Small Beach, Big Surprise

[F350Platinum]

Keeping the summertime rolling, got out early this morning to my small beach. We had some rough storms yesterday so I hoped some stuff got stirred up.

Normally I'd chicken out if there are waves, but some light training with 2' waves seemed ok to me because I'm going to a very big beach soon, and may water hunt.

I saw a few small jellyfish today so the season is starting here soon. Detecting will be dry only because it's too hot to wear waders.

I was wearing the 5mm neoprene socks in my water shoes again, the silt here is much finer, so I wanted to see if they would keep the fine stuff out and they did. 👍

I was only there for about 4 hours, people started showing up before I was done. I grid searched the water between the fingers in the photo, there are 4 similar sections. The water is a little more than waist deep at the end of the fingers.

I was using the D2 with the 9" coil and the BH-01 bone phones, there isn't a lot of aluminum there so I didn't mind being forced to full tones. That way I could fully dunk the detector. 

Ended up with a small amount of trash: 

Typical beach junk, I try to get the bottle caps out and any sharp junk aluminum. Visitors don't know how good they have it! 😎

Got a few coins out there, at first I thought one of the quarters might be silver but it's a 1979. Oh well.

Just at the wash I got a solid 50, and thought "please don't be aluminum!"

It wasn't. 

A recently dropped silver chain (925) with a silver decorated Islamic sword, called a "Zulfiqar" sword. Not sure what the text says. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfiqar

Another good water hunt! 🥳

I'm curious, going to air test each piece and see which dragged the other down. 50 is odd for silver, but the chain could have done that. 🤔

[rvpopeye]

 

Silver and a sword ! 

Proper pirate plunder,,,,perfect .🏴‍☠️

 

[F350Platinum]

2 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

 

Silver and a sword ! 

Proper pirate plunder,,,,perfect .🏴‍☠️

 

🏴‍☠️🦜 Thanks RVP. It's a nice chain.

[TampaBayBrad]

Recent drop for sure, nice piece. Was the clasp fastened when you found it? If not, maybe someone was trying a handstand in the water. 😄 I'm glad we don't have those jellyfish you keep referring to down here. Certain times of the year you've gotta watch out for sting rays, but not for very long.

[Valens Legacy]

Great find on the chain and sword!

Good luck on your next hunt, and you just got to find some more of those cars for your car lot.

Stay safe out there.

[F350Platinum]

1 hour ago, TampaBayBrad said:

Recent drop for sure, nice piece. Was the clasp fastened when you found it? If not, maybe someone was trying a handstand in the water. 😄 I'm glad we don't have those jellyfish you keep referring to down here. Certain times of the year you've gotta watch out for sting rays, but not for very long.

These are Sea Nettles, an annoying or pretty painful sting. Last year they were in the water all year, this year we got a lot of rain in the spring so they're just starting to show up now. Depends on how salty the river gets. Once the water hits 59 or lower they are gone.

I always hear the little kids talking about catching the jellyfish, and inevitably hear the crying. Apparently Meat Tenderizer or baking soda works better than vinegar on these. 

Right now they're so few I can scoop them and throw them where I've been. 😄 If the water gets too rough you can't see them.

The chain was open, might have been in a pocket or on a towel.

[F350Platinum]

1 hour ago, Valens Legacy said:

Great find on the chain and sword!

Good luck on your next hunt, and you just got to find some more of those cars for your car lot.

Stay safe out there.

Thanks VL,

This beach is so small I'm lucky to get much of anything, but I've scored two rings so far this year, one tungsten and one gold plated. Those were in the dry. One thing that makes it good is the fact that I keep it clean, dig everything so the good stuff stands out.

I haven't got many Hot Wheels this year. Maybe it's also because the river isn't salty enough. I'm wondering if the amount of cars is proportional to the amount of jellyfish stings, that might make a kid forget about them. 🤔 🤣

[CalReg]

Nice find!

[schoolofhardNox]

6 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks VL,

This beach is so small I'm lucky to get much of anything, but I've scored two rings so far this year, one tungsten and one gold plated. Those were in the dry. One thing that makes it good is the fact that I keep it clean, dig everything so the good stuff stands out.

I haven't got many Hot Wheels this year. Maybe it's also because the river isn't salty enough. I'm wondering if the amount of cars is proportional to the amount of jellyfish stings, that might make a kid forget about them. 🤔 🤣

Nice to have a small beach like that. I visit one beach that is small, and after all targets are dug up, I try and dig very iffy threshold warbles. Sometimes it's nothing, other times deep coins. Good luck at that one!!