Port Aransas, TX advice?

[Hothgar]

We are here for a couple months this winter. Does anyone have some starting spots? The beach is desolate this time if year, so I am sort of shooting in the dark. So far the places I have tried have been all light stuff. Can pieces, pull tabs. Lots of nulls with the excal.

Thanks so much

 

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[austin]

What do you want to find? Might be something washed up on the beach, might still be coins in the second line of dunes. South of Port A(down the beach) was a military target range around WWII. Have found stuff about 5 miles down the beach. Don't know if they were live or not. Marked them and called the police. When I was a kid in the 50's we(cousin and friends) found Spanish coins, but found more on Padre and at the cut. That is now the National Seashore. Have found coins, jewelry and some other stuff down from Port A, back in the dunes. But I have no idea what is left. Lots of MDers over the years. Too much building, too many condos. Wild and beautiful then. Good luck...

 

[Hothgar]

I have three young kids in tow so I figure dunes won't work. People just climb up there and hunt? I was just trying low tide while the kids splash around

 

[waseeker]

Was there a few years back just after the new ranger station opened. Ranger told me that they had just taken down some public showers so I was there early the next morning with a shovel and my MD. A couple of locals also showed up. Between the 3 of us we pulled over $70.00 in quarters in 3 days. If any more showers or picnic areas try there also

 

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

I have a buddy down there for the month of December, he says things are slow in the sand.

Wayne

www.metaldetectingstuff.com

 

[austin]

Not climb the dunes. Search along the bottoms between first dunes and second ones. In fact, search the flats between the gulf and the intercoastal canal. But watch for nails and traffic on the beach and rattlesnakes and coyotes back in the island's interior. Worse down on Padre, but still exists on Port A. ALSO, some really big bull sharks in the surf. Go stand on a dune, look seaward and notice the color change of the water. Two sand bars out there. Sort of deep, shallow, sort of deep, shallow, then very deep.Spring is when mommy sharks give birth and fisherman catch piles of 1-2 foot babies and pile them in great heaps on the beach. Sometimes an undertow down from the big pier(Caldwell), most times not. Winter is calmer, easier to drive on the beach. Don't mean to scare you, just be aware. And yes, there is still treasure there...

 

[Hothgar]

Thanks for all the advice. Found a silver earring today and lots of clad and sinkers the last two days. In surf at low tide, just finding tabs and light junk. Finding the best place to hunt is kind of right around the mid point between low and high tide for now. Plenty of targets to keep you busy. Few junk earrings and junk rings too.

 

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

Hothgar, if you see a guy swinging a Minelab ExcaliburII in the surf, he's a buddy of mine. He's from MN and his name is Jim. Just don't call him a "snowbird" ;-)

Wayne

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