Outer Banks "Beach" Trip Report

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Escaped the cold for a week back at our beach shack. The northern OBX area (Town of Duck) are unfortunately really sanded in. Did some site seeing and shelling in Cape Hatteras, nice 3' cut in the sand but this is in the National Seashore Park, so no detecting here. No cuts in the beach by me and there is so much sand that the boardwalk stairways are sand chutes. The waves here are pretty much always at least 2-3' at the gravel break zone, the water is cold and I don't have a water machine, so I do wet sand zone up.


Walkway to beach


Mermaid youngest daughter in action


First 3 night hunt netted less than 10 clad coins. So decided to hit the condo grounds, and local tot lots the last 2 nights. These appeared to be hit as well, but not carefully. Found a bunch of clad and some other "treasures" in the fringes, near metal posts (lowering sensitivity way down).



Found one keeper

This is stamped Sterling Chapel? This is my 5th religious silver pendant this year, but by far the nicest!

Close up of the other "treasures" including a 1999 100 Colones coin from Costa Rica. (Many of the merchants here winter in Costa Rica, so not super surprising.) The owl charm looks silver, but not stamped.


And it seems like I can find bullet casings just about anywhere. Is this typical police issue ammo?


Happy new year and good luck in 2017!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[BTV Digger]

Looks like you're having a nice time down on the OBX. Used to vacation at Okracoke twice yearly when the wife and I lived in the Raleigh area. Silver pendant is a wonderful find. Congrats and best of luck to you in 2017.

John

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

We tried to make it to Okracoke this trip, but ran out of time with the ferry schedule. Met someone who's daughter found a Spanish shipwreck coin while shelling down there, surface find from erosion I would guess.

 

[CASPER-2]