willie d
Silver Member
- Jul 13, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- **Tesoro Tiger Shark** Tesoro Silver Umax** Minelab Sov Gt w/WOT coil** Whites 6000Di Pro SL**
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I got in a little over 8 hours of beach hunting today. First I'll tell you about what I found with the detector then I'll get to the tourist part. I got to the beach just after 10 a.m. it was already pretty steamy, not much breeze. I did alot of swinging with no dinging, if you know what I mean. Then came the bottle caps,then came pulltabs, what's next, locust......no I'm kidding. The breeze picked up a little bit and a cloud or two helped out, but it was still pretty hot. I picked a cluster of coins here, a cluster of coins there. I'm talking 3 or 4 per cluster. I didn't find any jewelry(darn). I did end up with 19 quarters, 30 dimes, 12 nickels and 50 pennies for a grand total of $8.85. This blew my mind considering I was either digging bottle caps and pulltabs like crazy. I ended up with 58 pulltabs and easily double that for bottle caps. Just like last Monday I was the only MDer on the beach the whole time. Also like last Monday, I had someone ask me to find something in the water. My machine is not waterproof nor does it like saltwater. Man, I gotta get a detector I can take in the water. Now for the tourist part: As I was heading towards the exit, I see a couple carrying a stroller onto the beach. I'm almost off the beach and I see a woman's purse by a small wall near the exit. Now my first thought was that someone snatched a purse and ditched it near the wall. My second thought(I do alot of thinking ) was that this was some sort of practical joke of some sort. So after looking around for a few seconds I check the purse. There was a wallet with driver's license, platinum credit cards, that rules out purse snatching. So I take the purse to my car and put it in my trunk with my detector. I took the driver's license and headed back towards the beach. I didn't want to be seen walking around with a purse (I get enough strange looks with just the metal detector). On the way, I compared the name on the license with the names posted near the entrance to the condos near the beach. No match. I got back on the beach scanning the beach for possible matches. The woman on the license was blonde and the only blonde was the woman who was carrying the stroller onto the beach on my way out. I read the name off the license to her and she confirmed it was her. It wasn't easy to tell, the picture looked like it was taken in the 80's (BIG hair). I told her the purse was in my trunk and that I'd be right back. Her husband followed followed me out to my car. When I handed him the purse he shook my hand and told me how much he appreciated it and he headed back to the beach. I drove away with a pocket full of change and a pretty good feeling. (In case you were wondering they were from Missouri)
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