FIRST WATER HUNT OF 2017

against the wind · May 31, 2017

I hit a local beach today on the low tide. The water was a little rough and there was a breeze blowing.
The water Temps are still in the fifties. I wore a
Farmer John wet suit, (3mm). Tomorrow I plan to go back with a Full Wetsuit, (5mm). It's still too cold for a Farmer John w/ a long sleeve pullover.
I have searched this beach numerous times before and I am familiar with some of the areas where I have consistently find coin deposits. One spot that has given up numerous quarters was just beyond my reach today. My friends and I call a deposit of same denomination/ similar weight, a Vortex. That is where you will find multiple quarters and nickels or dimes in one spot. It also happens with just pennies but I wasn't hoping for a penny vortex. A gold jewelry vortex, would have been nice.
The first hour consisted of 2 SBA Dollar coins, a quarter, and a few pennies. Then I walked into a really loud signal. First scoop, a quarter and a dime. Then it was nickel, quarter, nickel, quarter, with a dime here and there. Before I was satisfisfied that there were no more coins in that one little area, I had scooped out
16 coins. That one vortex made the whole hunt.

Peyton Manning · May 31, 2017

do you have to dodge floating bodies?

against the wind · May 31, 2017

jeff-gordon said:
do you have to dodge floating bodies?

I'm always looking for stuff that might be floating by. Today the only thing I saw floating in the water was a mussel. Last year, I got a drivers license that I mailed back to the guy.
You just never know what might pop up in these waters. lol

ScubaDetector · May 31, 2017

Finding submerged bodies is better. Why? If you find one while diving, nobody can hear you scream. Learned that in search and rescue when I was a cop.

Nice coins. Hope some gold will show up for you.