LawrencetheMDer
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- Feb 22, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
I decided to hit the shore today and avoided the surf...given that it was 4-6ft. Glad I did. Even though sand is so much easier than the surf to metal detect, I went at it like a starving man after food, a thirsty man after a nice cold beer, a Metal detectorist after an empty popular beach. I almost couldn't believe my eyes - last month I was at the same beach and it looked like it had been replenished - the dry clean sand must have stretched 50 yards or more. Now, the shore showed rocks, everywhere. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was so excited I peeded in the parking lot. Us old guys; when ya gotta...ya gotta. Any ways, I LOVE to see rocks on the beach and I spent as much time as possible, until tide came in, searching the rocks. [I thought I saw another metal detectorist at the other end of the beach but when he saw the rocks (or me) he left. As luck has it, my first good target was an encrusted ring.
Love those rocks
Encrusted ring before I broke it apart.
Above pics show the cleaned ring and a close-up of the inside of the ring showing 925 or close to it...
Didn't know what to make of it, at first, but you bet I put it in my pocket (and not change/garbage purse). I recall hearing about encrusted pieces-of-eight, along the Treasure coast, that people would use to skip across the water, not knowing what was inside - Silver. When I got home, I used a butter knife and smacked the ring until the encrustation disintegrated. The dark sparkling shelly encrustation was about 1mm think. Inside - a Silver ring.
It is a big ring, unfortunately I don't have a scale. The inside of the ring shows 925 with the 9 distorted. The 9 actually looks like an "H" to me.
Also found a white ring in one of my holes [A Japanese tourist, one of three watching me bent down and removed it from my hole and gave it to me.] Don't know what it is made of and it doesn't have any markings. However, the inside is machined to be worn and the outside has an edge and slightly rough top face. The ring is a large size and fits my wedding finger perfectly. Don't tell me they're making ceramic wedding rings now?
It was a good day metal detecting. The wind was 20 miles/hr, partly cloudy and high temp of 60. The wind-chill was enough to keep most people away, until the afternoon that is. I worked the rock piles with my new Stealth 920ix water scoop and it held its own in the rock piles. Last year I destroyed a 6" Aluminum water scoop after digging in the same rocks.
Above pic shows today's finds...minus all the crap.
I also was able to recover about a dozen very small beads or fishing weights that I would never had been able to recover in the surf. These would have given me fits in the water. But I do love finding fishing weights, particularly the larger ones. If I can find lead I can find gold.
Love those rocks
Encrusted ring before I broke it apart.
Above pics show the cleaned ring and a close-up of the inside of the ring showing 925 or close to it...
Didn't know what to make of it, at first, but you bet I put it in my pocket (and not change/garbage purse). I recall hearing about encrusted pieces-of-eight, along the Treasure coast, that people would use to skip across the water, not knowing what was inside - Silver. When I got home, I used a butter knife and smacked the ring until the encrustation disintegrated. The dark sparkling shelly encrustation was about 1mm think. Inside - a Silver ring.
It is a big ring, unfortunately I don't have a scale. The inside of the ring shows 925 with the 9 distorted. The 9 actually looks like an "H" to me.
Also found a white ring in one of my holes [A Japanese tourist, one of three watching me bent down and removed it from my hole and gave it to me.] Don't know what it is made of and it doesn't have any markings. However, the inside is machined to be worn and the outside has an edge and slightly rough top face. The ring is a large size and fits my wedding finger perfectly. Don't tell me they're making ceramic wedding rings now?
It was a good day metal detecting. The wind was 20 miles/hr, partly cloudy and high temp of 60. The wind-chill was enough to keep most people away, until the afternoon that is. I worked the rock piles with my new Stealth 920ix water scoop and it held its own in the rock piles. Last year I destroyed a 6" Aluminum water scoop after digging in the same rocks.
Above pic shows today's finds...minus all the crap.
I also was able to recover about a dozen very small beads or fishing weights that I would never had been able to recover in the surf. These would have given me fits in the water. But I do love finding fishing weights, particularly the larger ones. If I can find lead I can find gold.
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