The Darkside Of Beach Hunting - 3 Month Worth Of Trash

[DSMITH]

52 minutes ago, Dan(NM) said:

It's not all fun and games and great finds every hunt 😉 There's always a price to pay for the keepers.

Absolutely

[Redneck]

I cashed my lead sinkers in a few years ago and got 50c a lb.  Not sure the price now.  Might be able to sell on craigs list for more , as some fishermen melt their own . 

[DSMITH]

6 hours ago, Redneck said:

I cashed my lead sinkers in a few years ago and got 50c a lb.  Not sure the price now.  Might be able to sell on craigs list for more , as some fishermen melt their own . 

That could add up quick with the weight of lead

[Valens Legacy]

All I can say is Thanks for cleaning up the beaches  and parks for others to enjoy.

I have not been out there detecting in 2023 very much, but I never leave trash when I dig it up.

Good luck on your next outings and stay safe out there.

[rvpopeye]

Target reality at it's finest ! 😯

I got a huge amount of trash last year too .

But when it was time to move them into the rig for a move , I headed to the dumpster instead 🙄    

I kept the lead. ( I met this old guy that said he could turn it into gold , just had a couple more things to figure out.)  I told him the scrap yard opens at 7:30 and gave him directions...

[Sinclair]

11 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

I kept the lead. ( I met this old guy that said he could turn it into gold , just had a couple more things to figure out.)  I told him the scrap yard opens at 7:30 and gave him directions...

😂

I kept the usual things and the rest went into the dumpster, too.

I probably can't get 100% from the good stuff of that time range together, but I can take a photo of the coins and some jewelry, if anyone's interested.

[rvpopeye]

Coins and jewelry ?

Of course .  Treasure side of the beach !  

Must maintain balance.

Arrrrrr , post 'em up !  Treasure can have a dark side too..

 

[DSMITH]

6 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

Coins and jewelry ?

Of course .  Treasure side of the beach !  

Must maintain balance.

Arrrrrr , post 'em up !  Treasure can have a dark side too..

 

Yep like finding someones Dentures, as was recently posted by @Gerry in Idaho, you have to wonder what happened to the person that lost them or how in the world did someone loose them, a ring or a necklace or even a hearing aid I can understand but a set of dentures ????

[Sinclair]

Ok, this is the clad:

Sorted and counted:

 

Doesn’t look much - but what you see on those pictures are ~ 980 coins.. 445€ and 375DM -> ~ 690$

Some silver:

A little tiny bit of gold:

And the oldest coin I have found on the beach so far (1640):

Junkers, Clocks, Tokens, foreign coins etc. not show. That‘s from the same time range as the trash. I think I‘ve done pretty well for the winter season - we had one big storm taking away a lot of sand - thus all that old clad.

[Sinclair]

30 minutes ago, DSMITH said:

Yep like finding someones Dentures, as was recently posted

Found one some years ago, too:

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