Finally back to my swimming hole with SCUBA and a terrific hunt! 20 rings plus!

[Syrena Hunter]

Well, the surf here in Puerto Rico has been up for the surfing season so I was out of luck for a month or so trying to dive my favorite swimming hole, Then last weekend the surf died down and for two days the currents were very mild so I donned my snorkel & SCUBA gear and with my Minelab Excaliber, I went a searching for some treasure.

Lucky for me the rough surf the last few months has washed the 3 feet of sand bottom down to about 9 inches. As I started detecting my Excal would go off, I would lay it down to scoop up some sand and it would go off again. I had a blast scooping for a total of 6 hrs in the two days of calm seas.

I was surprised to find black sand on the first scoop of most of my digs so the hunting was almost like taking candy from a baby. Plus, I found very little trash (bottle tops and pull tabs). It appears they went with the top two feet of sand and the swimming hole was left with the heavier coins, lead weights and rings and costume jewelry.

Here are my finds from those two days/ 6 hrs of the funnest treasure hunting I ever had. I used two tanks of air and the rest of the time I just used the snorkel.

Thanks for looking guys!!! This is a great hobby and the best group of TH'ers out there

Cheers!

 

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[calisdad]

Sa-weet.That will pay the rent.
I was going to say try that key in the car that's been sitting in the parking lot for 3 months but it looks like it's be modified to fit lots of cars.

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

EXCELLENT finds,being a mountian man ill have
to put scuba hunting on my bucket list
looks like a blast..................K.KID.

 

[NaturalJWL]

Hunts like that and you could open your own jewelry store.

 

[Syrena Hunter]

Thanks all, I had a very long dry spell....I could only find clad...the I found my first gold piece...St Lazerous...and have been hitting gold at this hole every time I go!. I got another swimming spot to check out once my buddy comes back....I got the tanks and excal...he's got the location.....I see a 50-50 deal in my future

 

[flip flop]

Wow, that's a ton of bling for just 6 hours.
I'd pound it again....soon.

 

[augusthog]

Uber Groover finds!
Note to self "get a snorkel"

 

[MKnTenn]

Re: Finally back to my swimming hole with SCUBA and a terrific hunt! 20 rings pl

Wow, great hunt. HH

 

[Syrena Hunter]

The surf just dropped again today and tomorrow...today...too many swimmers.....i will try it tomorrow if not crowded. I found all the stuff in a 20 ft diameter area.....waist deep water....and i'm the only one in town with an underwater detector.....this is an oppertunity staring me in the face....cheers and good luck to all. my you find gold before your next battery change!!!

 

[freddy williams]

Nice Job on a great hunt

 

[J-dude]

Thats a great hunt! Sounds like you had a good time!

 

[traverdog]

You had a great hunt. Keep it up!!

 

[ringfinder]

Wow, you can't beat a day like that, Congrats on all your Ring finds and other gold finds.

HH, Ringfinder