Sometimes it pays to be foilish

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No I did not spell foolish wrong. I was foilish because I dug the foil signals (35-42 VDI). I went to a swimming area that I did in July all geared up in my wetsuit ready to go and when I got there the water was all gone. It is not unusual for this to happen but it caught me by surprise because the last time I was there the water was really high. I started swingin the ATPro and noticed 2 sets of footprints going back and forth across the sand. I could see places where they had dug. So it looks like the whole area was detected a few days before I got there. But nobody gets it all so I kept going. Mostly I dug foil as it seems they ignored it. I did manage to find a quarter, a penny, a junk earring, a broken earring, an earring back, the screw ball end of a bellybutton ring, and a couple of tabs.

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About mid way through the hunt I dug a foil signal and got my reward for cleaning up the trash, a 14k gold earring. I know some of you will think I am foolish for digging all those foil signals, but I would rather dig trash than miss the gold.

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Not a great hunt but I didn’t get skunked and I did score some gold and that is always a good thing.

I got out some over the past week and found some clad, 119 coins with a face value of $5.58 including an Anthony dollar, and a pewter dog pedant with the ring broken off on campus.

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Another water hunt finishing up a beach where there actually was water 😆netted 18 coins with a value of $1.62, tabs, sinkers, junk earrings, a silver ring, a stainless steel ring and a silver earring.

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I am going to do the last swimming area of the Boy Scout camp tomorrow. With luck I will have something to show. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things
 

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Another water hunt finishing up a beach where there actually was water ��netted 18 coins with a value of $1.62, tabs, sinkers, junk earrings, a silver ring, a stainless steel ring and a silver earring.

It sounds like you had a good hunt. Keep swingin.
 

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Congrats on your finds. I'm glad that you had the gumption to hunt a recently hunted area; as you said, no one gets it all. This is a good example. Thank you for the foilish pun--I like it!


I usually find some gold or silver in this place and one year I found a diamond engagement and wedding set with 1.5 carats in diamonds with the largest being 1/2 carat. So I had to try. Keep swingin.
 

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