I went up north Sunday and hunted some of the beaches in Chicago with Goldinwater. All the beaches there were really sanded in really bad, but we still found some gold. I got two gold rings at Montrose Harbor Beach in Chicago, and the rest of the gold I found came from other Beaches in the area. I know the Chicago Beaches get pounded pretty regularly, but I'm happy with how I did on this trip. my totals from this trip is 7 pieces of gold(five rings, a pendant, one earring, and one silver rosie. Plus a ton of junk jewelry, and lots of regular modern coinage. that puts my gold totals at 39 pieces of gold for the year, and 242 silver coins.