Good Day At The Beach, Silver Still Coming

[F350Platinum]

Last Monday I tried to go to my local big beach, found after 4 days of feeling miserable that I probably had a bad bout of AFib, I had invited Chase down but had to leave early. Not much that day. 😵

Today I felt much better and hit the road at 6am to get there by 7. Today may well be the last hot day for quite a while, but it was 74 this morning, so I figured I could make a day of it.

It was cloudy and kind of foggy when I got there, I was hoping for low tide but got a bonus - an exceptionally low tide and completely flat river. 🥳 The only thing I regret was that I was not prepared to go in the water, but the jellyfish are active.

I was the only beach hunter today, and made the most of it, covering a couple miles of beach, from the waterline to the sidewalks. I did run into a water hunter later who told me he wasn't having much success with jewelry, but he got a couple dollars worth of coins. 

This beach has 4 spots, one in front of a motel, one in front of restaurants and condos, one really big one further down, and one about a mile down the road.

By about 11 am the sun was coming out, but I still felt good enough to keep going. The tide had gone really low, exposing areas I could generally only cover in the water. 

I ended up at the last beach before the tide came in, same story.

It turned out to be a pretty good day, here's the trash: 

Not much really, most were sight picks. 

I even got a 1965 quarter which was my first coin find. Always have a laugh over that.

I dug 60 coins today, including a lot of nickels.

A few of them were really deep, and I found one spot that they just kept coming out of.

My favorite find today among the nickels was a 1947 Roosevelt dime, I have found a couple of Mercs in this spot recently as well. A lot of old pier was exposed there. 

Last the other stuff: 

Some plastic toys, a couple of toy cars, a really old key in the same spot as the Roosevelt dime, a cheap ring and a couple of pendants, one with Turquoise and the other my wife's first initial. 

I definitely made up for last Monday, and as usual this beach had a surprise in store for me 🙂

[kac]

Key fob still work? Coulda had a new rid home :)

[Valens Legacy]

Nice hunt and so you have started on getting your wife some personalized items, good choice.

I see that you have moved onto Army Surplus for your car lot also.

Good luck and stay safe out there.

[F350Platinum]

10 hours ago, kac said:

Key fob still work? Coulda had a new rid home :)

Heh, there isn't a Toyota made that will do what my F350 can do, but it might have been fun to find a beater that I could use for beach trips. 🤣 I did push the horn button but those keys look like they've been there a while. 

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice hunt and so you have started on getting your wife some personalized items, good choice.

I see that you have moved onto Army Surplus for your car lot also.

Good luck and stay safe out there.

I'm a believer in irony if I'm not going to get really good jewelry. 😁

Thanks VL. I'm a little put off by the pink camo on the tank. 😬 Takes urban warfare to a new level I guess. 🤷‍♂️

[strick]

Thanks for the pics 350 good to see you out there...those silver Roosevelt's are hard to find for some reason...think I've found more barbers and mercs then silver rosevelts over the years...maybe the Gov-ment took them out of circulation early on or they were hoarded by the population?? never understood it myself...was detecting an island one day only accessible by boat and a guy pulls up next to me and after he gets settled he asks the typical smart aleck thing "you find my gold watch yet?" I said no but I found your truck keys and handed him the a nice new key fob with about 6-7 keys on it 🙂

strick

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, strick said:

Thanks for the pics 350 good to see you out there...those silver Roosevelt's are hard to find for some reason...think I've found more barbers and mercs then silver rosevelts over the years...maybe the Gov-ment took them out of circulation early on or they were hoarded by the population?? never understood it myself...was detecting an island one day only accessible by boat and a guy pulls up next to me and after he gets settled he asks the typical smart aleck thing "you find my gold watch yet?" I said no but I found your truck keys and handed him the a nice new key fob with about 6-7 keys on it 🙂

strick

Thanks strick,

I didn't find one for a long time, and was surprised to see this one. My first silver dime was a '16 Merc but not the rare one, and I've found two or three of them at this beach. There is one spot in which older stuff is still turning up. 

60 coins in one 6 hour day was pretty satisfying in its own right. 🥳

We'll see what damage we get from Debby this week, might be a good opportunity. 🙂

[ColonelDan]

That’s clear evidence of a lot of walking and digging….as you always do my friend!  👍🏻😊
 

[F350Platinum]

17 minutes ago, ColonelDan said:

That’s clear evidence of a lot of walking and digging….as you always do my friend!  👍🏻😊
 

Thanks Colonel, 

I was a little nervous about all that walking (and the heat) but pushed a little bit. Not sure that was a great idea, but I will be getting a bit of rest with the storm coming.