Silver Fox
Sr. Member
I went to bed last night (really today at 3am!) with visions of gold and coins being attracted by my Land Star's coil calling. Got up at the "break of dawn" (11am since we always get up at noon!). Fantasies are our best bets! The subway ride took almost 2 hours because there was a large group of unruly teenagers, the kind that wears their long shorts to almost below their bellybuttons and have their hair tattooed! They were loud. At one subway station the announcement was that we were being held up because they were waiting for the police to arrive to, obviously, control the unruly group. The group was corralled with about 6 or more cops in attendance. Eventually, we were on our way again.
When the train pulled in to the last stop, Coney Island, the first thing you notice before the hot days of summer, is the coolness, plus the thousands getting off the train and crowding through the narrow passageways. When we were on the street the wind was noticeable. I walked to the boardwalk and girded to detect. But the wind was really blowing around 25-30 mph! You could see the sand being blown into fog-like clouds.
I walked to the water's edge amidst the crowd on the dry sand and headed east. First, though, I tried to ground-balance my Land Star and there was no way I could use ALL METALS on the wet sand since as soon as I tried to lower the coil from waist level the detector would start to sound off. Backing off on the GB control did nothing and I maxed CCW and I still couldn't get a quiet or quieter detector. So I switched to DISC and moved on. No sounds except a sporadic one once in a while. I decided to at least go home with a coin or two so I walked on dry sand. Nary a sound except for one solid high-pitched sound that produced a screw cap. I walked some more but said "The hell with this." and got ready to go home.
Even with the wind blowing fiercely, hardy New Yorkers were still at the beach in force, and going in the water! The news just reported that at Jones Beach there were 500,000!
I took photos though to show you scenes from famous Coney Island. The photo showing a restroom in front of the boardwalk at sand level shows why this beach is a waste to detect. If you remember the Drifter's 1964 song "UNDER THE BOARDWALK" those days are gone forever. You cannot go under the boardwalk any longer as it is fenced off. Worse, the sand now is so high that as you can see in the restroom photo part of the fenced off area. I walked down to the cemented area in front of the restroom, turned around and shot towards the beach. You can see that the sand is about 10-15 feet high! Normally, standing on that cement platform you could see straight to the water. Only a hurricane hitting that area and removing ALL of that sand right up to the boardwalk could give any detectorist a chance at finding the tons of goodies that will be found under the original base.
So, at least enjoy the photos I took for you guys/gals.
1-From the boardwalk before I hit the sand. And in the summer this scene is multiplied many times!
2-Looking across the boardwalk at a food stand and rides behind.
3-Closeup of Wonder Wheel, seen in many movies.
4-The city cares about your comfort and on a hot day people hop like kangaroos. No more!
5-Water's edge looking West towards the Parachute Jump with no one jumping!
6-Water's edge looking East.
7-Yes, a NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation vehicle. They control the beach.
8-Boardwalk hidden by never-to-be-removed sand dune about 10-15 feet high. That's a restroom
below the sand level!
9-Looking towards the water which at one time, when I was a kid, you could see from here!
10-Sand art.
11-The real thing, plus!
When the train pulled in to the last stop, Coney Island, the first thing you notice before the hot days of summer, is the coolness, plus the thousands getting off the train and crowding through the narrow passageways. When we were on the street the wind was noticeable. I walked to the boardwalk and girded to detect. But the wind was really blowing around 25-30 mph! You could see the sand being blown into fog-like clouds.
I walked to the water's edge amidst the crowd on the dry sand and headed east. First, though, I tried to ground-balance my Land Star and there was no way I could use ALL METALS on the wet sand since as soon as I tried to lower the coil from waist level the detector would start to sound off. Backing off on the GB control did nothing and I maxed CCW and I still couldn't get a quiet or quieter detector. So I switched to DISC and moved on. No sounds except a sporadic one once in a while. I decided to at least go home with a coin or two so I walked on dry sand. Nary a sound except for one solid high-pitched sound that produced a screw cap. I walked some more but said "The hell with this." and got ready to go home.
Even with the wind blowing fiercely, hardy New Yorkers were still at the beach in force, and going in the water! The news just reported that at Jones Beach there were 500,000!
I took photos though to show you scenes from famous Coney Island. The photo showing a restroom in front of the boardwalk at sand level shows why this beach is a waste to detect. If you remember the Drifter's 1964 song "UNDER THE BOARDWALK" those days are gone forever. You cannot go under the boardwalk any longer as it is fenced off. Worse, the sand now is so high that as you can see in the restroom photo part of the fenced off area. I walked down to the cemented area in front of the restroom, turned around and shot towards the beach. You can see that the sand is about 10-15 feet high! Normally, standing on that cement platform you could see straight to the water. Only a hurricane hitting that area and removing ALL of that sand right up to the boardwalk could give any detectorist a chance at finding the tons of goodies that will be found under the original base.
So, at least enjoy the photos I took for you guys/gals.
1-From the boardwalk before I hit the sand. And in the summer this scene is multiplied many times!
2-Looking across the boardwalk at a food stand and rides behind.
3-Closeup of Wonder Wheel, seen in many movies.
4-The city cares about your comfort and on a hot day people hop like kangaroos. No more!
5-Water's edge looking West towards the Parachute Jump with no one jumping!
6-Water's edge looking East.
7-Yes, a NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation vehicle. They control the beach.
8-Boardwalk hidden by never-to-be-removed sand dune about 10-15 feet high. That's a restroom
below the sand level!
9-Looking towards the water which at one time, when I was a kid, you could see from here!
10-Sand art.
11-The real thing, plus!
