outer banks

  1. A Week's Worth of OBX Finds

    I spent a week with the family down in the Outer Banks and I was able to get out to the beach almost every day. I usually waited until low tide or after people cleared off in the afternoon and would hunt until dark. No gold or silver but plenty of interesting finds. "Eyeball" anklet Gold...
  2. Driftwood found - origins unknown - OBX

    After Tropical Storm Arthur, I was walking on the beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and I saw this giant piece of driftwood slowly get pushed up shore. The water was still very rough and the swell was strong, but it took multiple waves to get this thing to budge up the shore. I am trying to...
  3. Headed to the Outer Banks in June ?

    Just checking ahead of time, but I am headed to the Outer Banks, i.e. Kitty Hawk, Duck, NC in June. Was wondering what the MD'ing laws were regarding beach & water hunting ? Would like to avoid any legal pitfalls if any exist ?? Thanks in advance.
  4. OBX vacation week finds

    I've been metal detecting the OBX beaches for a few years now and typically returned with some pocket change and one or two cool finds. This week however blew all of that out of the water. I switched out my White's V3i for a newly acquired Minelab Excalibur II and the difference is amazing. Even...
  5. Anyone have any luck detecting in the Outerbanks (Duck, Corolla) areas?

    thinking about trying out my new detector this week and just wanted to know if it's possible to find something good.
  6. Outer Banks Copper/Brass Spike

    I found this item in about a foot of water, low tide, Atlantic Ocean, on the Outer Banks of NC. It was found a couple days ago. Not sure exactly what it is. 29 yrs. of beachcombing, my best find.
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