If Toy Cars Were Gold I'd Be Rich... (update)

[F350Platinum]

If y'all are following me I just got back from a week at Emerald Isle, and 3 days later went out to a local beach.

I knew that going on a Wednesday wouldn't be great as the beach gets heavily hit on Monday, but I also know from watching the other detectorists there that they don't follow the tides. No one hunts the "surf" or the cuts made by tides. This is basically a river beach hunt. I knew I'd at least find something.

Weather was good, not too bad temperature or humidity. Got there fairly early, a severe thunderstorm knocked our power out overnight so I had to wait until power was restored.

May do some more of these mid week "cleanup" runs, it wasn't great but fun. 🙂 The river was flat and the tide was soon to go out.

I mentioned my D2 program is a "Matchbox Slayer", heh, yeah it is. Dug 9 more yesterday! Yikes.

These cars ID anywhere from 90-95. I got at least 6 of them in one spot right at the water line.

On the coin and jewelry side, not much, but the total finds to trash was over 50% so I'm happy:

Got a small Pandora style "A", and a small charm. Zinc plated sinker was a 76. The keys were the only iron tone with high tone I got, it was curious enough to dig. The treble hook lure got me, hate those things.

All this stuff came from the tide area, again more good finds than bad but I dug a bit more trash than I did daily on my beach trip.

Just a handful. Anything with a fairly pure tone in the 60s I dig because of my white gold ring tests.

As usual it was great to get out.

[CPT_GhostLight]

Man it looks so peaceful out there. I'm glad to see you're killing it with your new Matchbox Slayer program, well done! 😎

[F350Platinum]

6 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Man it looks so peaceful out there. I'm glad to see you're killing it with your new Matchbox Slayer program, well done! 😎

Thanks Cap'n, I'm wondering if many are finding a lot of stuff out there, last year I did much better. 🤣 I think there is a sharp drop in drops, but kids will be kids. 😁

[phrunt]

A good collection of finds there.

What are all the wooden poles sticking out of the water for?

 

[Rick N. MI]

At least you got the cars. Does look like a great spot to hunt.

[Johnnysalami1957]

1 hour ago, phrunt said:

A good collection of finds there.

What are all the wooden poles sticking out of the water for?

 

For the birds to poo on...

[F350Platinum]

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

A good collection of finds there.

What are all the wooden poles sticking out of the water for?

 

Thanks! Just some summertime entertainment. 🙂

In the 1800s to the early 1900s this was a popular steamboat landing and beach. My wife used to go to the beach here over 50 years ago.

Because the river is in one state and the beach another, they cleverly built a gambling house, which is now a modern one.

The posts are from the old docks. I have a similar landing near my house, but it's inland so no gambling 😀 it's long gone. Lots of cool relics there until Chase and I finished it off. They say some stuff is out in the river but you'd have to scuba.

[F350Platinum]

1 hour ago, Rick N. MI said:

At least you got the cars. Does like a great spot to hunt.

Thanks Rick, it is fun but would be a lot better if parking wasn't $2 an hour. 😵 Someday I'll find something that makes it worth it, but it's beach hunting nearby.

[Rick N. MI]

Never heard of paying to park at a beach lol.

[PI-Man]

1 good ring makes you forget about the parking fee.  😂 But I do not like them either.