Sunday Coin Beach

[jeff of pa]

Sunday bkinpa, DKinPA & I headed to Coin beach for a little bit.
was a long trip from here. about 200 mile one way.
the beach was nice to look at, weather was ok but waves kept me
busy trying not to get wet feet. I failed, the waves won

besides the 3 of us I met 2 brand spanking newbies, she said he bought a Garrett 250
for her the day before, but won't take it out of his hands.
she did have a Cool Lock plate from a jewelry Box or something they found.
I told them to check us out .
saw another hunter with a
Excalibur fighting the waves, and on our way out a Young lady was on her way in.
I assured her I left plenty there as We exchanged a quick Pleasantry.
But no body seemed to be from here.

my Finds for the day
included 21 Cents



a few Keepers
Shell, Nails, Copper wire, "gray Matter"

Obverse

Reverse


The Beach is Not very nice to coins

an 1920 Wheat


1947

Roosie



1954 Washington



1911 Barber Dime



and (i.D.'dby smokeythecat as) "George III's from the wreck"
possibly from the
Wreck of the Faithful Steward.
http://www.discoversea.com/Faithful-Steward.html



, slightly larger then a Quarter,
Face, Facing Right

 

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[SilverDreams]

Nice variety of finds! The beach isn't nice to those coins at all!

 

[g-olden years]

I'd be real happy to find that 1911 Barber at one of the beaches around here! Way to go!
I got all excited when I dug one wheatie at the beach after hunting nearly two years for old coins. Though I have found a few nice silver rings there. HH Andi

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice Barber. I haven't found any of those. And the ocean eats the coins up pretty badly. The big copper is from the shipwreck. With face facing to the right it's a George III. Congrats. Most people don't get one on their first trip. It took me from August to Thanksgiving before I found one, but I don't go in the water - until yesterday. Didn't get one yesterday.

 

[djm of PA]

For a spot that so many people claim to "hammer", I'd say you proved that no spot is ever hunted out. NICE finds!!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

For a spot that so many people claim to "hammer", I'd say you proved that no spot is ever hunted out. NICE finds!!!!

Between the Ocean waves, Nor-Easters, hurricanes,
and Beach workers moving sand, I'd imagine things change Regularly.
I'm more than happy ! on the way down, all I could think of was rotten Zinclons

 

[texjim]

You got right back in the grove from last season with finding silver. What a way to start off the year. Good job.

 

[Lizard King]

Nice finds! I'd be happy just finding that barber dime you found.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Tragic Faithful Steward , read the doomed ship was within 80 yards of the beach . Terrible lost of 180 looking for hope in a new land. Been out there searchin' for those half pennies from the Coin beach wreck .My hunting bud , JT , found at least a dozen after storms . one hour ,to cross over Del. bay to Lewes on the ferry from Cape May . Then another 30 - 40 minute drive from Lewes , Del. to Coin beach . Not bad at all , obviously , one is better than none . Old silver after a Nor' Easter is always a plus .

Mike

 

[WHADIFIND]

The Beach is Not very nice to coins
1911 Barber Dime

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I'd gladly travel 200 miles if there were a chance of finding nice old coins like this. But, if I had a choice of going dirt fishing or ocean fishing, I'd prefer dirt. It tends to treat silver better.

The only reason I'd choose ocean would be for the possibilities of rings/doubloons etc.

Still, as long as you had a good time, that's what it's really all about.

Nice finds!

HH!

 

[jeff of pa]

Tragic Faithful Steward , read the doomed ship was within 80 yards of the beach . Terrible lost of 180 looking for hope in a new land. Been out there searchin' for those half pennies from the Coin beach wreck .My hunting bud , JT , found at least a dozen after storms . one hour ,to cross over Del. bay to Lewes on the ferry from Cape May . Then another 30 - 40 minute drive from Lewes , Del. to Coin beach . Not bad at all , obviously , one is better than none . Old silver after a Nor' Easter is always a plus .

Mike

thanks ! Mike & all



The Faithful Steward
The Faithful Steward left Londonderry, Ireland, on July 9, 1785, for Philadelphia with 249 passengers, mostly Irish immigrants, many related. On September 1, 1785, Captain Connolly McCausland threw a party to celebrate the journey’s end. He and the first mate imbibed so much that they passed out. The ship ran aground on the Mohoba Bank near Indian River Inlet. The force knocked two children to the deck, killing them instantly. Though the ship was fewer than 150 yards from shore, many passengers could not swim, and the waves threatened to sweep away those who could. Bodies washed up on the beach. Only 68 people survived the disaster. Of the 100 women and children on board, seven survived. Many perished within sight of survivors on the beach. Along with passengers, the Faithful Steward carried about 400 barrels of British pennies and halfpennies. It is thought that these are the coins that wash ashore near Delaware Seashore State Park, giving rise to the name Coin Beach.
Our Most Famous Shipwrecks - Delaware Today - September 2010 - Delaware

 

[OBN]

That was a real nice spin, looks like you PA Boys cleaned up as you said you would....

 

[JmCraz8]

Nice!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

That was a real nice spin, looks like you PA Boys cleaned up as you said you would....

hAhA but where was the Gold ?

every time I got the right tone, I'd spend 5 minutes trying to locate whatever & Gave up.
false signals or was hard for me to pinpoint allot

 

[CASPER-2]

GOOD STORY - GOOD HUNT

 

[GTzer]

Excellent finds! I'll get one yet.
Lots of false signals and iron. Had trouble pinpointing most of the metal I dug. Only thing that raced my pulse ended up being a new nickle.
Only Barber I ever heard of from there. Most silver is WWII era or way older.

 

[jeff of pa]

Excellent finds! I'll get one yet.
Lots of false signals and iron. Had trouble pinpointing most of the metal I dug. Only thing that raced my pulse ended up being a new nickle.
Only Barber I ever heard of from there. Most silver is WWII era or way older.

Thanks GT ! so I'm not the only one with pinpointing problems there ?

and Yes Keep at it. The fact I lucked out so Quickly,
& I can't cover the whole area , means what I got was just a few crumbs

so Good Luck !

And Thanks again All

 

[smokeythecat]

Pinpointing can be tough, especially in the very wet sand or in the water. I "detune" my machine somewhat and turn up the discriminator 20% just to hunt in the wet sand. Those big sinkers will still blow your ears off.

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[GTzer]

I detuned. Even experimented on a few repeatable signals before digging. Various settings-switched between all metal and low discrimination etc. Both beaches were just-tougher than what I'm used to (even at those same beaches ) Many times when I dug there were smears of rust. Never saw that before. If I didn't run into 1-3 signals that I could x ok I would have thought my MD was malfunctioning. A lot of that iron was giving pretty good tones too-another thing I wasn't used to.
No expert by any means- but I usually can find a target quickly on a beach and move on. I rated low on efficiency this time.
So much beach-so little time
Sorry i didn't get to meet you Jeff.