Hot Wheels 4, Happy Ending

[F350Platinum]

Shame on me for running this so close to my other post, but I went to my local big beach (1 hour drive) again today using the Deus 2 with my "Hoover" program, which is now turn on and go, except when there is black sand in which case I turn down audio response to 1.

Got up at 5am to be there by 7, and met my goal. Nobody was there, not even walking the sidewalk. Tide was going out, and there was no wind at all. It was about 72 when I got there, but in two hours it jumped up to 82 and humidity was 80%. Now I understand why y'all in Florida don't get out even when it's 82. 🤣 Absolutely brutal.

I hacked around the smaller of the beaches but the most popular first, there are a few stores and restaurants so it gets the most traffic. Lucky for me I did that because the bigger beach had been hit hard, I almost found nothing there later. Found a few coin spills and some Hot Wheels of course. 😀

I went to the bigger beach and by that time the tide was out, lowest tide I've seen in a while.

Got sick of zigzagging the high beach, there were holes everywhere, and some of them not filled in. 😵 The only thing that amused me here (it was about 92 then) was this sand castle Chichen Itza:

I ran the entire shoreline at the water which was full of jellyfish and got some junk and maybe one coin but nothing to speak of.

Coming back along the first beach I got some small jewelry, and wished I could get in the water because that's where the good stuff is. By then people were coming to the beach (not many, first day of school here) and a couple kids got nailed by jellies, so that wasn't an option.

Went to the other side of the casino, found some coins and talked to some nice folks, even recommended a detector to a mom whose kid is interested in detecting. Told her to get him a ML X-Terra Pro. 😀 After reading what y'all write about that detector I may ask Santa for one 😁 But I love my Deus, and you'll see why.

First the trash, low tide is really weird here, why would anyone bring an old antique fuse to the beach? 🤔

Not much crap for 6 hours of hunting, pull tabs sound like pull tabs, and bottle caps aren't even a thought. For some reason though, pull tabs in the water are 71+ but 63-65 on the beach. 🤔 they're still brassy sounding but I always check the ones I see so I can say with a fair amount of confidence that I can skip them for the most part.

Now the finds:

45 coins, two Hot Wheels, a small toe ring (plated copper), and a plated earring with a fake opal.

I had decided to stay another hour, and it was a good thing I did because about 16 of the coins came from one spot, including 2 one dollar coins:

A John Adams and a Sacagawea dollar. 🥳 

At first I was just getting 93 after 93, and then sometimes 95 and 98. The 13" nailed them all, and I didn't leave that 3x3' spot until there wasn't even an iron tone 😀 I think I got a nickel and a dime there too.

What a way to end what was kinda a boring mundane hunt! Got another couple dimes and left.

Here's a gratituitous swan photo:

 

 

[schoolofhardNox]

Awesome hunt. Dollar coins are kinda rare for me.  Never 2 in one hunt. My parents home had those old fuses in the basement. I think we called them cork fuses. You have that Deus dialed in nicely!!

[F350Platinum]

16 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Awesome hunt. Dollar coins are kinda rare for me.  Never 2 in one hunt. My parents home had those old fuses in the basement. I think we called them cork fuses. You have that Deus dialed in nicely!!

Thanks!

When I was a kid I used to change those fuses in our old 1921 house, the box was in the damp basement. Surprised I never got shocked putting one in. 😀

It was a shock however, to find so many quarters and two dollar coins in one spot at a beach. 🤯 What the heck was going on? 

[kac]

Not the happy ending i was expecting, thought the forums were getting a little risky.

Congrats anyways!

[Valens Legacy]

10 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

today using the Deus 2 with my "Hoover" program,

You really need to change that name to the Hot Wheel program, you really are going to have a used car lot.

Nice coins for a hard days work at swinging that detector. Which coil are you using on it, and how deep are the finds?

The last picture reminded me of the Loch Ness pictures and I first thought it was a family of them.Good luck on your next outing.

[geof_junk]

The hoover program is doing very good, if you send me a few $$$ i will send you my Dyson program. 🤣

[Skull diver]

Genuine envy...It matters little what you can find, but the time to devote to the search, that is priceless.

I am waiting with fatigue for the first free opening for a dive 🙏

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

You really need to change that name to the Hot Wheel program, you really are going to have a used car lot.

Nice coins for a hard days work at swinging that detector. Which coil are you using on it, and how deep are the finds?

The last picture reminded me of the Loch Ness pictures and I first thought it was a family of them.Good luck on your next outing.

Thanks VL,

No idea why I'm finding so many Hot Wheels, it must be a thing with kids now to bury them. The swans were probably looking for them too. 😁 there were lots of Mother and baby ducks along the river edge, I should have got closer to them for photos. This new phone camera kinda sucks.

I dug some of the previous cars at almost 12", one was about 15" but it was big.  I've hit some coins at that depth as well, usually quarters but also dimes.

Yesterday my deepest coin came from the surf line at about 8". It was the nasty looking quarter. I have to wear shoes on this beach because of the pebbles, got a bit of neuropathy so it hurts to wear sandals when the rocks get in them.

The coil is the 11x13" elliptical Deus 2 coil. Nice thing is I have found I can use a Beach Sensitive based program both in and out of the water, and still hit stuff pretty deep in the water. A day wearing waders is forthcoming, but by the time it gets cool enough to wear neoprene I'd probably need a PI to get the gold. 🤣

[F350Platinum]

3 hours ago, geof_junk said:

The hoover program is doing very good, if you send me a few $$$ i will send you my Dyson program. 🤣

Hmmm,  I could trade you this Lankybox toy I found, I see them on eBay for as much as $100... 🤔

 

[F350Platinum]

44 minutes ago, Skullgolddiver said:

Genuine envy...It matters little what you can find, but the time to devote to the search, that is priceless.

I am waiting with fatigue for the first free opening for a dive 🙏

Thanks, SGD!

I envy those who can dive, it's something I've never done, and at 63 I probably won't try. 6 hours in that heat was a test, a breeze came up later when a front came through but the temperature shot up to 94F. About an hour or two after I left it the beach was hit by severe thunderstorms that produced tornado warnings when they crossed the river. 😬

I retired early so I at least still have some health and am crazy enough to bear the hot weather. I'm pretty sure diving at this place would produce some great finds, it was a busy Steamboat landing in the 1800s. The bottom of the river is silica silt with few rocks. That is both good and bad because gold would sink pretty deep.

Another problem with diving might be the Naval Weapons Center close by, the patrol boat was out again yesterday keeping boats away from the area. They blow up all kinds of stuff underwater. 🤔 Might be rough on the ears.