Have any of you beach hunters bested 15 gold rings in a day ?

[Tom_in_CA]

I was talking to an old-time beach hunter in my area . He recalled his best day for gold rings count was 15. That was during the storms that raked our shoreline in 1977-78 winter. He was at a particular high end touristy beach where mother nature scoured out some good erosion. Using an old Compass machine in those days. His total ring count was close to 30 (so i assume the rest were silver ). Lots of silver coins too.

Anyone here ever best a count like that ? Sheesk , my best has only been 3.

 

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[Sandman]

Someone is going to slam me for lying but I think I had a even dozen gold an I forget how many silver but it was over 12. This is easy to do when you search the water.

 

[davest]

that's some mighty fine digs Sandman. mighty fine.

 

[NJcigarman]

Showing my age my first detector back in the 70's was a Compass. And I found lots of goodies with that machine.

 

[Goldinwater]

I have found 11 in one day 3 different times several years ago

 

[jyt2017]

Oldtimer on beach I hunt said his best day was 6 gold rings, 7 silver. Years ago, when hardly anyone detected. He started in 70s. Musta really sand bagged it back in the day. hh an gl -Joe

I was talking to an old-time beach hunter in my area . He recalled his best day for gold rings count was 15. That was during the storms that raked our shoreline in 1977-78 winter. He was at a particular high end touristy beach where mother nature scoured out some good erosion. Using an old Compass machine in those days. His total ring count was close to 30 (so i assume the rest were silver ). Lots of silver coins too.

Anyone here ever best a count like that ? Sheesk , my best has only been 3.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Sandman, I should have been specific or clarified the question to be strictly for above water. Ie.: on the beach. Because you're right: some underwater hunters, who first hit hot spots like under diving platforms, or some such bonanza, have indeed found counts that high. But for the regular/general beach (inter-tidal, where you normally hunt without snorkel, scuba, or whatever) was what I meant.

As a footnote to this tally of "15", I have also heard of several guys who had tallies of around a dozen gold in a day. Those were stories from the storms that hit the Pacific coast here in 1982-83. There were some crazy stories that came from guys who were in on that erosion. For example, a guy who ..... for a week straight, had a minimum of 100 silver coins per day, for 5 days straight. On at least one of those days, he had about a dozen gold rings.