Aruba

[sblanchette]

I was in Aruba last week and decided to bring my metal detector. A couple of neat finds, nothing really of real value, a few smaller silver charms/pendants, a mens steel wedding band and a thin 70's style gold bangle earring that was heavily encrusted in calcium and shells - probably weighed a gram or so 14k. Best find by far was when a woman came over and said she had lost her wedding ring a couple days prior while sitting under the umbrella's but couldn't remember which one. She was really upset, said her husband had taken his ring off until they could buy new ones. So I asked her to give me a general idea of where, set up a fairly tight pattern on my CTX 3030 (it was a silver w/turquoise ring) - started swing while she asked people under the umbrella's if it was okay. We drew a fair amount of attention from folks, and within 5 or so mins I got a clear signal at 4 inches - brushed the sand aside and there was her ring. She gave me a huge hug, started crying and half the beach cheered. Very cool - 1st time I had something like that happen. She found me an hour or so later, tried to give me $100 which I refused saying I already got more than fair payment from doing a good deed, she kept pushing, finally I just said if she had to do something donate it to a charity. Later that day she saw me and my wife having lunch and stealth paid our check. At least a half a dozen times over the next couple of days people stopped me (with and w/o my detector) to say how cool it was that I was able to find the wedding band.

BTW: Aruba looks like a great place to hunt. Lots of beaches with lots of people, been going there for more than 10 years and have never seen another detector. It was my 1st time at a beach so I'm sure I was missing more than I was finding, and was only doing wet/dry sand. They do get a lot of beach erosion and end up pumping sand back on the beaches so you probably need to take that into account.

Scott

 

[vpnavy]

I noticed this is your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard Scott! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... and selecting location information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

 

[Jason in Enid]

Kudos on the ring return!

I hunted Aruba while staying there a couple years ago. Never saw another detector, but finds were extremely light, very similar to yours so somebody has to be hunting those beaches. It was also frustrating because the waves hitting the beach are enough to make water hunting VERY difficult. I think if you could find a period when the waves were calm, the water should really produce well.

 

[Silver Searcher]

I went to Aruba in 2010 I never seen anybody detecting either (including me) Eagle Beach looked the best bet for finds. But I must say if I ever took mine abroad it would be to the Blue Lagoon in Turkey, that placed look ripe for the picking and again nobody detecting.

SS

 

[against the wind]

Nice return and Welcome to Tnet

 

[mikeinOC1]

It was the only place outside the states that I have found a decent gold ring while submerged in the water. And that was about a half dozen years or so ago.

 

[Cal_Cobra]

That's a great story!

Welcome and HH,
Brian

 

[Dirtwisher]

Kudos on the ring return!

I hunted Aruba while staying there a couple years ago. Never saw another detector, but finds were extremely light, very similar to yours so somebody has to be hunting those beaches. It was also frustrating because the waves hitting the beach are enough to make water hunting VERY difficult. I think if you could find a period when the waves were calm, the water should really produce well.

Ditto. Brought mine last year to the highrise section. Beach was sparse and the water too rough to do anything.

 

[CASPER-2]

...actually Aruba gets hit a lot - I know guys that live up here and hunt 6 months and go down there and live 6 months - both beach hunters - its all timing - right place at right time - last time there = I saw one guy on beach with a cheap machine and one guy at another in water with an Excal - BUT heard the week before there was a group of like 8 guys together offa cruise and the week before that there was a bunch of guys
that being said I did find one of my best rings down there years ago