Fl Narrave to Gulf breeze

[musstag]

Yesterday I heard that some old coins were found along this stretch of beach. May have been a week or two ago, not sure, I'm trying to find out more about it. For later reference if nothing else. Has anyone heard anything about it? (11/21/06)

 

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[birdman]

Not heard of anything but I will search the net! I wish I could get back down that way!

 

[musstag]

I was there this weekend. I have found that it was located by the tractor drivers from a beach reclaimation effort, dredging up sand and pumping and spreading it on the beaches making a large perm. Operations have been halted, officially due to finding a dead sea turtle. The dredge is anchored about 300 yards off shore, 400 yards west of the gulf park just south of the Bridge. I only found some clad.

 

[Kimber23539]

I'm "right here" too, and I remember hearing about the dead sea turtle, but not the coins, weird. I am still frustratingly brand new but I will most likely be making that beach one of my planned hunts as soon as Christmas comes and I can get my hands on my new detector

 

[insider]

Ah yes, the old "dead sea turtle" ploy! Gives them time to go in and do an "enviromental assesment" while they search for all the goodies, and tell everyone nothing to see here.

 

[Old Tom]

I am close too, Milton Florida. I hunted Pensacola beach last summer. Planning to do more local beaches this year.
I have not heard anything about old coins being found but would like to know more about it.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

There was a sack of older (30s) coins found about 5 months ago that was probably from a home that Opah or Ivan cleaned out. It was mostly dimes, a few quarters etc. It was found close to the start/beginning of the no hunt area of the National Seashore on the Pensacola side. I was out there yesterday and a gentleman walked up to me and asked how I was doing. When I showed him the clad, lighters etc I had found and I was kinda new to MD and I was sure the area was worked over good by people better than me. He told me that he had found the sack and to never assume that nothing was there and if it beeped I better be digging. lol I really enjoyed his encouragement

He also told me that the sand being tossed up on the beach was pretty well strained/filtered before it was placed so if I had a small/low tone to dig deep in those areas for whatever it was was under the new sand if it had been there awhile.

 

[MichaelB]

I didn't hear anything about over this way.

MichaelB
Mobile Bay