Rest of finds from Bahama trip

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hunted like 7 different beaches in 2 - 1/2 days (arrival day and departure day) and 3 full days -all in water
first 2 days were a bust and I thought trip was going in the toilet. Beaches were hit recently - almost no keepers
Got no new drops - coin or other wise. Finally hit an older spot where I got caked coins down over a foot but not much else.
On 3rd day we traveled to another beach and got a Platinum and 2 golds = white gold with diamonds and small 10k
...place also had been hit recently I got no other keepers. There was a lot of trash thrown back
at a few spots. I could see older deep holes that had filled a little - not much sand movement - so they fill back slowly
had sea grass and trash sitting in them. Most spots were totally cleaned from chest to shallows and
trash was thrown into deeper waters. I asked lifeguards and beach attendants if other detectorists had been there recently and they said yes.
I traveled to a couple of other small beaches on 4th day - Not a single keeper just more trash and more recent holes with trash in them or next to them.
I think some guys figure they are not going to be back so they don't care.
Moved on to a local beach and was getting a bunch of coins down deep again best was mother heart pendant 10k- less trash.
Day I had to leave - walked a mile to another beach and
came away with nice white and gold band - 14k...recent loss - dated 2018...so ended trip on a high.
Couldve done better - could been worse
thumbsup.gif

DSC00314.JPG
DSC00309.JPG
DSC00303.JPG DSC00304.JPG DSC00306.JPG DSC00305.JPG
trash just from one small swim area
C00288.JPG
 

Upvote 0

RTR

Gold Member
Nov 21, 2017
8,180
32,469
Smith Mt. Lake Va.
Detector(s) used
Teknetics Liberator
Falcon MD-20
***********
Blue Bowl
Angus MacKirk sluice
Miller Table
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Fan Freaking Tastic !:)!
 

OP
OP
CASPER-2

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
more trash from trip - wearing a mask - if I see large glass - I take it out
DSC00282.jpg DSC00297.jpg DSC00298.jpg DSC00280.jpg
 

BrettCo124

Hero Member
Apr 29, 2009
901
937
Outside of Philadelphia, PA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Safari, Tesoro Sand Shark, Bazooka Gold Trap Mini, Gold Rush Nugget Bucket, Garrett Supersluice Gold Pans
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Amazing finds Casper. Did you ever detect on paradise island, specifically Atlantis? If so, did you have any problems?
 

OP
OP
CASPER-2

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
no did not do atlantis this trip - last trip in 2014 I went there on a day pass and got a big mens wedding band and some silver - once again back then
was told others were there like a week before me - other than guys that go on their own there - there are like 2 groups that seem to go there every year
they have some that do sand some that do shallow and some that do deep - they usually will rent a place and split it and rent a van and split it to make trip cheaper
 

OBN

Gold Member
Dec 30, 2008
6,529
7,010
Maryland Waters
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
"Excalibur"..
"AQ" Impulse
Primary Interest:
Other
I think that's a great trip! With some amazing treasure! And that Plat is the Icing!! :notworthy:

It's getting to the point now to find a good beach it's tough. So many new comers into the hobby and fresh drops are a easy kill for them.
 

BrettCo124

Hero Member
Apr 29, 2009
901
937
Outside of Philadelphia, PA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Safari, Tesoro Sand Shark, Bazooka Gold Trap Mini, Gold Rush Nugget Bucket, Garrett Supersluice Gold Pans
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
no did not do atlantis this trip - last trip in 2014 I went there on a day pass and got a big mens wedding band and some silver - once again back then
was told others were there like a week before me - other than guys that go on their own there - there are like 2 groups that seem to go there every year
they have some that do sand some that do shallow and some that do deep - they usually will rent a place and split it and rent a van and split it to make trip cheaper

That’s amazing! I’ll be there soon with my machine.
 

ARC

Gold Member
Aug 19, 2014
37,284
131,758
Tarpon Springs
Detector(s) used
JW 8X-ML X2-VP 585
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Man O man... I think you found a rare pulltab.

:)

Well done dude.
 

Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,425
Massachusetts
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Nice trash removal...you have saved someone's foot from nasty cuts or worse! :occasion14:
 

cntrydncr1

Gold Member
Feb 23, 2007
7,806
777
Bradenton, Fl
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
ACE 250, Minelab Excal II, ETrac, Infiniuim
Nice haul there! I have found the water by the Atlantis to be too rough for me!
 

OP
OP
CASPER-2

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Nice haul there! I have found the water by the Atlantis to be too rough for me!
did not try atlantis this time - was peppered last time and all I got was a wedding band
 

BrettCo124

Hero Member
Apr 29, 2009
901
937
Outside of Philadelphia, PA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Safari, Tesoro Sand Shark, Bazooka Gold Trap Mini, Gold Rush Nugget Bucket, Garrett Supersluice Gold Pans
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Isn’t a wedding band good? Lol. I’d be happy with that.
 

OP
OP
CASPER-2

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Isn’t a wedding band good? Lol. I’d be happy with that.
its better than none - but I covered a lot of water at Atlantis and all I got was 1 band and a few crusted silvers
for the day - with the amount of people in the water I expected more - but was told a bunch of guys had been threw there recently
Luckily I made up for it at another beach the next day that was a tenth the size and got 3 heavy bands - one being
18k & plat.
Finds from my last Bahama trip 2014
 

OP
OP
CASPER-2

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
the big white gold one was from atlantis
 

BrettCo124

Hero Member
Apr 29, 2009
901
937
Outside of Philadelphia, PA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Safari, Tesoro Sand Shark, Bazooka Gold Trap Mini, Gold Rush Nugget Bucket, Garrett Supersluice Gold Pans
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That’s amazing. I can’t wait to give it a shot. I hope the locals don’t mind people detecting in front of Atlantis.

When you say crusted silvers, what exactly did you find? My bucket list item is a Spanish reale. Can I find them on most beaches? I tend to hit up new jersey beaches the most.

Hoping for something good at the Bahamas like a ring. I’ll keep you posted if I find something.
 

OP
OP
CASPER-2

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,159
19,969
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That’s amazing. I can’t wait to give it a shot. I hope the locals don’t mind people detecting in front of Atlantis.

When you say crusted silvers, what exactly did you find? My bucket list item is a Spanish reale. Can I find them on most beaches? I tend to hit up new jersey beaches the most.

Hoping for something good at the Bahamas like a ring. I’ll keep you posted if I find something.
crusted - older silver rings that have a crust on them - older drops
 

Javadroid

Silver Member
Jul 6, 2017
2,501
2,838
Northwest Arkansas
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro, Fisher F2
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
pant-gasp-wheez... sorry, can't hardly breathe at the sight of such treasures! Granted you had a couple dry days, but what a nice overall haul mate! CONGRATS! :occasion14:
 

Terry Soloman

Gold Member
May 28, 2010
19,423
30,109
White Plains, New York
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Now, I would still be in a giant vat of BENGAY softly moaning. Wow! :notworthy:
 

lookindown

Gold Member
Mar 11, 2010
7,089
4,936
Florida
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
ACE 250,AT PRO, CZ21...RTG pro scoop...Stealth 720
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Congrats on the great finds...that plat is super nice.
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top