schoolofhardNox Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, F350Platinum said: Last one I dug was about a foot down. Guess the kid took the excavator toy with him. 🤔 What is it with deep buried monster trucks? Dug 2 so far in the past month. You have HAIR? Sorry couldn't resist. 🤣 Don't think any detectorist I've met lately had any... 😁 Yep this one just a couple inches deeper. Wasn't expecting that to be in the hole. Hair is not one of my wants 😄 It's been long since the early 80's. Every time it goes out of style, I just wait it out. In 2010, at my 30th high school reunion, everyone was bald or gray. I'm like who the hell are all these people??? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Beach hunt #3 was the third trip to this beach, and it’s definitely time to move to another beach a bit closer to home. Finally, some cool weather to keep the crowds down. Lots of guys surfing with big waves, so not the conditions I want for digging in the water. I did get to talk to one of the guys that was hunting that small patch very hard last week. He said the group of hunters hit that area for 4 days straight. Lots of gold rings, silver chains and an unusual number of half dollars coughed up from the ocean during the storm. Half dollars at 2” deep. Normally I would not believe these stories, but I hit a patch in that same area about a year ago and found similar, although not as lucrative, results. Well done guys!!!! 👍 As for me, I worked 9 hours for mostly clad and hit all the remaining areas that I wanted to do before I change beaches. Tons of trash for just a silver ring and a silver Washington quarter. I just could not find the silver layer. Funny how on other days silver was easy, but the last 3 times out, I struggled to get to where I wanted to be. But still better than sitting home on the couch. Those gold colored nip bottle caps should be illegal. 🤬 Had me thinking gold was found at least 3 times before I caught on. I am however getting tired of seeing every single hunter using an Equinox. Hope the Manticore does not sell as well. 😄 Now time to just wait for next week’s hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Beach hunt #4 is at a new beach. This one is pretty trashy up top, so the Equinox played most of the hunt. Total hunt was 9 ½ hours with the Nox doing 7 hours and the GPX 2 ½ hours. Great weather day and crowds were nonexistent for the most part. This is definitely the party beach as there were tons of bottle caps, some exposed, and a lot of foil, which I did not dig. Most of the time was spent waiting for the tide to go down so I could get away from the trash and concentrate on missed coins. Not a lot of goodies but one large silver ring. Next week at another new stop. I’m trying to expand out a bit. Great to be out hunting and enjoying the weather while it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I can't help but wonder if you were at a beach I'm detecting just before I got there.........🤔 And I just wish I could last 9+ hours detecting too ! The world is a much cleaner place wherever you detect without a doubt. Good hunt , once again WTG.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 2 hours ago, rvpopeye said: I can't help but wonder if you were at a beach I'm detecting just before I got there.........🤔 And I just wish I could last 9+ hours detecting too ! The world is a much cleaner place wherever you detect without a doubt. Good hunt , once again WTG.👍 Thanks. Don't worry, if you are finding pull tabs and bottle caps, I have not been there. It seems lately I am a junk magnet with a couple of nice tidbits thrown in. If you want me to sweep all the junk out for you, call me up 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Make `it so #1 ! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 12 hours ago, rvpopeye said: Make `it so #1 ! 😄 Thanks Jean luc 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Beach hunt #5 was supposed to be at a new beach, but upon arrival the entrance was torn up for construction. Without anywhere to park, I decided to hit a beach close by. The beach I went to, was the one others have found a lot of gold and silver due to some massive push back from passing storms. I never got to share in that jackpot since I was late hearing about it. But today, I was first one on the beach, so I immediately went to the exposed rocks. I told myself that I was looking for low conductors, so ignore the high conductors. Using the GPX for this part of the hunt, I was trying not to waste time figuring out deep iron, knowing that others would arrive soon. First target, a real nice high conductor. 😄 So, I dug it, broke my own rule right off the bat, and was rewarded with a 1951 silver (class?) ring. I managed about 45 minutes of hunting before another detectorist arrived. I did hit about ¼ of all the exposed areas and left for the next area right after I dug a large ring. I thought it was gold and I thought it was a class ring, but it ended up being a Navy ring which says 14 k 1/30 RGP (rolled gold plate). Well, some gold at least. After a bit I saw 2 others arriving, so I picked up the pace. Targets were far and few between, but I did manage a bunch of junk jewelry, and then it happened….. I got a strong low conductor sound. I got the target out and when I pinpointed the pile, out comes a nice 14k herringbone necklace. I thought WOW, 😍 I didn’t think the GPX would hit that chain, at least not that hard. So, I went over the pile again and got a strong hit. Must be the medal that was on the chain? 🤔 Nope, it was a pull tab, probably the signal that I originally heard. That was a nice surprise. By this time, a detectorist was almost finished sweeping the next pile of rocks ahead of me, so it’s fair game to go over that area. Everyone on that beach was using an Equinox. I managed to dig a couple of junk targets but then hit on a small cabochon bracelet. Finally, I figured it was time to switch to the Nox with the big coil. I did various areas and landed in a spot that started producing coins. And then a silver peace ring came up, so I really circled that area. Next, an unexpected find was a .950 bracelet with what I think has Lapis Lazuli stones in it. Looks well made. A pretty piece. 😊 I read that .950 is the highest sterling you can get before it’s not practical to use in jewelry. No other marking on it. Another odd find was a spoon, which is usually silver plate over a brass base. This spoon showed no signs of being plated, so I thought I had silver. But the back reads Fuller A1. Plate, as best I can tell. There is no sign showing through the base metal on any of the edges or anywhere in any of the dings around the spoon. This is a well-used, thin spoon with a lot of ocean tumbling showing. I’m wondering if the base metal is a combination of copper, zinc, nickel, which would a be silver colored blend called German silver. I used the GPX 3.5 hours – Equinox for 6 hours. A great, unexpected day at the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Another epic hunt, SoHN, congrats on the silver and gold! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Wow, everything but the... Um... Oar! 😀 Terrific and well done. 👍 Incredibly cool jewelry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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