Silly people scrounging for gold and silver

[CASPER-2]

When the easy money is in fishing tackle ​

finds from 2 beaches - waters seem warm but no one going in - lots of sunbathers - just no water bathers
handful of people like knee deep or ankle deep with babies
small thin silver cross and just a few older thin coins
best item may be the large rusty crusty ball in upper left of second pic - found at one of my spots
ive gotten lot of musketballs and colonial buttons at over the yrs. - I think it might be a small
cannon ball - may be from a deck gun - will have to get checked out in future
actually - still a few bucks here in sinkers and even some lures could be cleaned up (add a new hook) and resold




took awhile to chisel the crust off it - found about 2 ft down in like 5ft of water at low tide


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[Msbeepbeep]

That is quite a haul of fishing tackle, treasure is treasure.

Was your treasures living space greater than yours?
Our collections do seem to take on a life and space of their own.

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[CASPER-2]

That is quite a haul of fishing tackle, treasure is treasure.

Was your treasures living space greater than yours?
Our collections do seem to take on a life and space of their own.

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I have a nice man cave down in the cellar with prob 80% of my stuff - rest is here and there all over the house

 

[digger460]

That's where the term "get the lead out" came from

You mentioned no water bather's. Probably cause I'm not seeing many hooks, which could still be out there

Nice haul over the years!

 

[CASPER-2]

That's where the term "get the lead out" came from

You mentioned no water bather's. Probably cause I'm not seeing many hooks, which could still be out there

Nice haul over the years!

they just announced that the great whites are back in town and it puts scare into lot of people - though you wont see them in these beach areas = no food for them around - they are within about a half hour away as the crow (sea gull) flys - their seal feeding grounds are just around the corner
so keeps the people on the beach or in the shallows - happens every year lately

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

Just make sure "they" know that!
They may have been sampling the seal buffet there.

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[IDXMonster]

You’ve had a heck of a career there so far my friend! ALL of it is impressive,in volume AND quality. And while I know your initial post was a bit tongue in cheek to start,its the challenge of finding ANYTHING good these days! For being in Wisconsin and hunting inland,I also have got a respectable sinker collection,along with a decent bullet collection. I just love finding lead,if I can’t find any silver or old copper...

 

[CASPER-2]

You’ve had a heck of a career there so far my friend! ALL of it is impressive,in volume AND quality. And while I know your initial post was a bit tongue in cheek to start,its the challenge of finding ANYTHING good these days! For being in Wisconsin and hunting inland,I also have got a respectable sinker collection,along with a decent bullet collection. I just love finding lead,if I can’t find any silver or old copper...

Thanks for noting it was "tongue in cheek" - that's why I put the head banging against the wall
some wrote me like I was serious - I know guys that its gold or nothing - they don't even like getting silver
I got into it for the hobby in 1975 - and that's why I'm still in it - the gold is nice - very nice
but now a days I'm just happy to get out - be it land or water
and happy to get anything that aint trash