Coin Beach Delaware

[smokeythecat]

Anybody search at the site of the 1785 wreck of the Faithful Steward? I have been several times recently and did get some 18th century glass pieces, a brass wedding ring and some pieces of copper sheathing, but not much else. Anybody else having any better luck either there, at Ocean City for the Spanish pieces or at Lewes?

 

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[T Hunter]

I had good luck and was able to find 12 Half Pennies and some other cool stuff.

 

[smokeythecat]

I must not be doing it right......

 

[OBN]

Been there for the first time after Sandy, I have found in the past..it takes a event to produce multible good targets, be there and you have to do the time.... I got 35 cents that day in 2 hours. I was to late for the show, reducing my chances with so many hunters.

OC I have been after several storms, I'm more a Gold hunter then relic's or old coins, and have had good luck....around 73rd street, wetsand n ruff surf...12 hours before the storm, lowtide..Gold nugget, tested 22k, sept 2010

Then the video from Bill a few years ago 2009...Just happened to be there and on vacation.., 3 days of great hunting..by the 4th and 5th day everything had gone, even the clad.




coin beach sandy, about 2:30pm sunday afternoon

 

[smokeythecat]

Where do you think the nugget came from? A Spanish ship?

 

[OBN]

Good question, I don't think ..but the area has history of a ship wreck between 70th n 75th and several gold n silver coins have been found there from what I have heard.

 

[T Hunter]

Neat videos thanks

 

[smokeythecat]

I worked diligently exercising the arthritis yesterday and today and went to Ocean City, MD Indian River and Lewes, DE. I went to the Roosevelt inlet at Lewes first. Few targets but got about 15 pieces of 18th case gin bottle pieces, redware and Rhenish stoneware pieces from the HMS Severn. Ocean City produced considerable clad, but that got boring. Today I went to Indian River inlet and surprisingly got a lot of clad, one 18th century small button from the wreck and two black high toned targets which may be spanish cobs. (smaller ones) They were really solid sounding little targets. I really can't tell right now. Haven't had the time to unload the car. I also got a "thing", but I think it is modern. considering the ceramincs, it's my best beach hunt ever. The government is pumping sand on the beach in mass quantities at Indian River near the northernmost end of the bridge and the other (?) government is hauling in huge trucks of nice clean pretty sand and dumping it on the Roosevelt inlet beach.