Frodov
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- Lexington, KY
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- Whites Prism IV / Bullseye II pinpointer
My Myrtle Beach Vacation 'Day One
Salutations! How is everyone out there in this electronic wonderland of the WOrld WIde Web? Going about your day to days with the same old same old? Puttin in the time at work so that you can get out once in a while and play? Well that's what I've been doing since December of last year myself. That is, until this week. It's VACATION TIME!
My wife Valerie and I finally broke out of our rut to take some time out for ourselves, to relax, unwind, get away from it all. For those of you that don't know any better, that means making reservations, after begging for time off from work and other obligations, making check lists, and check lists of check lists. Then there's the preparations, canceling the paper, holding the mail, lining up a baby sitter, or at leas someone to look in on the four legged child once or twice on the week we will be vacating. There's of course the packing, and then the un packing to make sure that everything was packed, then packing it back and checking that off the check list, and the check list lists. Oh, then there is, of course, the getting up in the wee hours of the morning to load it all up in the car (a whole other check list and to do list by the way) and heading out on the long long long long long long (are we there yet?) long drive from home where it is sunny and mild, gorgeous weather to be had all week... across country to the coast where its OH MY GOD! COLD! and overcast and still damp from the days and days of rain they just had.... and are expecting most of the week that we are reserved to be at the beach. *sigh*
Yeah, the beach aint too sunny here in North Myrtle Beach, so far, this year. Granted, my wife and I just got here after driving over ten hours today to do so, but it's COLD! I never expected the beach to be in the 40's (Fahrenheit) and cloudy and threatening rain.. or would it be snow?.. this time of year. Hell ! It's the beginning of the Hurricane season here on the Atlantic seaboard for cripes sake! Oh well, so be it, we both brought warm clothes.. a light sweater for her and a sweatshirt for me.. it'll have to do I suppose. After getting settled into our room at the resort (Avista Resort) great place by the way, we went out and got dinner at a local eatery, then on to get some groceries for our stay here this week. Of course I was dying to get out on the beach, preferably with the detector in hand, but anything to get out of the car and stretch my legs some.. it was a Long long long long long long long long long long (are we there yet) long long drive today. <laughing>
Well as you can see from our pictures, we were in mixed garb, due to the cooler than expected temperatures, but we were determined to enjoy the beach even on our first day here this year. Val opted to carry my scoop and even to assist me as my digger should I find anything with the detector.
... I in my shorts and sweatshirt.. and my permanent "socks" on my ankles and feet (skin wont suntan through socks and shoes or boots after all) I've gotten some sun this year already at home, but as you can see, the feet missed out...
... here's a look at the beach.. in front of our hotel in North Myrtle Beach S.C.... it's dusk and the light is fading fast, coloring the clouds in the distance an odd shade of orange? Pink? both?... the sand is rather packed and still wet from the recent rain, as late as this afternoon in fact.
As I said, the light was fading fast and we didn't bring the flashlight down with us this evening, so we didn't detect for very long, just a few hundred yards down the beach and then back , to the hotel. Still though, I didn't get skunked! My trusty little White's Prizm IV did my proud, even in the rain dampened sand. I had it wide open, not discriminating out anything! I was getting target signals from everything from bottle caps to nails to spoons! Yes, Spoons, well.. one spoon anyway, and pull tabs of course. Can't detect ANYWHERE and not find a pull tab it seems.. must be a law or something, I don't know. I think the oddest find, or at least the funniest one anyway, today was a can of beer.. and FULL can of beer, buried about six inches down in the sand. A "FULL" can of BEER? <shaking head> Someone must have hastily buried it and or some others that I found that were empty.. Alcoholic beverages are supposedly forbidden on the beach hear.. yeah.. <rolling eyes> that's why there are so many pull tabs, bottle caps, and empty cans... and the one full one. <shrug> I should have taken a picture of that too. <grin> Anyway, our short hunt, no kidding, took all of about 20 minutes, but I didn't walk back to the room empty handed. Val and I uncovered, or rather REcovered $1.02 in clad..
Yeah... I kept the spoon, and all the pull tabs I dug up. The full can of beer we left sitting on the sand, the empties we dropped in the nearest garbage barrel. Weather permitting, I'll try my luck again tomorrow or the next day or two. I really didn't hunt much today or very thoroughly, I think the term is "Cherry Picking". I was zig zagging something awful, no clean sweeps or straight lines or anything. But then it was not so much a serious hunt as an excuse to stretch my legs after the long long long long long long long long (YES WE ARE HERE ALREADY) long drive today. <grin> Here's hoping the detecting is better the next few days, and the weather is MUCH better.. dry with some warmer air temperatures would be nice. I'll keep you all posted one way or another. <smile>
as always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
Salutations! How is everyone out there in this electronic wonderland of the WOrld WIde Web? Going about your day to days with the same old same old? Puttin in the time at work so that you can get out once in a while and play? Well that's what I've been doing since December of last year myself. That is, until this week. It's VACATION TIME!
