Back in the saddle in 2K9 with a new venue...

[diamondjim]

OK, yeah, yeah, I know been absent a long time now. Just got BURNNED out.

SO tired of scrubing the worked over lands of Ohio for the few last missed pieces and completely, utterly NOT converting to tot-lots...I tried that ONE day...BORED BORED BORED out of my mind.

My and IDX needed a new venue...it all started about three weeks ago...

Day 1 was SPECTACULAR...a grey,misty morning on Folly Island, South Carolina...the surf POUNDING, the endless beach empty, just me, IDX and the ocean I love so dearly. It was one of those golden moments in time...like a revalation...THIS is what I'm supposed to be doing.

I just got back from my second trip to SC in the last 4 weeks, just can't imagine swinging dry land anymore... My new years? A mind boggling, absolutely flippin PERFECT 72 degrees with light breezes and sunshine, swinging on Hilton Head...how was your new year's? (Ahahahahahahaha! EDDE just be glad I don't have yer cell...I woulda called you from the beach and done nuthin but LAUGHED! illiNOISE sucks!)

But I am having a tough time unraveling the beach...I've been 'tectin for 20 years, but I feel like a newbie. I FINALLY got IDX dialed in, lot of bad land habits I need to break...but once I got it right, the depth was UNREAL...clad quarters at 18 inches...larger junk even deeper. SALTWATER BEACH HUNTERS HELP! Please? Any and all advice welcome. I am fully competent with the hardware...4 of my colonial coins slabbed and going to high end auction next month...it's reading the sands I'm having trouble with. The are REASONS certain things end up in certain places, still trying to figure out the best way hunt the endless beaches...

Oh yeah...signing a lease to rent a house Jan 17 in SC...THAT burnned out on swinging Ohio and WINTER. PUMPED for sure, I'll get to hunt Hilton Head, Edisto, Hunting, and Folly anytime I want and that just can't be bad!

Sorry for the dumb ramble, this IS today's finds...

Black junk things in the pic are fossil bones, 5 million years old, coupla turtle hunks (my FAV), a small mammal bone, fish bone and tiny shark tooth...I usually find WAY more sharks teeth, just not looking for them this time...this stuff just jumped out at me. The requist pull tabs and clad, of course...but the 2 notable items...1959 memorial (Yeah, I know...pffft...WHATEVER...but found near very old beach access...interesting cause it might be original, not a recent drop) and a fake "1792 gold dubloon" TOO funny. Dubloon just makes me laugh...it's one of those rare items placed on purpose to be found, I'm guessing a joke among beach huntrers? I was very glad to find it...cause it made me laugh.

I'm thinking rather than a big list of everything I've found during the year like I've done in the past, maybe I'l just run a pull tab tally? Yeah...that's gonna get old quick...I dream up some new tracking format for 2K9 that I won't get too bored with...

Have fun all!

 

[seger98]

I know the feeling you have detecting the sunny warm beach, been down here in Alabama for a month & a half now and it's easy diggin' good luck on your 09 finds!


Chris

 

[mikewaz]

Sounds like a good plan to me.
It's headed back down below zero here again, so those temps sure are inviting.
Good luck out there!
Mike

 

[Narthoniel]

Hi Jim, I hope SC does you well. I think we met on the beach here over Labor Day weekend. Take care and keep us up to date.
Anthony

 

[crazyjarhead]

Worked over lands of Ohio?? Jim, there are lots of great places to hunt in Ohio

 

[trey525]

good luck in hilton head i hope you make it in thas a guarded secured community my cousin lives there on an 80 foot yacht hes an ass though...lol lol lol anyway take a look at my profile since i live in wilmington nc in the summer im on the beach everyday during the winter after the first frost and after deer season im in the woods swinging a coil you will see many recent beach finds on my profile i coldnt fit all my relics on the profile i dont know why but they wouldnt fit anyway heres some tips on the beach dont bother with high tide hunting your gonna dig cans and pull tabs until your arms fall off always hunt the lowest tide get as close to the water as you can look for dips in the sand ou know how you look down the beach look for the low spots in the sand gold and silver are heavy they settle inthose low spots during the low tide when the sand is covered with water you can hunt the rising tide up to between 3-4 hours into it rising you still got plenty of sand covered by water at that point if you want to hunt it backwards wait till the tide has 3-4 hours left before its low and start hunting then you will get the most detectingtime that way you hunt it as its faling for 3--4 hours and you can hunt it as its comingback in for 3-4 hours thats how i do it and i bring 2-3 gold or diamond rings home everyday winter is kinda slow i dont go inthe winter i dont like the cold wind next depending on where your going look for resorts or high end motels ppl with money and older people usually stay there hunt infront of those places remember the water makes your skin shrink and the tanning oil or lotion makes your skin slick just right for rings and such falling right off what kind of machine are you using and what exactly are you looking for on the beach also look close to piers alot of people hang out there and things wash up against the pilings and settle to the bottom the biggest silver ringand diamond earring i ever found were right along side a pier

 

[EDDE]

yes yes it does

 

[camb1]

WOW that is one great coin.

 

[deathhare]

Im with you diamondjim.
The south is where its at in the winter.

 

[diamondjim]

Thanks for the good info trey. I had no problems finding the public access on Hilton Head though, even found free parking...it's islands like Fripp that are completely private.

Yeah yeah I know Ohio still got stuff in the ground, just burnned out on it...

 

[allen]

good luck on those nice warm sandy beaches...

 

[kimsdad]

Hey Jim, good to have you back! I was wondering what happened to you.

Best of luck in the new digs and hunting in '09.

Hey, would you please post a pic of the "Finger of Fate"? I need to rub it again to get some more luck for silver!
Neil

 

[kdismuke1]

GLAD YOU ARE BACK. I KNOW YOU MUST LIKE THE WARM WEATHER AND BEACHES. BEST OF LUCK.

 

[diamondjim]

Hey Jim, good to have you back! I was wondering what happened to you.

Best of luck in the new digs and hunting in '09.

Hey, would you please post a pic of the "Finger of Fate"? I need to rub it again to get some more luck for silver!
Neil

That pic is on my own server...which is down during the move. I live in SC for good now, cable people say I should have internet by feb 17...we'll see...then I can put my servers back online.