Another Lake Michigan Spin...

[mudpuppy]

Rained all night, windy, waves from the SW driving a furious longshore rip...got out and into this place predawn..[attachment 313194 may15-15-2.jpg]
Heres an interesting pic for some scale of the size of this washout, from where I took this pic, last year I would be standing on beach with 3' of sand under my feet and another 20' of it behind me!....As you can see, these huge washouts go for miles all along the coast...it is immensely hard duty wearing waders to walk so far..nearly warm enough for my 3mil wetsuit though.....[attachment 313195 may15-15-1.jpg]

Hitting targets up on the slope in the black sand and out into the water, a guy has to head into the wind and hunt the slope and then get into the water and come back hunting the ripple and trough with the rip at your back...theres no way to swing a coil without using the current/ waves to assist, a fellow learns this quickly, cant fight the water...eyeballed this interesting Indian Artifact! I believe it was a fletching tool, or perhaps some sort of device to dig the brains out of squirrels?[attachment 313196 may15-15-3.jpg]

Heres the take...one Canadian nickel that sounded like silver?, and one Canadian Q that sounded like a rusty bottlecap..it was a short hunt but I was worn out! the rip current and waves take a lot out of a guy...I should be out all day in this overcast and wind though...unbelievably, still NO gold for me yet this year! A guy cant ignore these big washouts though.. .[attachment 313197 may15-15.jpg]
Mud

 

[fongu]

You found some clad and the artifact and had a great, tho tiring day. I went to the resort and got there about 11:30 am and left at 2:30 pm with nothing in my pouch but trash and I just don't get the target separation on the At/Pro like I used to. I was using the stock coil and after driving there was already wore out and then the heat and skeeters kicked my butt. You know you're either tired or lazy or both when you get into a lot of trash and just don't feel like putting on the sniper coil. Even the 5 X 8 coil would have struggled in this place. Went down by the river for a breeze and relief from the skeeters and saw some huge pike just hanging out in the river. Ranged in size from fingerlings to one that looked like it weighed 10-12 lbs. I haven't got used to these new speakers and may put the gray ghost back on my detector. Hurting from head to toe and can hardly walk and will stick to water detecting until colder weather gets back. GL & HH, Mud. Hope you find some gold soon. Stay safe.

 

[jim tn]

You are hitting targets in that washout, something very good is going to show up. Got to be a tough Mi guy to persevere there. HH jim tn

 

[John-Edmonton]

Wow......quite the washout there Mud! A guy could spend daze out there searching for some silver and gold. It's out there.....I can smell it. Good luck bud! I believe she was also at the lake. She told me that she walked by you, said hello, but you were so focused on digging targets that you totally missed her. She wanted someone to spend some time with her to help her with her new AT Pro. Supper would have been on her. I guess she will have to try and find someone else.....Anyone else available?

 

[John-Edmonton]

You bet......most can only dream about discovering a washout like that.

 

[upnorth]

Jeez, I feel like a dirty old man............ Fun post.

 

[mudpuppy]

That girl scares me...she looks far too serious!
mud

 

[fongu]

She's cuter than a new puppy.

 

[Dancer]

Hey, that chick ! Ran into her down in Panama City Beach. She's Vice Prez of a Metal Detecting Groupies club. Had a hard time getting my Pro back !!