Bulldozed Beaches Giving Up Gold & Silver!

[Terry Soloman]

A few of us chased beach bulldozers today in the NYC area, as towns began building berms for the coming (?) hurricane. Lots of silver coins from the 1930s-50s, and a couple of us pulled some good gold. No photos, just advising you not to wait till after the storm now that they are pushing sand!

 

[kingskid1611]

Makes me wish I lived by the sea.

 

[Vikingblood]

I just got thrown off a New Jersey beach for trying this, they were pissed. Apparently I was interfering with "emergency preparations". The getting was good though for a minute. Definitely would have found some gold. Signals all over.

 

[austin]

Great move Terry. Never would have thought of it...

 

[OBN]

Good Luck and Be safe all! The rules are no pic's............. did not happen.so take the phone!

 

[lookindown]

Where are the pics?

 

[jyt2017]

Terry spills the beans. In a good way. I live too far or I'd boot it down there. Some of the best beach hunting can come from human activity. I bet more the. A few gold rings popped up. Lol. Cmon how about some pics of finds? Hugo-Joe

 

[SeabeeRon]

I just got thrown off a New Jersey beach for trying this, they were pissed. Apparently I was interfering with "emergency preparations". The getting was good though for a minute. Definitely would have found some gold. Signals all over.

Go back when the dozers aren't operating!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

There's a few places in CA that they pile up sand in berm shapes, to prepare for storms/swells. But my experience is that they aren't any good for detecting in the places where the sand was removed from. Because typically it's the same spots they scoop out of time after time, repeatedly, yearly.

If there was ever:

1) a dry sand spot, that had remained above all past high water marks (storm cut & spring/summer fill) spots, and

2) that this was the first time they were dozing/scraping out,

Then in that case, I would imagine there'd be some pickens.

 

[Terry Soloman]

In our case with all of the big and small storms we get each year, the number of people that visit these beaches annually, and the fact that the area has been a major trading center since the 1600s, we do all right when they move 6-10' of sand off the top for us Tom.

Same thing on placer gold claims. We do "pushes" with big dozers and move 2-3' off the top of the claim, or down to bedrock then hit it with detectors.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Good Luck and Be safe all! The rules are no pic's............. did not happen.so take the phone!

LOL! Where are the pics of the stuff you DIDN'T want your wife to see because it's time to buy daddy that new Fat Bob?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Terry, sure, there are beaches where that would do good. However, I know of other beaches where if/when they take off 6 to 10' of sand, it's still zinc pennies or sterile down there. Doh!

This is because either a) it's inter-tidal zone sand that is simply filled in (spring/summer) from past erode/fill cyles. Thus having "no rhyme or reason". Or b) it's the same 6 to 10' that's come out annually in that exact spot for the last umpteen years (and sloshed back in with the waves subsequently that hit that berm.

Another example of this, where "trememdous looking cuts/erosion" can occur, yet be sterile, is creek/river outflow exits. That's because the creek/river cuts the SAME EXACT CHANNEL year-after-year, in the same zone/path. So while it *looks* impressive, it's samo-samo-sand.

 

[OBN]

LOL! Where are the pics of the stuff you DIDN'T want your wife to see because it's time to buy daddy that new Fat Bob?

LOL........No Winch's in my Life just good old gold, right here for all to see..

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/members/12993-albums3195.html

So get out there you Lily Livered Pirate and take some pic's...

 

[Terry Soloman]

OK OBN, here is a sampling of some pics that the ex-wives know about: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/members/18502-albums4377.html

 

[OBN]

OK OBN, here is a sampling of some pics that the ex-wives know about: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/members/18502-albums4377.html

Thanks for sharing..some great treasures from the Soloman Treasure chest.. and I take back the lily livered I think both of us at one time were blinded by Love or something like that!

Be Safe........