tnt-hunter
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We went to Florida to visit my brother in law and his wife. We left earlier than planned so we would not have to drive through the snow storm. So we went from the cold of winter (it was 22 when we left) to the warm of summer (Low of 70, high 85). So I went from snow and ice and freezing temps to sun, surf and bikinis.
We spent 5 days and I managed to get out at 5 AM every morning and 1 day for the afternoon low tide for a total of 21.5 hours. I worked the dry sand for part of the time and wet sand as well trying to find the best line for the most productive results. In the 5 days I managed to clean a few sections and do a once over lightly to other parts of a nice section of beach including an area around a pier that saw a lot of activity over the weekend.
As a result I pulled 306 coins with a face value of $27.84. Including a pile of sand encrusted zinc Lincons. Copper pennies come out of the wet sand pretty clean, but the zincs usually come out crusty.
Also there was some cheapy earrings, and two plated copper necklaces, 3 keys, 6 rings including a wooden one I eyeballed, a squashed penny and a car wash token.
I also managed to find proof that there are a lot of surf fishermen there every day ( besides the fact I saw them there). They left me lots of sinkers from a whopping 5 ounces to split shot and 2 cool looking wire grip sinkers.
The best finds were a stainless ring with a cheapy stone, a 2008 Mexican one peso and a silver ring. The silver is missing the stone and has that dark badly tarnished look of a ring in the water a long time.
I cleaned up some beach toys and a lot of aluminum cans from the surface. Toys to donate ( grandkids have outgrown them) and cans to recycle.
When I got onto the zones that were producing the sinkers I thought “lead and gold are close in density so maybe there will be gold here. So ever time I got a nice mid tone I was looking for that nice gold color. But no luck, just sinkers, can slaw from salt water eaten up the aluminum cans, foil, tabs, and junky jewelry.
I was hoping for better, but the weather was great, the beach was beautiful, and I did bring home a lot of keepers, so all is well. Maybe I will find the gold next time. Who knows what the next beep will bring to light.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
We spent 5 days and I managed to get out at 5 AM every morning and 1 day for the afternoon low tide for a total of 21.5 hours. I worked the dry sand for part of the time and wet sand as well trying to find the best line for the most productive results. In the 5 days I managed to clean a few sections and do a once over lightly to other parts of a nice section of beach including an area around a pier that saw a lot of activity over the weekend.
As a result I pulled 306 coins with a face value of $27.84. Including a pile of sand encrusted zinc Lincons. Copper pennies come out of the wet sand pretty clean, but the zincs usually come out crusty.
Also there was some cheapy earrings, and two plated copper necklaces, 3 keys, 6 rings including a wooden one I eyeballed, a squashed penny and a car wash token.
I also managed to find proof that there are a lot of surf fishermen there every day ( besides the fact I saw them there). They left me lots of sinkers from a whopping 5 ounces to split shot and 2 cool looking wire grip sinkers.
The best finds were a stainless ring with a cheapy stone, a 2008 Mexican one peso and a silver ring. The silver is missing the stone and has that dark badly tarnished look of a ring in the water a long time.
I cleaned up some beach toys and a lot of aluminum cans from the surface. Toys to donate ( grandkids have outgrown them) and cans to recycle.
When I got onto the zones that were producing the sinkers I thought “lead and gold are close in density so maybe there will be gold here. So ever time I got a nice mid tone I was looking for that nice gold color. But no luck, just sinkers, can slaw from salt water eaten up the aluminum cans, foil, tabs, and junky jewelry.
I was hoping for better, but the weather was great, the beach was beautiful, and I did bring home a lot of keepers, so all is well. Maybe I will find the gold next time. Who knows what the next beep will bring to light.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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