Hunted Beach and almost got skunked.

[Baldingboy]

Well, we went to the lake this weekend and I got to hunt for several hours. I have never been to a beach that was sooo clean. It was frustrating!

Other than the couple pieces of foil, I somehow managed to find a couple clad coins and a metal toe ring. I was hoping that it was silver, but it wasn't. It is only cheaply stamped metal. I hunted so hard that I actually managed to find an 'earring back' in the sand. I hunted for the earring, but it apparently stayed in the persons ear! I couldn't believe I found it, and was further amazed when I dug up a tiny metal watch gear (or something like that). My detector was on, just very few targets!

With an hour of daylight left, my son and I hit another small beach closer to the dam and found a couple more clad coins and the last target I dug was a decent sterling silver ring! I was really happy when my son said "Dad, this says 925 inside it." I sure wasn't expecting that. This is the first "silver..anything" that I have dug up. I have found 7 other rings, but they are all junkers or costume jewelry. I was really happy that my son was there to share in this with me. My weekend turned out good after all. I'm glad I persisted in my search.I guess good things do come to those who...well...detect their a$$ off. HH

baldingboy

 

[civilman1]

Congrat's on the silver Bb....It's nice you can hunt with your kid's and not for them!Best of Luck!!

 

[Baldingboy]

Congrat's on the silver Bb....It's nice you can hunt with your kid's and not for them!Best of Luck!!

Yeah, my older ones already starting to develop the smart mouth a little bit. I do, however, maintain a close relationship with both of them. They both like to detect and do things with me, so hopefully that will be enough to keep them between the lines.

 

[geckokid]

Nice rings, it's good to find some silver. The small gear caught my eye since I've found 2 of those recently. I thought that the first one was a watch gear. I found it at a swimming hole. I found the second one at an ocean beach. It can't be a watch gear because why would it always be the same gear? They are identical to yours - same size but I didn't put anything in the photo for scale.

These look so much like a gear type item inside a Spinning reel I guess people were fishing there.Not a watch gear.

I look at my reels at home to be sure. I am at work now.