Narthoniel
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2008
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- 1,755
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- Location
- Virginia Beach
- Detector(s) used
- Excal 2 and E Trac
- #1
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Hello,
I was fortunate enough to stumble onto this excellent hobby this summer. I was racking my brain for ideas for a hobby that would bring in more than I would have to spend. I bought my first detector in late June, and used it almost every day for 3 weeks in the dry sand. It was then I decided to give this hobby a real go, and bought an Excal 2. I have spent many countless hours scouring the beach, and I have been rewarded many times over.
While I have a lot of photos, 4 finds stand out that I have no pictures of. These were items that I found and returned to people that had lost them. The first was a gold toe ring in the dry sand. Not only was she estatic, but her friend bought my wife and I dinner to thank us for it. Prime rib and shrimp - it was great! The second return I made was another ring lost in the dry sand. I found it in 2 seconds, and she was in tears. She had spent hours digging in the sand looking for it. I was rewarded with $24 for this find. The third was a purse I found on a lifeguard chair at 6 am. It was returned by 8 am the same day, and she gave me a great big hug as thanks. The fourth item I was able to return was a cell phone buried in the dry sand after a concert. I gave the phone to my wife, and soon after, the owner called it. We did not recieve a reward, but thats not always what counts. She did write us a nice letter saying thank you.
As for the rest, I kept it all! Well, some things I gave to kids on the beach. Some I gave to friends and family, but overall, I have a large horde of saved items.
A picture showing some miscellanious things I found over the year.
Sunglasses and eye glasses. I found many more than this, but the rest were given away, or thrown out because they wern't in good shape.
Toy cars. Some went to kids on the beach, or friends. Most of them are here tho.
No gold or silver here. This is my junk jewelry collection.
Again, junk earrings. I give them their own category because of the numbers I find.
Junk rings - no precious metals here. I had quite a few more, some were given away, and others I am not sure where they are.
My favorite ring of the year that is not gold or silver. Nearly 20 grams and size 13!
One of the watches I found this year. Gave this to another surf pirate who needed a watch.
These two pictures show most of the silver rings I have found this year. A few short fo the actual, but pretty close. One was sold, some given away.
Sold this ring to someone locally, one of the prettiest silver rings I found.
One of my favorite silver finds. It reads, "With God's help I served in harms way" and "US Marines."
I was fortunate enough to stumble onto this excellent hobby this summer. I was racking my brain for ideas for a hobby that would bring in more than I would have to spend. I bought my first detector in late June, and used it almost every day for 3 weeks in the dry sand. It was then I decided to give this hobby a real go, and bought an Excal 2. I have spent many countless hours scouring the beach, and I have been rewarded many times over.
While I have a lot of photos, 4 finds stand out that I have no pictures of. These were items that I found and returned to people that had lost them. The first was a gold toe ring in the dry sand. Not only was she estatic, but her friend bought my wife and I dinner to thank us for it. Prime rib and shrimp - it was great! The second return I made was another ring lost in the dry sand. I found it in 2 seconds, and she was in tears. She had spent hours digging in the sand looking for it. I was rewarded with $24 for this find. The third was a purse I found on a lifeguard chair at 6 am. It was returned by 8 am the same day, and she gave me a great big hug as thanks. The fourth item I was able to return was a cell phone buried in the dry sand after a concert. I gave the phone to my wife, and soon after, the owner called it. We did not recieve a reward, but thats not always what counts. She did write us a nice letter saying thank you.
As for the rest, I kept it all! Well, some things I gave to kids on the beach. Some I gave to friends and family, but overall, I have a large horde of saved items.
A picture showing some miscellanious things I found over the year.
Sunglasses and eye glasses. I found many more than this, but the rest were given away, or thrown out because they wern't in good shape.
Toy cars. Some went to kids on the beach, or friends. Most of them are here tho.
No gold or silver here. This is my junk jewelry collection.
Again, junk earrings. I give them their own category because of the numbers I find.
Junk rings - no precious metals here. I had quite a few more, some were given away, and others I am not sure where they are.
My favorite ring of the year that is not gold or silver. Nearly 20 grams and size 13!
One of the watches I found this year. Gave this to another surf pirate who needed a watch.
These two pictures show most of the silver rings I have found this year. A few short fo the actual, but pretty close. One was sold, some given away.
Sold this ring to someone locally, one of the prettiest silver rings I found.
One of my favorite silver finds. It reads, "With God's help I served in harms way" and "US Marines."
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What a Year!!!!! 
RR
Can't wait to see what ya get in 09. WTG