My wife Valerie and I finally broke out of our rut to take some time out for ourselves, to relax, unwind, get away from it all. For those of you that don't know any better, that means making reservations, after begging for time off from work and other obligations, making check lists, and check lists of check lists. Then there's the preparations, canceling the paper, holding the mail, lining up a baby sitter, or at leas someone to look in on the four legged child once or twice on the week we will be vacating. There's of course the packing, and then the un packing to make sure that everything was packed, then packing it back and checking that off the check list, and the check list lists. Oh, then there is, of course, the getting up in the wee hours of the morning to load it all up in the car (a whole other check list and to do list by the way) and heading out on the long long long long long long (are we there yet?) long drive from home where it is sunny and mild, gorgeous weather to be had all week... across country to the coast where its OH MY GOD! COLD! and overcast and still damp from the days and days of rain they just had.... and are expecting most of the week that we are reserved to be at the beach. *sigh*
Yeah, the beach aint too sunny here in North Myrtle Beach, so far, this year. Granted, my wife and I just got here after driving over ten hours today to do so, but it's COLD! I never expected the beach to be in the 40's (Fahrenheit) and cloudy and threatening rain.. or would it be snow?.. this time of year. Hell ! It's the beginning of the Hurricane season here on the Atlantic seaboard for cripes sake! Oh well, so be it, we both brought warm clothes.. a light sweater for her and a sweatshirt for me.. it'll have to do I suppose. After getting settled into our room at the resort (Avista Resort) great place by the way, we went out and got dinner at a local eatery, then on to get some groceries for our stay here this week. Of course I was dying to get out on the beach, preferably with the detector in hand, but anything to get out of the car and stretch my legs some.. it was a Long long long long long long long long long long (are we there yet) long long drive today. <laughing>
Well as you can see from our pictures, we were in mixed garb, due to the cooler than expected temperatures, but we were determined to enjoy the beach even on our first day here this year. Val opted to carry my scoop and even to assist me as my digger should I find anything with the detector.
... I in my shorts and sweatshirt.. and my permanent "socks" on my ankles and feet (skin wont suntan through socks and shoes or boots after all) I've gotten some sun this year already at home, but as you can see, the feet missed out...
... here's a look at the beach.. in front of our hotel in North Myrtle Beach S.C.... it's dusk and the light is fading fast, coloring the clouds in the distance an odd shade of orange? Pink? both?... the sand is rather packed and still wet from the recent rain, as late as this afternoon in fact.
As I said, the light was fading fast and we didn't bring the flashlight down with us this evening, so we didn't detect for very long, just a few hundred yards down the beach and then back , to the hotel. Still though, I didn't get skunked! My trusty little White's Prizm IV did my proud, even in the rain dampened sand. I had it wide open, not discriminating out anything! I was getting target signals from everything from bottle caps to nails to spoons! Yes, Spoons, well.. one spoon anyway, and pull tabs of course. Can't detect ANYWHERE and not find a pull tab it seems.. must be a law or something, I don't know. I think the oddest find, or at least the funniest one anyway, today was a can of beer.. and FULL can of beer, buried about six inches down in the sand. A "FULL" can of BEER? <shaking head> Someone must have hastily buried it and or some others that I found that were empty.. Alcoholic beverages are supposedly forbidden on the beach hear.. yeah.. <rolling eyes> that's why there are so many pull tabs, bottle caps, and empty cans... and the one full one. <shrug> I should have taken a picture of that too. <grin> Anyway, our short hunt, no kidding, took all of about 20 minutes, but I didn't walk back to the room empty handed. Val and I uncovered, or rather REcovered $1.02 in clad..
Yeah... I kept the spoon, and all the pull tabs I dug up. The full can of beer we left sitting on the sand, the empties we dropped in the nearest garbage barrel. Weather permitting, I'll try my luck again tomorrow or the next day or two. I really didn't hunt much today or very thoroughly, I think the term is "Cherry Picking". I was zig zagging something awful, no clean sweeps or straight lines or anything. But then it was not so much a serious hunt as an excuse to stretch my legs after the long long long long long long long long (YES WE ARE HERE ALREADY) long drive today. <grin> Here's hoping the detecting is better the next few days, and the weather is MUCH better.. dry with some warmer air temperatures would be nice. I'll keep you all posted one way or another. <smile>
as always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
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