old pontchartrain beach area

[jharhed]

Anyone know if its legal to hunt there, since uno leases that area?

[River Rat]

Have no clue, but it wouldn't hurt to ask the UNO officials.

[nfunk]

I have detected there on two occasions. Didn't find much except tons of spent ammunition cases left over from "D-Day" reenactments over the years.

[NOLA_Ken]

I've hunted up there recently since the road over the levee has been re-opened. Didn't find anything but cans and caps.

[Cass]

I hunted Lincoln Beach back in the early 70s' with a BFO, and remember it being a very frustrating waste of time. I hunted the beach and in the water and don't remember finding anything worth while. I remember strips of small gravel as as I waded out and kept thinking them a good place for goodies to be gathered, but they were not there.Of course that was a long time ago , with an old BFO, but I found some great coins in other places with that machine. The potential for the goods to be there is not to be denied though, because of the long use of those beaches. HH, Cass

[NOLA_Ken]

Cass, I went to Lincoln beach recently with a friend and we had a fun day to say the least. Between us around 15 bucks in clad, and a bunch of misc. stuff. We didn't find anything worth reporting really though and the place is so junked up now it's difficult to swing without 20 pull tabs attacking you.

Ponchartrain beach is a different story though, one end is completely barren as far as finds have gone, while another section has given up a pile of clad, a buffalo nickel, a silver rosie, a watch, and a 10k ring (plate sadly) I plan to give it a rest until fall, and hit it again when there aren't crowds of people hanging out. It's trashy, but here in New Orleans, you have to expect that in public areas.

[GrayCloud]

You are right Ken, it does not resemble the clean beach my family visited and camped on back in the 50's. Boy to have had a detector back then.

[NOLA_Ken]

GreyCloud, I can only imagine what it was like before. I have a feeling though that if a guy were to go out there with a good underwater machine, and chase the erosion of the beach that there'd be some really good stuff to find.

[GrayCloud]

I would think so Ken. Good luck and stay safe, there are alligators in that lake.