CASPER-2
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went out towards Cape Cod for a few hunts - hooked up for a bit with 1KBlueTuber on sunday at
an old spot we both knew about - we weren't getting much I had a sil.wash. and not much else. Then he said
he got a caked Barber half in spot he was in - said it looked like some sand had moved in a small area
- I was out deeper than him and then I got a walking lib. half. Not far away I got an old divng watch then another walker.
I ended up getting an old oar lock out at my limits and as I headed in got a merc. He got a few more coins including a sil.wash. and a buffalo
I hit a small spot before sun set and got a bunch of thin coins - clads that been shifting on the bottom for yrs - you could almost shave
with them - got some fishing tackle and a tiny sil.band but nothing special. Could not decide on where to go on Mon. morn am low. Should I go for old
stuff - go for new stuff or both. I decided to go to a beach that a few years ago hit at sunrise and got a platinum ring, 3 golds and some silver
one morning. I have gotten some silver coins and crusted silver jewelry before here but I would be mainly searching for fresh drops. Got in
early and had whole place to myself - water was like glass and viz was pretty good. Started to hunt the shallows first and hope to pick up
some freshly dropped items - place was clean from ankles to waist all I found was can tops and bottoms some sperm count threw back.
Theres a guy out there that digs them up from down deep and then throws them back over his shoulder - confronted him years ago
and he said "they don't fit in my pouch" - so when ever I come across them on top - I know place has been hit by him recently.
So the tide was a Negative and I went way out and that is where large percentage of the sinkers and lures I found came from. I would
rather dig them than trash - they do have some value. I probably found a minimum of $20 worth of tackle. Well I picked the
wrong spot - had I known the tide and water conditions were going to be that good - I had other spots I should have gone for the
oldies instead. I figured that I could go to one of them for the PM low - Not! - conditions turned to crap
Went to a tiny beach on Mon. pM - water was rough - visability low and winds were high
first signal was a fresh drop silver ring and I thought "Oh yea!...this could be good" - Not
hunted all over after that target with nothing to show but a few crusted zincs others probably discrim. - place was cleaned out by locals.
Went to a spot on Tues. am tide that I have gotten finds from the 1700s on up. I got in and hit in the shallows and was getting nothing.
Headed out with the tide and still not much to show. Then I went way out - it was foggy and at times I lost sight of the land and
did not know if I was heading in or farther out. I ended up out over 150+ yrds from shore - in the past I have found silver coins
and old gold out there - other hunters wont go out that far usually. I ended up hitting an old pewter coat button. Not to far I
got another. Not to far away I got a musket ball - then another. Then got a small bronze square boat nail. I got a few older thin coins
but nothing else to write home about. Pics are combined from all spots
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an old spot we both knew about - we weren't getting much I had a sil.wash. and not much else. Then he said
he got a caked Barber half in spot he was in - said it looked like some sand had moved in a small area
- I was out deeper than him and then I got a walking lib. half. Not far away I got an old divng watch then another walker.
I ended up getting an old oar lock out at my limits and as I headed in got a merc. He got a few more coins including a sil.wash. and a buffalo
I hit a small spot before sun set and got a bunch of thin coins - clads that been shifting on the bottom for yrs - you could almost shave
with them - got some fishing tackle and a tiny sil.band but nothing special. Could not decide on where to go on Mon. morn am low. Should I go for old
stuff - go for new stuff or both. I decided to go to a beach that a few years ago hit at sunrise and got a platinum ring, 3 golds and some silver
one morning. I have gotten some silver coins and crusted silver jewelry before here but I would be mainly searching for fresh drops. Got in
early and had whole place to myself - water was like glass and viz was pretty good. Started to hunt the shallows first and hope to pick up
some freshly dropped items - place was clean from ankles to waist all I found was can tops and bottoms some sperm count threw back.
Theres a guy out there that digs them up from down deep and then throws them back over his shoulder - confronted him years ago
and he said "they don't fit in my pouch" - so when ever I come across them on top - I know place has been hit by him recently.
So the tide was a Negative and I went way out and that is where large percentage of the sinkers and lures I found came from. I would
rather dig them than trash - they do have some value. I probably found a minimum of $20 worth of tackle. Well I picked the
wrong spot - had I known the tide and water conditions were going to be that good - I had other spots I should have gone for the
oldies instead. I figured that I could go to one of them for the PM low - Not! - conditions turned to crap
Went to a tiny beach on Mon. pM - water was rough - visability low and winds were high
first signal was a fresh drop silver ring and I thought "Oh yea!...this could be good" - Not
hunted all over after that target with nothing to show but a few crusted zincs others probably discrim. - place was cleaned out by locals.
Went to a spot on Tues. am tide that I have gotten finds from the 1700s on up. I got in and hit in the shallows and was getting nothing.
Headed out with the tide and still not much to show. Then I went way out - it was foggy and at times I lost sight of the land and
did not know if I was heading in or farther out. I ended up out over 150+ yrds from shore - in the past I have found silver coins
and old gold out there - other hunters wont go out that far usually. I ended up hitting an old pewter coat button. Not to far I
got another. Not to far away I got a musket ball - then another. Then got a small bronze square boat nail. I got a few older thin coins
but nothing else to write home about. Pics are combined from all spots
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