Last few hunts - silver & gold

[CASPER-2]

My last 2 saltwater hunts - Aug.8th & 9th
worked hard for a little bit of silver - silver Washington quarter, a Merc dime, Siam sterling ring and silver cladaugh



Aug 9th - found a small spot that was not as pounded and got a few keepers
14K gold band, another Siam sterling ring, 925 silver celtic bracelet, another Merc dime, and a first for me
a 40% silver half - was down like 2 feet - Ive got over a 100 halfs but never found a 40% one

 

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[CASPER-2]

I hunt in all metal and try and get it all

good chunk of gold there Casper! Those make every trip awesome. What an assortment of finds, though. With that much junk coming out, the rings must have been extra special.

Congrats!

 

[plymouthian12]

Looking good

 

[WHADIFIND]

Kind of funny how any spot on a beach can change, overnight, ain't it. Pounded or not, it seems that these lil treasures sort of grow down there.
Just gotta wait for the next "crop" to come in, ya know?

Good saves!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done C2. Glad that the gold found you!

 

[digger460]

Nice hunt. Looks like you can start your fishing weight display

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a nice assortment of finds

 

[CASPER-2]

Nice hunt. Looks like you can start your fishing weight display

START ??
this is from one year and that was a slow one

 

[cjon455]

Great finds casper!, that's alot of lead, I guess you can scrap it all in aND make a few bucks!

 

[slider66]

Way to go, that's getting the lead out!!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Whoa! Nice silver and gold scores! Congrats!

All the fishing lures would make great dangling earrings!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice gold ring, congratulations!

Looks like you can start a fishing tackle shop.

 

[SilverLunker]

Great finds as usual..I'm curious what you do with the lures and weights?

 

[against the wind]

Excellent couple of hunts.
Sweet collection of Silver and Gold.
With all that Lead, I imagine that you pull in a lot of hooks. Tough swimming in that area.
Congratulations

 

[qaela4]

Congrats on all that silver and the gold.

 

[ScubaDetector]

You also find a lot of lead. That gold looks chunky. Nice silvers also. Lead is a necessary evil to find. I have a lot of it also. One of the sinkers I find is equal to 16 of your 2 oz weights.

How much does your chunky ring weigh?

 

[CASPER-2]

WILL MAKE MORE SELLING MOST OF THEM AS SINKERS - PROB 3 TIMES MORE AT LEAST

Great finds casper!, that's alot of lead, I guess you can scrap it all in aND make a few bucks!

 

[CASPER-2]

I got into detecting at age 12 - 1975 - as a hobby
I still consider it a hobby - have I made a few bucks from it over the years - yes
when I was a kid - I had to pay for everything myself - bought my first 3 cars with money from detecting
paid for my insur. and gas from it too
had to sell stuff to help get thru divorce too - most stuff from my first 20 yrs is gone
I try to hang on to a lot of rings I find with stones and antique ones or unique ones
bands like this will be sold at years end - but I don't like to weigh them as I find them - though I work hard for most of my finds
I don't want to equate it to a job and putting a value on each hunt would do that
only time I think I really posted a weight was on a ring that was around 1 ounce of gold - really biggie
but other than that you wont see posting weights of gold or silver

You also find a lot of lead. That gold looks chunky. Nice silvers also. Lead is a necessary evil to find. I have a lot of it also. One of the sinkers I find is equal to 16 of your 2 oz weights.

How much does your chunky ring weigh?

 

[CASPER-2]

Great finds as usual..I'm curious what you do with the lures and weights?

I HAVE LIKE OVER 1000 SINKERS EASY - AND PROBABLY OVER 500 LURES
MOSTLY FROM SALT WATER - SOME FRESH
YEARS AGO - PRE 2000 - I HAD A TAG SALE/YARD SALE AND PUT LOT OF THE BETTER ONES OUT
AND SOLD THEM - MADE SOME GOOD MONEY --WE HAD A SPORTING GOODS STORE BURN DOWN AND I GOT TONS OF HOOKS OF ALL
SHAPES AND SIZES FOR PEANUTS - SO I EASILY REPLACED ALOT OF THE HOOKS
SINKERS I GOT WAY MORE FOR THAN SCRAP
THEN WHAT I DID FOR A LITTLE WHILE - WAS I BOUGHT 2 SETS OF MULTI SIZE WEIGHT MOLDS AND MELTED THE OLDER SINKERS INTO NEW
AND SOLD A LITTLE LESS THAN RETAIL AND DID PRETTY GOOD
I ALSO MELTED A BUNCH DOWN TO MAKE MY DIVE WEIGHTS - 10 LB DIVE WEIGHTS GO FOR LIKE $30 PLUS - MADE A BUNCH FOR FREE (MINUS PRICE OF MOLD WHICH WASNT MUCH) - I COULD MAKE AND SELL BOTH WITH WHAT I GOT NOW - MUST BE CLOSE TO 300LBS OF LEAD IN MY CELLAR -(THINK THATS ON THE LOW SIDE)
IVE SAVED ALL SINCE 2000 - FIGURE I'LL SAVE TILL I RETIRE - IF I EVER SEE IT