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Welp I woke up wednesday morning and looked out my patio window and found this..
at which point I rememberd that I had flown down to the Yucatan about 15 miles south of Cancun and was a guest at the Moon Palace,so I grabbed my Minelab,sandscoop and pouch and ran out the door fast as I could there was a lot of beach to cover and I had to get moving
so after I went back into the room and put some clothes on I headed out,first thing I noticed was that the beach was as quiet as a mouse,not a beep to be heard though I could tell I was passing over some iron wasnt hitting much else. So I turned my iron mask off and starting running wide open at which point I began to dig nail then wire then nail then little piece of metal then finally I dig up a 2 peso,it looked to be a bi-metal with gold color in center and silver color surrounding. So I sat down and tried notching up the mask to see when I cold hear the coin but not a nail,to my suprise/horror I find that there is no difference between the two and only no mask at all would sound these coins off. In essence every mexican 2,3 and 5 peso coin sunds off just like a rusty nail or piece of wire I spent most of the first day diggin them all and came out with a couple of mems a clad dime and a couple of peso coins. On day two,to my delight,I found that a 10 peso coin as well as 50 centavos make good coin sounds so I had a little better luck. By day three I decided to put the mask back on and only dig the coin and gold sounds and just give up on the iron coins.Well day 3 turned into early day 4 and I was getting a bit tipsy,here I am at the swing bar starting down a dangerous road
well day 4 was a total wash because I got puking sloppy drunk in the early hours and didnt make it out of bed till that evening,but I vowed to do better the following days. On day 5 I started to get my stride finding 50 centavos and clad and my first jewlery of the trip a nice sterling earring with one nice big diamond surrounded by several smaller stones,I even started digging a few pesos by digging solid nulls,nulls are difficult to differentiate but after awhile you get a knack for good ones,though I still dug a lot of iron and Im sure I missed some pesos I simply didnt have enough time to dig every single null but I felt pretty good about the number of pesos I dug considering. I also went on my first night hunt for a couple of hours found a few coins and a neat little doo dad that goes on a headress or skirt that you would see someone in India wearing,it rang up gold/aluminum and after I dug I thought it might be gold but after looking at it in the light Im sure its not. Well day six brought me to my last night hunt and still no gold a solid 2 hours I swung the big coil and reached the farthest point I was going,which was only half way down the resort length or about a mile,turning around heading back a solid signal I thought might be my maybe 15th pulltab in 6 days,Im telling you this beach was silent,in the scoop a very heavy gold 3/4 hoop earing with a locking back that was closed,I would guess it weighs 6 grams or better though I still need to get out my glasses and find a hallmark. Not a whole lot of coins but a couple decent jewlery and a really wonderful time. I highly recommend the Moon Palace if you like to be spoiled rotten,all-inclusive,5-star. I would however advise you to hunt the south half of the beach the north half is spit shined :} The biggest problem was the hurricane there last fall wiped out the beach and they have replaced just about all of the sand since then.
a closeup of the precious's and a couple of silver bangels
at which point I rememberd that I had flown down to the Yucatan about 15 miles south of Cancun and was a guest at the Moon Palace,so I grabbed my Minelab,sandscoop and pouch and ran out the door fast as I could there was a lot of beach to cover and I had to get moving
so after I went back into the room and put some clothes on I headed out,first thing I noticed was that the beach was as quiet as a mouse,not a beep to be heard though I could tell I was passing over some iron wasnt hitting much else. So I turned my iron mask off and starting running wide open at which point I began to dig nail then wire then nail then little piece of metal then finally I dig up a 2 peso,it looked to be a bi-metal with gold color in center and silver color surrounding. So I sat down and tried notching up the mask to see when I cold hear the coin but not a nail,to my suprise/horror I find that there is no difference between the two and only no mask at all would sound these coins off. In essence every mexican 2,3 and 5 peso coin sunds off just like a rusty nail or piece of wire I spent most of the first day diggin them all and came out with a couple of mems a clad dime and a couple of peso coins. On day two,to my delight,I found that a 10 peso coin as well as 50 centavos make good coin sounds so I had a little better luck. By day three I decided to put the mask back on and only dig the coin and gold sounds and just give up on the iron coins.Well day 3 turned into early day 4 and I was getting a bit tipsy,here I am at the swing bar starting down a dangerous road
well day 4 was a total wash because I got puking sloppy drunk in the early hours and didnt make it out of bed till that evening,but I vowed to do better the following days. On day 5 I started to get my stride finding 50 centavos and clad and my first jewlery of the trip a nice sterling earring with one nice big diamond surrounded by several smaller stones,I even started digging a few pesos by digging solid nulls,nulls are difficult to differentiate but after awhile you get a knack for good ones,though I still dug a lot of iron and Im sure I missed some pesos I simply didnt have enough time to dig every single null but I felt pretty good about the number of pesos I dug considering. I also went on my first night hunt for a couple of hours found a few coins and a neat little doo dad that goes on a headress or skirt that you would see someone in India wearing,it rang up gold/aluminum and after I dug I thought it might be gold but after looking at it in the light Im sure its not. Well day six brought me to my last night hunt and still no gold a solid 2 hours I swung the big coil and reached the farthest point I was going,which was only half way down the resort length or about a mile,turning around heading back a solid signal I thought might be my maybe 15th pulltab in 6 days,Im telling you this beach was silent,in the scoop a very heavy gold 3/4 hoop earing with a locking back that was closed,I would guess it weighs 6 grams or better though I still need to get out my glasses and find a hallmark. Not a whole lot of coins but a couple decent jewlery and a really wonderful time. I highly recommend the Moon Palace if you like to be spoiled rotten,all-inclusive,5-star. I would however advise you to hunt the south half of the beach the north half is spit shined :} The biggest problem was the hurricane there last fall wiped out the beach and they have replaced just about all of the sand since then.
a closeup of the precious's and a couple of silver bangels
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