Thanks GraveDigger....will keep that in mind for Croatan. That is where we did most of our beach hunts this summer. That is where I found the high school ring. But the ring had not been there more than a couple of days though...and I was able to return it to the young lady
We were going to head to Camp Pendleton to see if we could detect there, but our time ran out (kids where ending their school day)...so we will try this week.
We only went to Chick's Beach once....nothing but trash...we did find a few pennies, very crusted and some unreadable, sinkers, fishing hooks.
Ocean View, I really don't like going there by myself...but we did find some coins that had been there a very long time, nothing of value, but just enjoyed the hunt. Hubby did find a 1950 German coin and I found a game token

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I guess we went to the beach just a tadbit to early, as Florence was still turning in the waters....we are learning
Hope your new toy arrives quickly so you can get back to the lane and then post to us all the wonderful things you found!!!! I keep telling hubby he needs to go in the water. Told him to bring his scuba gear and his scoop and just dig!!!!! LOL...that would work, wouldn't it? LOL
Hope to see ya'll out there soon (we can't go before 9am and not after 2:30 pm...kids in school).
HH.......Annmarie