ON A QUEST FOR GOLD (3 days on NC/SC beaches)

[gxray]

Friday evening I drove down to Wilmington NC on a 3 day quest for gold. I told myself I would not leave until I found at least one piece of gold. I arrived at the beach around 5 PM and hunted til about 1:30 AM. I found a lot of clad and a Sacajawea golden dollar. No real gold . I slept for about 4 hours and then went another 20 miles or so to another beach. arrived there about 5 30 AM Saturday and met a bunch of CRABS (Carolina Relic And Beach hunters society) members on the beach. I hunted there almost all day and found a lot more clad , some euro and Canadian coins and a 925 silver bracelet with stones interlinked with silver links, and a tongue or eyebrow stud and an earring, some junque jewelry and of course , no beach bag is complete without a welding clamp...lol.. I also found a cell phone that was dropped the night before . I called some contact numbers on the phone and left messages that I had found this phone on the beach and was trying to locate the owner to return it. Within 5 mins the calls were being returned and one of the contacts was on his way to pick up the phone. while waiting for the contact to arrive , the owner called and said it was ok to give the phone to his friend and he thanked me for finding it and returning it. Within an hour of finding it , the phone was returned to the owner. Still no gold , but at least some silver. I then decided to drive to Myrtle Beach SC since I was only an hour away and hunt there all evening and Sunday morning. I found more clad , a no cash value arcade token , a 925 hoop earring and a fish shaped pendant(silver?...i dunno) with JESUS stamped on it. I didn't find any gold , so , by Sunday afternoon I was ready to head home. I guess finding gold this weekend was not meant to be. I'll settle for the silver for now.

Thanks for looking and HH y'all.

 

[silvercop]

good luck

 

[spartacus53]

WTG, it seems like you had a great time in spite of not finding gold. You did get some nice pieces of silver and a good box full of clad. I wouldn't be disappointed at all.

 

[PAUL2006]

wow awesome find

 

[mikewaz]

Nice going!
That's still a great bunch of finds. You'll hit it next time.
Mike

 

[Tank69]

nice finds silver works

 

[dave-enc]

looks like a really nice weekend wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[mlayers]

WTG on all of your finds. Was you hunting the water or the sand. Wht your your total clad count for the week end. Sure hope the gold comes for you the next time.....Matt

 

[sscindercoop]

Nice finds!!!!

 

[Evan/tn]

nice hunt and nice return on the phone

 

[allen]

looks like you found enough clad
to go and buy you some gold !!

 

[txkickergirl]

Talk about dedication, sorry you didn't get the gold, but what an awesome way to spend the weekend.

 

[olekyground]

Great finds! Anytime you can fill a big mac box up with change, you're doing good!!!

 

[gxray]

WTG on all of your finds. Was you hunting the water or the sand. Wht your your total clad count for the week end. Sure hope the gold comes for you the next time.....Matt

I was hunting the dry sand ,,,,my old Nautilus DMC VLF does not work well in the wet sand or surf. I found well over 20 dollars in clad ,,,most of the quarters were spent on gasoline, drinks, or food over the weekend....otherwise the big mac box would've been overflowing. I really need to get a good beach hunting detector. All the CRABS had them but I found the best piece with the 925 bracelet.