3d Time Is A Charm! Water Hunt 3

[F350Platinum]

Absolutely brutal day today, it started out at 42, and the wind kicked up to 20mph on my way back to hunt the water at the beach. The river is still about 50 degrees so that wasn't so bad, but I have Reynaud's in my hands and feet, so if they get wet they turn white and when they warm up the pain is pretty rough.

I wanted to hunt the water at the big beach, but the wind was sending 2-3 foot waves into it. It's not very apparent in this picture, but the river was angry. I was hoping for additional low tide due to the wind, but here was out of the question. The current was strong as well with the outgoing tide.

I opted to go to another part of this beach further south, it's kinda protected, but only renters and locals go there so I had to lower my expectations for anything great.

At least the water was flat. There is a ridge where you park that blocks the wind down on the beach, and the beach angles westward so the waves go right on by. There are breakwater rock piles which also helps. It may look sandy but under the thin veneer of sand is black muck and rocks which made scooping really tough. Where there aren't rocks there are those pesky pebbles. 😵

I had to keep stopping to warm up my hands, again there were lots of jellyfish. The wind kept blowing my stuff over when it managed to dip below the ridge, so in 6 hours I didn't get too much, but I went home happy.

I got very little trash:

Just a few tiny bits and no iron or aluminum.

Today's haul wasn't stellar but I got some pretty good stuff:

Over two bucks in modern coins, a black Tungsten carbide ring that fits me (a brassy 89), and I got a 72 and dug the sun pendant and really tiny chain. It looked like zinc when I stuffed it in my pouch, but I got a surprise when I cleaned it up!

Both the chain and the charm are 925 silver.

I didn't expect that but the day ended up a good one despite all the difficulties. I was hoping for gold but pretty much didn't think I'd get any in this spot.

[Dan(NM)]

Nice job on the recover of the charm, it saved the day, congrats!!

[F350Platinum]

1 minute ago, Dan(NM) said:

Nice job on the recover of the charm, it saved the day, congrats!!

Thanks Dan,

Wasn't going to post this until I discovered I did better than I expected to. 😀 the last digs were 5 of the 8 dimes in one rocky spot, then my 9" coil gave up, apparently it wasn't fully charged. Scoop kept bouncing off the rocks.

I'm just really starting water hunting, something to do until my relic fields are done. This is more a chronicle for those who may be on the fence about trying this, but I can see now that if you really want the goods they are in the water. 🤔 

[Dan(NM)]

9 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks Dan,

Wasn't going to post this until I discovered I did better than I expected to. 😀 the last digs were 5 of the 8 dimes in one rocky spot, then my 9" coil gave up, apparently it wasn't fully charged. Scoop kept bouncing off the rocks.

I'm just really starting water hunting, something to do until my relic fields are done. This is more a chronicle for those who may be on the fence about trying this, but I can see now that if you really want the goods they are in the water. 🤔 

I've been hunting around the rivers and lake since I moved back to Texas in 2019 and have done extremely well  in the jewelry dept. The water levels have been dropping ever since and I do occasionally get into the water.  The swimming areas have been exposed and I hunt the dry beaches and use my pick to scrape the sand away. Very few targets are deep because of a layer of clay just under the surface. I took 106 rings in 1 season from 3 swimming spots in 2020  🙂

[F350Platinum]

3 minutes ago, Dan(NM) said:

I took 106 rings in 1 season from 3 swimming spots in 2020

Yikes! That is awesome. 👍 you are one of the few I admire for your spots and your skill.

I'm just starting to get the hang of it, at least I got a ring today too. I'll be happy to get a couple more gold ones before it's too cold to do it. 🙂 Got a new relic permission yesterday, but it's not completely clear yet.

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

That's a NIce save! You have really Bloomed with the D2!! 

I almost went out today, tides were low..but the winds were brutal!

[Dan(NM)]

5 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Yikes! That is awesome. 👍 you are one of the few I admire for your spots and your skill.

I'm just starting to get the hang of it, at least I got a ring today too. I'll be happy to get a couple more gold ones before it's too cold to do it. 🙂 Got a new relic permission yesterday, but it's not completely clear yet.

I was strictly a dirt guy until I started pulling gold and silver jewelry from around the watering holes, I'm hooked lol.   I used to only chase copper and silver coins, now I'm digging every piece of junk known to mankind 🙂

[F350Platinum]

16 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

That's a NIce save! You have really Bloomed with the D2!! 

I almost went out today, tides were low..but the winds were brutal!

Thanks Joe OBN,

I almost went home 🤣 The waders I have are heavy and the warm(er) water kept my feet from going, but the wind tore my hands up. I wear black gloves so the sun can warm them, but when wet they merely cool.

I am ever impressed by the experience of people on this forum, and appreciate the advice and attention of my mentors more than they realize.

The Deus 2 is a great detector, but it's more the decision to get the coil over the good stuff. Risk has its rewards. 🙂

[ColonelDan]

Nice!  Your persistence pays off yet again.  😊

[F350Platinum]

Thanks Colonel,

Had to change tactics, I'm learning about winds and tides. I was hoping the NW wind would flatten the river with the tide going out, but like the last time it was blowing like that, I was confined to shore. This time I thought of the other beach, it was an hour trip to get there and I didn't want to waste it. 🙂

The whole point of these forays is to get in the water. It's not worth hunting the beach at all.