Ian (Japan)
New member
The usual beach at 4:30am, was pitch black but kind of fun just listening to the Ace sounds and did manage a few coins before the light came. The coins were certainly flowing today, including four 500 yen coins by leaving time. Got the three silver rings and like the Emporio Armani one, the sinker ended up turning in the scanner so it is an original Armani sinker ring now. 
Back to the car at 9:30am, sweating like crazy, counted the yen (don't usually do it until getting back home) but had a feeling the total was close to a target I'm chasing of the equivalent of US$50 in coins in one day. The total was 4,978 yen - about US$44.80! Close but not quite! So, after cooling down a bit with the car aircon and a cold juice, put on some more sunscreen and you guessed it, back to the beach again.
I'm hoping that another 500 yen will show up quickly and make it easy for me. Got a few smaller coins then the nice wide platinum wedding band shows up (as nickel on the Ace), and I have to remember not to dance and sing alone!
Continue searching for the coins, but broken pull tab after pull tab and 1 yen, 5 yen and 10 yen coins for about an hour........then bang a 500 yen coin. Bow to the beach gods (not really) and I'm out of there, back to the van for more much needed water and a cool down.
Final coin total 5,639 yen - or about US$50.80
Four more rings for the collection. (Also got one junk one, to the left of the platinum.)
A rare bobby pin - luckily the Japanese don't use so many!
Two game tokens either side of that.
A Hang Ten lighter.
Time for a much needed shower!
Ian @ the land of the rising rings
Back to the car at 9:30am, sweating like crazy, counted the yen (don't usually do it until getting back home) but had a feeling the total was close to a target I'm chasing of the equivalent of US$50 in coins in one day. The total was 4,978 yen - about US$44.80! Close but not quite! So, after cooling down a bit with the car aircon and a cold juice, put on some more sunscreen and you guessed it, back to the beach again.
I'm hoping that another 500 yen will show up quickly and make it easy for me. Got a few smaller coins then the nice wide platinum wedding band shows up (as nickel on the Ace), and I have to remember not to dance and sing alone!
Continue searching for the coins, but broken pull tab after pull tab and 1 yen, 5 yen and 10 yen coins for about an hour........then bang a 500 yen coin. Bow to the beach gods (not really) and I'm out of there, back to the van for more much needed water and a cool down.
Final coin total 5,639 yen - or about US$50.80
Four more rings for the collection. (Also got one junk one, to the left of the platinum.)
A rare bobby pin - luckily the Japanese don't use so many!
Two game tokens either side of that.
A Hang Ten lighter.
Time for a much needed shower!
Ian @ the land of the rising rings
