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Went back to the same badly mineralized beach I hit yesterday. Didn't hunt too long but PP mode filled my apron halfway decent for such a short hunt. Once again coins as little as say 3 or 4" were a total null or choked badly like iron in discriminate, while PP had no problem "zinging" hard on them from any direction. Have to clean up these coins and see if any silver is lurking in there, as well as the pennies for a wheat or perhaps an indian. Pretty crusty stuff for a fresh water beach, so they've been there a while.
Hit a washed out small area in the sand and got a signal that I think read either 158 or 168 (probably 168 from memory and more than likely for what the target turned out to be). Looked down and right on top of the sand I see a small butterfly pendant! Pick it and and see that it's marked "925" on the clasp, so the butterfly is silver. The picture doesn't show it well but the front is studded heavily with small clear and red stones, which I'm sure are fake because a few are missing. I find the fake stones aren't usually set well and will easily fall out on stuff. Even a super thin/small silver ring will read as 180 due to being an intact look and highly conductive, but I find the odd small silver items like earings or pendants, in particular if they are not a loop and are small enough, can read a bit lower than 180. Typical is about 173 or 176 or so, so this pendant rang pretty darn low at probably 169 if I remember right.
In the picture you can also see a antique looking bracelet, which is round in shape even though the pic doesn't relate that well. It's standing up for the picture and is open at the base I used to pinch it around my truck's bed liner ribs to keep upright. I'm sure it's junk metal but I'll give it a shine and see if it might be silver but I highly doubt it even with the quick glance I gave it. I didn't find it. Turned out a lady was hunting the water's edge for lake glass, and she came over and gave it to me. I asked if she was sure she didn't want it and she said "No", so I thanked her and threw it in my pouch. Just wish I had some lake glass on me to give her in return.
The other round wire item doesn't look like junk metal but I think it's copper or brass. I'm thinking it might have held a pendant in the center because you can see a loop at both sides of the top where maybe a chain attached above and the pendant below. Then again it might be some odd type of fishing lure used to attract fish to a spreader or something.
In between that item you can see an odd looking "what is it?" thing. Not sure if it is a coin, a token, or some kind of button. It's metal but the front and black are coated with a blue and green plastic I think or perhaps paint. The wording I think is Italian or ? Then again maybe it's English and I'm just not reading it from the right starting point.
As you can see by the coins, quite a few are pretty darn crusty having been sitting deep in the sand for years. Some looked worse before than they do now, because I usually scrape off enough crusty junk with my thumb before throwing it into my pouch so as to not make as big of a sand mess in the pocket.
You can also see the one "coin" by it's self, which is the don't do drugs token I found yesterday. Haven't cleaned that up yet to see if it's got a date on it, but it too had a pretty good amount of funk on it so I expect it sat in the sand for some time.
Oh, as a side note, I watched for the guy from yesterday who was leaving all the holes, and had my pocket camcorder at the ready should he decide to start leaving holes all over again. I wasn't going to put up with that and planned to shame him badly so he'd think twice, by making sure he knew I was filming him and all the holes he was leaving for people to trip into. Lucky for him (or maybe me because one never knows what people are packing ) he didn't show up. Didn't find any other holes left by the guy either so that was a good thing.
Went back to the same badly mineralized beach I hit yesterday. Didn't hunt too long but PP mode filled my apron halfway decent for such a short hunt. Once again coins as little as say 3 or 4" were a total null or choked badly like iron in discriminate, while PP had no problem "zinging" hard on them from any direction. Have to clean up these coins and see if any silver is lurking in there, as well as the pennies for a wheat or perhaps an indian. Pretty crusty stuff for a fresh water beach, so they've been there a while.
Hit a washed out small area in the sand and got a signal that I think read either 158 or 168 (probably 168 from memory and more than likely for what the target turned out to be). Looked down and right on top of the sand I see a small butterfly pendant! Pick it and and see that it's marked "925" on the clasp, so the butterfly is silver. The picture doesn't show it well but the front is studded heavily with small clear and red stones, which I'm sure are fake because a few are missing. I find the fake stones aren't usually set well and will easily fall out on stuff. Even a super thin/small silver ring will read as 180 due to being an intact look and highly conductive, but I find the odd small silver items like earings or pendants, in particular if they are not a loop and are small enough, can read a bit lower than 180. Typical is about 173 or 176 or so, so this pendant rang pretty darn low at probably 169 if I remember right.
In the picture you can also see a antique looking bracelet, which is round in shape even though the pic doesn't relate that well. It's standing up for the picture and is open at the base I used to pinch it around my truck's bed liner ribs to keep upright. I'm sure it's junk metal but I'll give it a shine and see if it might be silver but I highly doubt it even with the quick glance I gave it. I didn't find it. Turned out a lady was hunting the water's edge for lake glass, and she came over and gave it to me. I asked if she was sure she didn't want it and she said "No", so I thanked her and threw it in my pouch. Just wish I had some lake glass on me to give her in return.
The other round wire item doesn't look like junk metal but I think it's copper or brass. I'm thinking it might have held a pendant in the center because you can see a loop at both sides of the top where maybe a chain attached above and the pendant below. Then again it might be some odd type of fishing lure used to attract fish to a spreader or something.
In between that item you can see an odd looking "what is it?" thing. Not sure if it is a coin, a token, or some kind of button. It's metal but the front and black are coated with a blue and green plastic I think or perhaps paint. The wording I think is Italian or ? Then again maybe it's English and I'm just not reading it from the right starting point.
As you can see by the coins, quite a few are pretty darn crusty having been sitting deep in the sand for years. Some looked worse before than they do now, because I usually scrape off enough crusty junk with my thumb before throwing it into my pouch so as to not make as big of a sand mess in the pocket.
You can also see the one "coin" by it's self, which is the don't do drugs token I found yesterday. Haven't cleaned that up yet to see if it's got a date on it, but it too had a pretty good amount of funk on it so I expect it sat in the sand for some time.
Oh, as a side note, I watched for the guy from yesterday who was leaving all the holes, and had my pocket camcorder at the ready should he decide to start leaving holes all over again. I wasn't going to put up with that and planned to shame him badly so he'd think twice, by making sure he knew I was filming him and all the holes he was leaving for people to trip into. Lucky for him (or maybe me because one never knows what people are packing ) he didn't show up. Didn't find any other holes left by the guy either so that was a good thing.