petersra
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- Apr 26, 2006
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- Tesoro Tiger Shark + Cheap Radio Shack + Whites DF PI + Aquasound
I went to the beach on Saturday. Still waiting for my new Tesoro Tiger Shark to get back from factory repair 
so I was limited to the dry sand with my Radio Shack. There were a dozen dump truck loads of sugar sand sitting along the side, so it looks like they are going to add sand to the beach and cover any goodies that might have been available. I worked an area of erosion where the beach rake had been dumping rocks, sand, sea weed and trash. I had previously found a ring in that pile, so now that it was knocked down and spread out awaiting an overlay of new sand, I had hoped for some new material close to the surface, but not much luck. I only found the items in the first photo including some clad, a covered wagon and a house key. I then was headed over to a brick foundation wall of an old fort when my detector quit working, I turned it back on and it stayed on only momentarily. It had overheated in the sun and would not work again until it had cooled down. However, when I sat on the low sea wall to fool around with the batteries and other components to see if I could get it to work, I noticed that there were additional small piles of beach rake deposits along the sea wall (2nd photo)...... and my detector would NOT stay on. I poked around in the pile and saw a nickle, which encouraged me to take my scoop and begin to pull the pile apart to look for more and out rolled this nice 14K WG class ring, a total of 39 cents and three polished stones from a tourist shop. I would have preferred a Spanish gold coin, but the ring was nice. Looks like the girl was from Southview High School in Sylvania, Ohio. A long way from Key West. I found the school web site and with a little work I should be able to track her down. She has a "Band" symbol on the ring, so I have a call into the coordinator of the Band Booster Club which was the only telephone number I could find on the web site. I am sure she will be very surprised to get the ring back. The ring find was fun, even if I don't get to keep it. It was a sad day for my MDs though. After I had the RS in the AC for a couple of hours it came on again and stayed on, so I went back to the beach, knowing that by the end of today, the piles will be leveled and covered with a ton of new sand. The MD only worked for another 15 minutes and I gave up for now, but at least I know where the piles were before they are covered over. HH to all. Thanks for looking.
so I was limited to the dry sand with my Radio Shack. There were a dozen dump truck loads of sugar sand sitting along the side, so it looks like they are going to add sand to the beach and cover any goodies that might have been available. I worked an area of erosion where the beach rake had been dumping rocks, sand, sea weed and trash. I had previously found a ring in that pile, so now that it was knocked down and spread out awaiting an overlay of new sand, I had hoped for some new material close to the surface, but not much luck. I only found the items in the first photo including some clad, a covered wagon and a house key. I then was headed over to a brick foundation wall of an old fort when my detector quit working, I turned it back on and it stayed on only momentarily. It had overheated in the sun and would not work again until it had cooled down. However, when I sat on the low sea wall to fool around with the batteries and other components to see if I could get it to work, I noticed that there were additional small piles of beach rake deposits along the sea wall (2nd photo)...... and my detector would NOT stay on. I poked around in the pile and saw a nickle, which encouraged me to take my scoop and begin to pull the pile apart to look for more and out rolled this nice 14K WG class ring, a total of 39 cents and three polished stones from a tourist shop. I would have preferred a Spanish gold coin, but the ring was nice. Looks like the girl was from Southview High School in Sylvania, Ohio. A long way from Key West. I found the school web site and with a little work I should be able to track her down. She has a "Band" symbol on the ring, so I have a call into the coordinator of the Band Booster Club which was the only telephone number I could find on the web site. I am sure she will be very surprised to get the ring back. The ring find was fun, even if I don't get to keep it. It was a sad day for my MDs though. After I had the RS in the AC for a couple of hours it came on again and stayed on, so I went back to the beach, knowing that by the end of today, the piles will be leveled and covered with a ton of new sand. The MD only worked for another 15 minutes and I gave up for now, but at least I know where the piles were before they are covered over. HH to all. Thanks for looking.Amazon Forum Fav 👍
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