Winter Season with a BANG!!!

surfnturf · Oct 8, 2011

For me the beach hunting season starts in October! Got the Phone call and off I went! Worked the wast and chest deep zone, competing with the tide! Had to shake the rust off and work quick! Time and target selection were crucial (area had a lot of can slaw)! Today was a fine day! Good friends and lady luck!! HH!

SNT :icon_pirat:

OBN · Oct 8, 2011

Sweet! OLD Treasure also...........Congrads my friend

Bobbypins · Oct 8, 2011

Great job! Love that old gold

COTTON · Oct 8, 2011

Very nice. :thumbsup:

baywalker · Oct 9, 2011

Wow old gold looks soft wonder what k.? had a friend bring one back from Korea that was 24 k and you could bend it with your hands. :headbang:

cntrydncr1 · Oct 9, 2011

Awesome Herb!! no one called me

surfnturf · Oct 9, 2011

baywalker said:
Wow old gold looks soft wonder what k.? had a friend bring one back from Korea that was 24 k and you could bend it with your hands.

Thanks all!!

BW, my test kit only goes up to 22k and the ring was positive!!! I'll have to bring it to my jeweler to see if it is 24k!! never found a 22 or 24k before! when she surfaced the ring was in the center of the 2nd scoop.... so I don't think it was hit by the the scoop! After time in the water she has been roughted up a bit. Some times wonder how much gold gets rubbed off!

No clue to the makers mark :icon_scratch:

?? Maybe put it in the what's it forum. If anyone has seen this kind of mark please give up your 2 cents :help:

P.S. CD thx but who's Herb :dontknow:

SnT

ramfan · Oct 9, 2011

very nice finds!

gold nuggets · Oct 9, 2011

Old gold and old silver......don't get much better
than that Herb!! Congratulations and well done.
Hope it is 24k when you get it tested.
Gold Nuggets :hello:

stpauli914 · Oct 9, 2011

Awesome finds!! Love the look of that GOLD :hello2:

Are you in FL or Boston??

Aaron

OBN · Oct 9, 2011

Did you get Rookie of the year last year?

surfnturf · Oct 9, 2011

stpauli914 said:
Awesome finds!! Love the look of that GOLD

Are you in FL or Boston??

Aaron

Boston Mass.

surfnturf · Oct 9, 2011

OldeBeechnut said:
Did you get Rookie of the year last year?

Thanks OBN! Ya them barnacles will always consider me the kid rookie!! This year has been kind to me!!!! The end of Nov. is when my yearly total will end! Gold count is still mounting!! Hope your also doing well!

SnT

OBN · Oct 9, 2011

Got in my yearly 30 ± days of hunting this year, Gold (13), down from last but learned alot and enjoyed. Question for you, your winter season is just coming in, and you got some real nice old stuff. Is that due to the sands being pulled out because of the very negitive tides. Seems several in the Northeast start killing the old gold this time of year but your area is more out in the open.........thanks..joe

surfnturf · Oct 9, 2011

OldeBeechnut said:
Got in my yearly 30 ± days of hunting this year, Gold (13), down from last but learned alot and enjoyed. Question for you, your winter season is just coming in, and you got some real nice old stuff. Is that due to the sands being pulled out because of the very negitive tides. Seems several in the Northeast start killing the old gold this time of year but your area is more out in the open.........thanks..joe

Dec., Jan., Feb., Mar., are the best months!! I have found about 65% or so during this time..... however I will pull doubles in one day usually on the -tides! Nor Easters are dreams come true! If one of my favorite beach is sanded in from a storm I can play at many different beaches which may be facing a completely different direction (90% of the beaches I hunt have a lot of history to them). During the last super low tides(2 week ago or so) my mentor called and had a suspicion about a cut on the beach that is underwater even at the -low tide! I have been pretty busy and had to wait until this week! Well he was right! A small area had opened up (may have been their since the hurricane hit last month)! My friend doesn't like to hunt deeper than his knees.... so he had me go out and look around! Hunting chest deep in a rocky bottom is brutal!! What a great friend :laughing7:

I'll have to get him an early Xmas peasant! 13 in 30 is better than 33% that's impressive!! Just think when you retire that will be awesome! You seem like a great guy but I'm glad your a 10-12hr car ride away! :laughing7:

HH!!

Snt

Diggincoinz · Oct 9, 2011

Awsome! What year is the Liberty Nickel?

plymouthian12 · Oct 9, 2011

That sure is some pretty color you got there i spent 4 hrs on the cape in the water today with no color just lead congrats

cntrydncr1 · Oct 9, 2011

oh sorry lol had a senior moment! thought you were herbnsurf

surfnturf said:
baywalker said:

Wow old gold looks soft wonder what k.? had a friend bring one back from Korea that was 24 k and you could bend it with your hands.

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Thanks all!!

BW, my test kit only goes up to 22k and the ring was positive!!! I'll have to bring it to my jeweler to see if it is 24k!! never found a 22 or 24k before! when she surfaced the ring was in the center of the 2nd scoop.... so I don't think it was hit by the the scoop! After time in the water she has been roughted up a bit. Some times wonder how much gold gets rubbed off!

No clue to the makers mark ?? Maybe put it in the what's it forum. If anyone has seen this kind of mark please give up your 2 cents

P.S. CD thx but who's Herb

SnT