Hit the beach after the storm a little gold.

[Buried Crap NJ]

Got a call from Matt R he was very excited he had hit the beach on the high down side. But had to leave with targets on the beach. I wasn't going to participate today. but headed down 1 1/2 before low tide. I found the area he had worked and found some coins. I finally realized the need to slow down as the coins were upended. I spiraled off a quarter and found 17 coins and silver bracelet! From that point it was a grid search.Three silver rings one gold earring parts a 18k but plated ring. 83 coins 29 p 13 N 20 D 21 Q two were 1 buffalo 1 Wheatie. I did not hunt my normal spot as there were a couple of hunters searching that area. All finds were mid beach 100 yds by 25 yds wide,where the hump once was. Matt found 3 silver rings a 16.4 gram bracelet and 73 coins. Mark when after me and got 53 coins 2 silver. 2 silver rings and 1 gold ring. Same area same day! Marks pictures too!

 

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[gold nuggets]

Nice job on the finds BC....Impressive clad count.
Your decision to go hunt anyway paid off for you.
HH Gold Nuggets

 

[Killer Angel]

You guys really smacked it out of the park yesterday. Congrats!!!

 

[gravediggermax-vabeachva]

chicago and new jersey in 1 day - yea for the lear

nice nice spin
nice yellow

 

[Coastie59]

Nice lookin gold for sure!!!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Woo-Hoo!!! Congratulations!!!

 

[Les West Central Fl]

Good job, lots of booty!

 

[lookindown]

Way to go....your beaches are coming alive....do you think your scoop broke the earring into pieces?

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

Way to go....your beaches are coming alive....do you think your scoop broke the earring into pieces?

Yes and no the earring was very old and brittle. Gold once in the water will leach its other metals that its mixed with. This can be good as the karat changes to a higher one!

 

[Bumpstick]

Way to go....your beaches are coming alive....do you think your scoop broke the earring into pieces?

Yes and no the earring was very old and brittle. Gold once in the water will leach its other metals that its mixed with. This can be good as the karat changes to a higher one!

I have noticed something similar, leaching of the metal.
I found this ring that felt like gold and was way old.
but looked all corroded. I took it and tossed it in some Allumni-brite a mild sulfuric acid with brighteners and cleaners. When it came out and washed up it looked like Damasks gold. Maybe some copper veins in it. Hit it on a buffer with some rouge and it blended back to a rose gold tone.
I think the high soil acid level here leaches away companion metals. I have found some clad quarters with the copper center starting to corrode away. Copper pennies that where paper thin and Zinkens about gone.
Maybe the low karat gold just melts away.

 

[Smoogle]

very nice congrats , do you think you guys have hit hard pan - what is happening with sand conditions here?

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

very nice congrats , do you think you guys have hit hard pan - what is happening with sand conditions here?

No we have not hit hard pan! The last hurricane pull upwards of 10 ft of soft sugar like sand from the beaches here in Central Jersey. We all enjoyed a few days of super low sections of exposed beach. But still there was more to be taken off for hard pan. Each succeeding tide brings 3 to 5 inches of sand back. We had that 10ft of sand back in a few weeks. The storms in between with bring target back as well. Those will be in layers of sand. The we just wait as the sand moves in and out till we hit targets. we also enjoy that the local towns try and protect there dunes by moving sand around the beaches this time of year,and wait for winter storms. This in itself moves targets all around. So there are man made and nature at work here! The last hard pan conditions in this area was the Hurricane Bill.