Next time

[mumszie]

First time at the beach hunting in two months this morning. Right off the bat I had trouble. I had to park at the meters and the darn machine would not take my quarters. Well it took 2 and then kept spitting the rest back out no matter which ones I put in. These were not "found" quarters either they were from the bank and the machine still would not take them. This happened to me once before and that time I went ahead and took a chance of getting a ticket. I didn't but I didn't want to push my luck so I used my credit card to pay. Well wouldn't you know..... it would only take it by paying the MAX amount of 10.00! **sigh** OK I was stupid and I went ahead and paid it.

Off I went to hunt. I had to stay in the wet sand to walk but I will say I did wade into the water a few times up to the top of boots but other than that I stayed in the wet sand. I did manage to get quite a few hits but most of them were pieces of crab or lobster traps, a few pull tabs, one spoon, 2 sinkers, the tip of a pen, 2 dimes and 1 penny. I had intended to stay down there for about 4 hours but ended up giving up after about 2-1/2. It was enough for the first time out in a long time. OK so now big finds this morning but I did get out and it was great. Maybe next time............

 

[gold nuggets]

Maybe next time mumszie.....
Go easy with the foot until it gets
stronger.....then you can get REALLY serious
about hunting the beaches!!
Gold Nuggets

 

[DrJoePrime]

Arrrgghh...one of my pet peeves .. paying for parking.

One nice thing in California, cars with handicapped stickers don't get parking tickets..unfortunately (or is it Fortunately) I don't have such a sticker.

Bummer Mumszie $10 is pretty steep. I would have written a note and stuck it to the meter saying: "Won't take my darn Quarters!"

One of our local beaches charge for parking and I very seldom detect there...but when I do I park on the street and walk the extra 1/2 mile.

My gosh .. here I display my "cheapness" to the whole world ... NO it's a matter of "Principle."

HH Joe

 

[Mat in MA]

Tough way to start detecting again. At least you got out for awhile and started to strengthen that limb again. Slowly but surely it will be getting stronger, then look out world, here comes Mumszie. No treasure will be safe anywhere in your area once you get back up to speed.

 

[mumszie]

Arrrgghh...one of my pet peeves .. paying for parking.

One nice thing in California, cars with handicapped stickers don't get parking tickets..unfortunately (or is it Fortunately) I don't have such a sticker.

Bummer Mumszie $10 is pretty steep. I would have written a note and stuck it to the meter saying: "Won't take my darn Quarters!"

One of our local beaches charge for parking and I very seldom detect there...but when I do I park on the street and walk the extra 1/2 mile.

My gosh .. here I display my "cheapness" to the whole world ... NO it's a matter of "Principle."

HH Joe

Actually I do have one of those license plates so maybe that is why I didn't get a ticket the first time. I am allowed to have a handicap sticker but the license plate is for my husband and I feel bad if I take advantage of a handicap parking place in case I take it from someone who really needs it. OK so I have a hard time walking on dry land but once in the water I can go for hours. heh heh

 

[richm]

I'll bet if you had detected right around that meter, you would have found enough quarters to feed it. Better luck next time.

 

[miket]

$10 to park! yikes!
well i`m sure it was fun. gold will come soon or something just as nice.

 

[mumszie]

I'll bet if you had detected right around that meter, you would have found enough quarters to feed it. Better luck next time.

It's all concrete around it but I did look.... LOL