3.5 hrs in the water,.61cents,and a bad case of "frozen brain"

[cz70pro]

The water temp was between 70 and 72 degrees,I was wearing a "shorty" wetsuit and the finds were megar.After 3.5 hrs,I decided to call it quits after I started getting chilled.I got back to the car with plenty of time to spare before work today.The only problem is,I drove away without my detector or scoop! I got to work, and realized as soon as I popped the trunk to rinse my stuff off.I shot back to where I left the scoop/detector,and they were gone.Thank God,a worker found them and locked them in his office.I hugged him and gave him all the cash I had($12.00) It's nice to know our good deeds(ring returns) have some "carma pull".In 15 yrs of detecting,I have never driven away without my "stuff". I think I got over chilled,and my brain was on break.What a range of emotions,I'm tired! Many,Many thanks to the honest Count employee who found my stuff.

 

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[lorraine]

cz70pro, you sure were fortunate in that situation!

I'm glad that it worked out in your favor.

Kudos for the honest employee!

Lorraine

 

[hamiddetecting]

Finds

Detecting is gold

For get Gold

 

[firemac]

cold can do that to you, hypothermia is tough on us, 70 degree water is still pretty cool

 

[Doc Arey]

Yea!

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

Fatigue and hypothermia, can certainly do a number on you.

Yesterday I spent about four hours in the water wearing a T-shirt and Bermuda shorts, water temperature being closer to the high 6Os than the low 70s. While working a grid from chest deep water toward the beach, I noticed that I was accidently dumping the contents of the scoop after removing it from the hole and had difficulty in just pointing the scoop the correct way. The first find a freshly dropped quarter was easy to retrieve, the second which looked like a tarnished ring difficult as I had to go at it at different angles because it was in the rocks, the last a tarnished silver bracelet was just awful as it overloaded my detector. It took forever to retrieve as it seemed to move with each dig.

When I got back to shore, I learned that someone had lost a gold necklace, so I extended the search another five hours hunting wet and dry sand - no luck.
Exhausted, I loaded up and went under a bright light so that I could better view my findings, as there was no one around. To my chagrin what appeared as a tarnished flattened ring was a large ring of an old can and the thought beautiful bracelet was the open top an aluminum can with jagged edges underneath. I was really lucky, not to of been sliced by it.

On emotions when you are that tired - there are none!

 

[Dynamo76]

Sounds good to me in western pa. We are experiencing a January thaw today. I was able to get out to a local park, chipped through some remaining ice/snow for a gold coin. I envy you in the south.

 

[Hag730]

wow...lucky