Happy New Year and Year end totals....

[stpauli914]

Wishing every one a Happy New Year and lotsa gold for 2012

My year end counts are only since May 1st when I got back into beach detecting.

May 13 hours
June 18.5 hours
July 15.5 hours
August 17.5 hours
September 17.5 hours
October 4.5 hours
November 23.5 hours
December 24 hours

Total hunt time: 134 hours

Gold rings: 19(total 62.3 grams)
Other Gold(Bracelets, earings, etc.) 11.4 grams
Total gold 73.7 grams

1 Platinum ring 4 grams

15 silver rings all stamped 925

16 junk, misc. rings

$94.63 in clad

4 wheat pennies, 3 misc. tokens

Most unusual find: Live .38 cal bullet

Sold some gold on ebay at $796.00.
The rest went to ARA when spot was $1748(thank god) for $1672.
Silver finds amounted to aprox. 3.5oz of .925(around $100 depending on spot)

Total Clad, gold value, and silver value for the year: 2662.63

With hours spent, I come up with $19.87/hour.

The time spent on the beach in the morning with the dolphins and manatees swimming around and getting the great excersise is priceless though.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

 

[stevemc]

Not a bad year! Hope to see you out there sometime this new year.

 

[Lorrain.]

Impressive !

Continued success in the New Year!

Lorraine

 

[dewcon4414]

excellent year.

Dew

 

[baywalker]

Wow I am going to make a resolution to keep records like that.

Jonnie

 

[dewcon4414]

Might be plum depressing to keep up with my hourly wage. Id have to go out of retirement to supplement my detecting income. I was surprised at your total for other gold.... it was creeping up there close to your ring total.

Dew