old pontchartrain beach area

[jharhed]

Anyone know if its legal to hunt there, since uno leases that area?

 

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[River Rat]

Have no clue, but it wouldn't hurt to ask the UNO officials.

 

[nfunk]

I have detected there on two occasions. Didn't find much except tons of spent ammunition cases left over from "D-Day" reenactments over the years.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I've hunted up there recently since the road over the levee has been re-opened. Didn't find anything but cans and caps.

 

[Cass]

I hunted Lincoln Beach back in the early 70s' with a BFO, and remember it being a very frustrating waste of time. I hunted the beach and in the water and don't remember finding anything worth while. I remember strips of small gravel as as I waded out and kept thinking them a good place for goodies to be gathered, but they were not there.Of course that was a long time ago , with an old BFO, but I found some great coins in other places with that machine. The potential for the goods to be there is not to be denied though, because of the long use of those beaches. HH, Cass

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Cass, I went to Lincoln beach recently with a friend and we had a fun day to say the least. Between us around 15 bucks in clad, and a bunch of misc. stuff. We didn't find anything worth reporting really though and the place is so junked up now it's difficult to swing without 20 pull tabs attacking you.

Ponchartrain beach is a different story though, one end is completely barren as far as finds have gone, while another section has given up a pile of clad, a buffalo nickel, a silver rosie, a watch, and a 10k ring (plate sadly) I plan to give it a rest until fall, and hit it again when there aren't crowds of people hanging out. It's trashy, but here in New Orleans, you have to expect that in public areas.

 

[GrayCloud]

You are right Ken, it does not resemble the clean beach my family visited and camped on back in the 50's. Boy to have had a detector back then.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

GreyCloud, I can only imagine what it was like before. I have a feeling though that if a guy were to go out there with a good underwater machine, and chase the erosion of the beach that there'd be some really good stuff to find.

 

[GrayCloud]

I would think so Ken. Good luck and stay safe, there are alligators in that lake.

 

[New Orleans Relic]

GreyCloud, I can only imagine what it was like before. I have a feeling though that if a guy were to go out there with a good underwater machine, and chase the erosion of the beach that there'd be some really good stuff to find.

AT-RAY here!
Brought the Garrett to city park the first week out of the box last September. Said to hell with this within an hour. Ground was too hard. Moved to the old Pontch beach area in front of the lighthouse and reclaimed out about 10 dollars in clad in the dry sand on my first trip. Ventured briefly in the surf, when the salt water chatter from my machine ran me back in the sand. Said I would learn surf hunting another time. Because of more drownings at the beach earlier this year, UNO has closed off the entire beach area. Which in April they said they would do. I continued to the end of Haynes where the paved road ends and gravel begins for about a mile, which ends at the wildlife sanctuary. Parked there to look over the levy. Found sand/gravel areas along the lake there, where owners drove up to their runs(or wharfs) about 50 yards out to their camps. Still plenty of pilings standing(leaning). Was wandering if the water level drops. There's probably only 1-3 foot now. With the 8ft of muck below, snow shoes couldn't help!
Its time to get my thing wet! I'll be back when temps drop. To swing in those foyers, looking for sandbars.
Felt abit uneasy there though by myself. Wish I could park my car on top the levy(in view). I'll have more than lesche on me next time. Many gators lurking.
Ray

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I've thought about hitting the camps, just never did because I figured it'd be full of trash. I'm planning to go back up to Oak Park, which was part of Ponch Beach at one time. We didn't find much there last time, but I'm looking at a different spot that might be good.