Couple of keepers from yesterday hunt

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I actually love the beach tag - ones from last week had no writing other than #s
funny - before we got to the beach - I mentioned 2 things - 1) that Ive only gotten a few at this spot over the yrs (last was like 15 yrs ago)
2) that I wish the ones last week would have had writing on them with beach name or whatever (last one from here had name on it)
I got in and got a few junk targets - place gets cleaned out in the Fall by locals - I was trying to get something deep down or out at low tide at my limits
3rd target was faint and was hoping I might have a sil.coin - was surprised when I saw brass tag - more surprised when I wiped the blackened coating and saw writing on it
what is awesome is I knew the name on it "RUDD'S" - the other I found here has RUDD'S on it too - for yrs I had that other tag in my coffee table display
case - I thought that RUDD'S was an old beach name but research revealed nothing - last year I was researching this beach and accidentally came across an early 1900's
picture postcard that instead of showing pic of the beach - showed businesses that used to occupy it's boardwalk...and there it was -RUDD'S !
it was an early bath house/ changing rooms/lockers and you could rent swim suits - tag was from a locker. There may be other hunters that have found one - ive
never seen or heard of one. A lot of hunters i know would probably just throw them away - they are in it for the gold & silver and throw old keys, tags and brass buckles in scrap or in trash.
To me this is a collectible piece - probably many locals that would love to have it - it will go into my display table next to the other at the end of the season


Silver half was a whisper - took lot of scooping thru deep rocks - thought it was just a sil.quarter when I saw it in bottom of scoop
so big surprise when I plucked it out - walking liberty
rings are junk - one is marked 18k HGE = heavy gold electroplate - wish i could have found the old blob top bottle intact - think its late 1800s


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Awesome local find casper! Ive never heard of beach tags until now, thanks for sharing, great write up
 
Looking good

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Nice to tie finds with the local history!
 
Got some nice finds! The key tag is neat to find out the history behind it. Always like silver too! :icon_thumright:
 
Excellent research Casper, , very nice hunt.
Congratulations
 
we all want gold - but big silver aint bad - I'm always happy when I can add something to my table

Excellent research Casper, , very nice hunt.
Congratulations
 
Congratulations on the nice finds! :occasion14:
 
Nice finds Casper! Tourist season is here!!

-- Jeff --
 
Very nice Casper. I like that Beach Tag also.
 
Well done!!! Nice finds, congrats on the Walker ! HH
 
Nice finds as always Casper - When you've totally cleaned out a spot with your CZ, let me know; I'll show up with my mighty Excalibur..................
Still waiting for a showdown :occasion14:
 
Nice getting a big silver for your effort. Congrats
 
Looks like you had a good time Mr Casper!! Love the old bottle top! Congrads on the Big Silver!

I try and Hide the lettering on those beach tags for they give away where I'm hunting.
 
on some of my others - I have to
this is a vague bath house name not a beach - plus the beach is hit by a dozen hunters on a regular basis but
they go for fresh drops usually - Im the only one that seems to try for the older stuff - most others I run into
are shocked when they see me find the old gold and the crusted silver - they may get more with the newer stuff ...
they will try and hit the whole place in a day - where I have a couple of like 20 yrd by 10 that I go slow over and go for the
whispers - ive done a lot of research here and can tell you in deeper water - about the size of a football field its a gold
mine - 100 yrs ago on up until the 70s they had dive rafts and high dive platforms out in like 7 to 10 ft of water
I hit there like 15 yrs ago with a hookah a few times and got Barbers and old gold and I only hit a small area - in fact
the crusted greenies were holding me up from going after more of the old stuff - need a jet ski like you to get into there
easier - its a long walk with a hookah or tanks and other equipment - but i'll be trying to get out there again

Looks like you had a good time Mr Casper!! Love the old bottle top! Congrads on the Big Silver!

I try and Hide the lettering on those beach tags for they give away where I'm hunting.
 
Congrats on a good hunt and big silver!! I like the tag and the history behind it. Anything I can find the history behind a piece the more special it is.
 
Great post and finds! Congrats. -Lisa & John
 
Congrats on the cool tag, and thanks for the old pic to go with it.
 

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