deepsky48
Greenie
I researched Chesapeake Beach, MD. in 1993. I went there and saw the new pier and some remnants of old pilings going out at low tide
(to the right of the new pier) for quite some distance. I started searching the swimming beach in the water all the way up to my chest. I only
found some clads and a gold pinky band.
Then I started the REAL search. I began at the closest piling remnant and soon was scooping up barber quarters and halves.
I worked out as far as I could go and after 4 hours of tiring work, I had recovered 34 quarters and 46 halves, 13 barber dimes, some keys
and a pocket knife.
I never made it back. I had planned on doing some scuba work as far as the pilings would go but the chance never materialized as I
was a researcher at Human Genome Sciences in Rockville, and time was simply rare for me to get away.
WHY? You ask, were these coins there?
Well, research showed me pictures of the Chesapeake Beach area in the late 1800 to early 1900 with paddle wheelers docked up at the
1/4 mile long dock unloading D.C. visitors to the beach and SOME ENTREPRENEUR had lined the Left side ( as your walking to shore).
of the Dock with One-armed BANDITS. So I assumed a lot of change would have been lost overboard.
Go there and scuba dive the length and use your underwater detector and you may be surprised.
Clint
(to the right of the new pier) for quite some distance. I started searching the swimming beach in the water all the way up to my chest. I only
found some clads and a gold pinky band.
Then I started the REAL search. I began at the closest piling remnant and soon was scooping up barber quarters and halves.
I worked out as far as I could go and after 4 hours of tiring work, I had recovered 34 quarters and 46 halves, 13 barber dimes, some keys
and a pocket knife.
I never made it back. I had planned on doing some scuba work as far as the pilings would go but the chance never materialized as I
was a researcher at Human Genome Sciences in Rockville, and time was simply rare for me to get away.
WHY? You ask, were these coins there?
Well, research showed me pictures of the Chesapeake Beach area in the late 1800 to early 1900 with paddle wheelers docked up at the
1/4 mile long dock unloading D.C. visitors to the beach and SOME ENTREPRENEUR had lined the Left side ( as your walking to shore).
of the Dock with One-armed BANDITS. So I assumed a lot of change would have been lost overboard.
Go there and scuba dive the length and use your underwater detector and you may be surprised.
Clint
