Padre Island Post Spring Break

[SouthTexasHunter]

Well, I did a solid 12-hour methodical hunt yesterday near Port Aransas. I marked off lanes about 6 feet wide and 100 feet long side by side. I would estimate that I covered every square inch of an area a total of the size of 2 entire football fields minimum. I was in the heart of where the biggest crowd of thousands of spring breakers had been for the last 2 weeks.
Result? I guess the kids are only dropping tons of litter these days because all I found was about $6 in clad, a bent up cheap earring, and a cheap kitchen knife. Sunburned to a crisp and very sore today. But hey, it was a very nice day weather wise.
I did talk to several other detectorists and they all claimed the same type of results I bagged. I have 2 more days off work but I think I'll be skipping on the beach and try a couple of inland spots. Good luck to all.

 

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[Coinhawk]

Spending time on the beach near Port Aransas sounds like a great hunt even if you didn't find much. I was tempted to drive down to Galveston or one of the other nearby beaches after Spring Break, but the plan dematerialized.

 

[SouthTexasHunter]

Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the day and meeting a few other MDers. It was just that the hunting was a little disappointing. Could be that my expectations were a little too lofty? Probably, because when I left the spring breaker's ground zero and went to a more family friendly part of the beach and found very little there too, I was quite content.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I was out last weekend and noticed spring breakers don't seem to be wearing as much jewelry as they use too, maybe gold got to high....

 

[Fletch88]

I think they've caught on to us! A lot of people that walk up and ask "finding anything good?" have mentioned things like "yea I see those things everywhere when I'm at the beach nowadays". This probably has made people more mindful of not wearing jewelry to the beach as much as they used to.

 

[Fletch88]

Well, I did a solid 12-hour methodical hunt yesterday near Port Aransas. I marked off lanes about 6 feet wide and 100 feet long side by side. I would estimate that I covered every square inch of an area a total of the size of 2 entire football fields minimum. I was in the heart of where the biggest crowd of thousands of spring breakers had been for the last 2 weeks.
Result? I guess the kids are only dropping tons of litter these days because all I found was about $6 in clad, a bent up cheap earring, and a cheap kitchen knife. Sunburned to a crisp and very sore today. But hey, it was a very nice day weather wise.
I did talk to several other detectorists and they all claimed the same type of results I bagged. I have 2 more days off work but I think I'll be skipping on the beach and try a couple of inland spots. Good luck to all.

This sounds like my last 3 beach trips! It makes for a long day getting up at 4-5am, driving 2 hours one way and coming home with a pocket full of junk and a sore back.

 

[BLK]

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At seventy one I just drive slooooooowly down the beach during spring break not after. The visual accompanyments are well worth a new metal detector. What to heck you is dead a long long time.
I just want to live a little longer to enjoy more "treasure" hunts like this one. I would send pictures of my find but Playboy magazine has made me an offer. He he.

 

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

Weather didn't cooperate this year, but the beach bank depositors will continue to replenish the finds. The Texas beaches are always hit or miss. finds HAVE been a little slow this year.

Wayne

www.metaldetectingstuff.com

 

[bsloan]

It's not just on the coast. I went to a couple of lakes during the break, and there were no crowds. Marina owners and park workers were wondering where all the people were.

Bill

 

[SouthTexasHunter]

Oh the kids showed up at Padre Island. They just forgot to lose stuff for us to find.

 

[Higgy]

It's not just on the coast. I went to a couple of lakes during the break, and there were no crowds. Marina owners and park workers were wondering where all the people were.

That's easy. They're all playing x-box.