First post but I've been lurking for a while. I need some hunting advice about some stuff I found and some critique of my poor treasure hunting technique. I thought I would come to the experts.
I was swimming at a beach resort a short while ago and I started to find coins. They were recent minting and not too corroded, though some were more than others. This was fun so I noted the general area, which was about 20 yards by maybe 30 yards, and went back several times. The second day there there was a storm, though the waves were not so strong at the beach as there was a reef offshore. The next day I went and found more coins and out of the corner of my eye I saw a glint of gold. I had to go up cause I was out of breath but I went back down and found a gold chain, a bracelet. I was so surprised that I went back to shore without fixing the spot or digging further.(one rule I do know is follow the debris trail, but I didn't) I did know the general location tho and went back the next day. This time I noticed a lot of ring like objects, seriously corroded, that I hadn't bothered with before so I picked them up. They turned out to be silver, 5 rings. Not much value but at least I know what corroded silver looks like now. The last day on my last swim I found two gold rings in the same area. I didn't dig around again cause I was so surprised. Also there was a lot of coral on the bottom and I didn't want to cut up my hands. (that's a weak excuse, I know) The gold looks like junk gold, it's in a little rough shape though that may be because it was on the bottom, I don't know, I'm just a rank amateur.
So I may go back there, though it will cost me a vacation, and I'm wondering how I should approach this. Any advice? Also, what should I have done? As an aside I'm wondering how I should prepare for this kind of thing. I'm thinking of adding a small digging tool to my mini toolkit that I take everywhere. It would have maybe helped to dig around when I found the gold.
I probably made a lot of rookie mistakes but at least I fixed the approximate spot where I found the rings. It's tough fixing a spot off of a beach.
Thanks.
I was swimming at a beach resort a short while ago and I started to find coins. They were recent minting and not too corroded, though some were more than others. This was fun so I noted the general area, which was about 20 yards by maybe 30 yards, and went back several times. The second day there there was a storm, though the waves were not so strong at the beach as there was a reef offshore. The next day I went and found more coins and out of the corner of my eye I saw a glint of gold. I had to go up cause I was out of breath but I went back down and found a gold chain, a bracelet. I was so surprised that I went back to shore without fixing the spot or digging further.(one rule I do know is follow the debris trail, but I didn't) I did know the general location tho and went back the next day. This time I noticed a lot of ring like objects, seriously corroded, that I hadn't bothered with before so I picked them up. They turned out to be silver, 5 rings. Not much value but at least I know what corroded silver looks like now. The last day on my last swim I found two gold rings in the same area. I didn't dig around again cause I was so surprised. Also there was a lot of coral on the bottom and I didn't want to cut up my hands. (that's a weak excuse, I know) The gold looks like junk gold, it's in a little rough shape though that may be because it was on the bottom, I don't know, I'm just a rank amateur.
So I may go back there, though it will cost me a vacation, and I'm wondering how I should approach this. Any advice? Also, what should I have done? As an aside I'm wondering how I should prepare for this kind of thing. I'm thinking of adding a small digging tool to my mini toolkit that I take everywhere. It would have maybe helped to dig around when I found the gold.
I probably made a lot of rookie mistakes but at least I fixed the approximate spot where I found the rings. It's tough fixing a spot off of a beach.
Thanks.