Sand Shark spotted at Middle School!

[Terry Soloman]

I could not drive the 54-miles out to Jones Beach today, and my Sand Shark was thrashing in the corner, just hungry as could be! I finally threw in the towel at 930am, and drove 10-minutes to the Middle School here in town, which was built in the early 1900s. I strapped on my Lesche and Knee pad, and turned the Shark loose! Ten-minutes and three targets later, I hit the Buffalo nickel at about 10" deep. The date is completely worn off, but I was stoked. It is Hot, humid and hazy today, and an hour-and-a-half after starting, I had dug about 35- targets including three- Wheats, three- Zincs, a Canadian coin (I think), and a 1969 nickel. I was pooped!

I had decided to call it a morning just as I got a slight beep. It was just enough to make me swing over that spot again and rub it with the toe of my tennis shoe. Hmm.. Yes it was a hit, but honestly I almost didn't dig it. I was tired and hot, there was ice water in the car and this sounded a lot like a piece of wire. Ahh heck! I knelt down and put the Lesche in the ground and cut another plug. Well, I popped the plug up and immediately saw what I thought was the band of a silver ring! My heart jumped into my throat! I took off my gloves and started to pull the "ring" out of the dirt-clod. It was two silver 1964 dimes stuck together! How cool is that?! While I'm still swinging for my first ring, and really prefer the beach, I have to say today was pretty cool.

[Allcav]

Nice Job Terry

[ivan salis]

not bad --- sometimes you gotta feed the detecting monkey.

[sandtrout]

Looks like your ocean is dry land! When I'm desperate I start digging the iron out of my back yard!

[Terry Soloman]

I have found out that the dark Wheat-cent, is a fairly rare find! It is a magnetic STEEL penny from 1943! Pretty cool! I LOVE my Sand Shark!

[Smudge]

Holy Cow Terry.

You took a PI machine to a schoolyard??

Wow. I won't even ask how much junk you dug!

[Terry Soloman]

Holy Cow Terry.

You took a PI machine to a schoolyard??

Wow. I won't even ask how much junk you dug!

It was actually better than the tot-lot ratio. I would say 24-trash targets to get to about 11-good targets at the school. When you have that adventure (nutt-job?!) gene like me, two-hours digging everything aint no big thing! But I LOVE the beach!!!

[Smudge]

Well, hats off to you Terry.

I just bought a Cibola to compliment the Compadre.

All I need now is that Sand Shark to complete my arsenal, but I've got to save a few more pennies for that one.

[Terry Soloman]

Well, hats off to you Terry.

I just bought a Cibola to compliment the Compadre.

All I need now is that Sand Shark to complete my arsenal, but I've got to save a few more pennies for that one.

It should only be a few months between the Com and Cib, before you have enough finds to get the Shark! Thing is, my Sand Shark (still have not named him), is trying to talk me into a beach house - and expensive beach vacations! Already convinced me to take gold out of the safe and sell it so we can go to Miami! Devil machine I tell ya!

[liftloop]

sounds better than finding the nails in the hard wood floor thru the green shag carpeting,with a pin pointer,to get that fix...love that buffalo.

[Jeep]

Nice Finds

Thats a right purty buffalo you got there