepers ratio stands out, but what keepers! Great stuff.

[schoolofhardNox]

12 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

I'm always impressed by your discipline and fortitude. The trash to keepers ratio stands out, but what keepers! Great stuff.

Thanks. I guess I just don't know when to quit ?.  I just love detecting and they will probably find me leaned over my machine when it's my time to go ?️ Trying to get out this Thursday to do it all over again ?

[Joe D.]

   If people only knew what hides in the sand, they would never go barefoot!!???

[Joe D.]

21 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

just love detecting and they will probably find me leaned over my machine when it's my time to go ?️

   Have you ever heard the song "Prop me up by the Jukebox! (When I die!) By Joe Diffie?? 

We will just alter it to suit you, when the day comes!!???

[schoolofhardNox]

12 hours ago, Joe D. said:

   Have you ever heard the song "Prop me up by the Jukebox! (When I die!) By Joe Diffie?? 

We will just alter it to suit you, when the day comes!!???

I had to YouTube it. ? Just throw me into the sea, but check my pockets first just in case I'm hiding some gold.

[Joe D.]

Yeah, I hear ya,

   Just have the family replace all the gold in your pockets, with all those lead sinkers we beach hunters save! That way, you won't float back up, and scare some unsuspecting swimmer (or detectorest) at the beach!!???

[schoolofhardNox]

      Beach hunt # 5 is done!!! Decided to hit a new beach that may drain well at low tide. Got there to a pretty big crowd of people still enjoying the 70-degree weather. Looked fairly sanded in, so I pulled the Equinox out for about 2 hours and got some change and other bits. I didn’t even dare bring the GPX 6000 out here, since this beach is old and loaded with iron. You would be digging junk every 2 feet. Not wanting to waste my only day for detecting, I decided to pack up (something I rarely do, as I hate losing time to traveling), and hit my favorite silver beach. Glad I did. Not much at the beginning, as it was sanded in like everywhere around here. Usually by now, we get some beach erosion. The tides are not pulling much sand away so far. So, I shifted gears and tried to find a section of the beach that I maybe could squeak out a wheat or stray silver. I gambled well, as it ended up producing a lot more than I was begging for. ? I started by hitting an old spoon, then some older green/red clad and then some silver dimes. But the finding of old lead always gets me going, as it has been there a long time. So I was at a layer that could produce more silver. But I wasn’t expecting to hit a gold ring. 14K wedding band, probably lost in the late 60’s/70’s. Also got a tiny sterling religious charm and a surprise 1902 V nickel. A much better day than I was expecting. I used the GPX 5000 for this beach for about 6 hours and then called it quits. I was tired of digging through packed rocks. So, it looks like I will be heading back next week to see if conditions allow me to continue. Most of the coins came in the last 3 hours of the hunt. As always, I’m grateful to be at the beach enjoying the sight of the waves and the warmth of the sun.

[rvpopeye]

That's a great day at the beach right there !?