Got away for a 4 day weekend to mark my wife's birthday. Disappointed that Pickles was closed. We were looking forward to one of their corned beef sandwiches. Will have to do that next trip.
Not a lot of targets to be found with the detector. Did find a small old brass piece and some small bits of copper. One wheat penny with the date completely worn off came out of the wet sand. One good target came up on the fifth scoop going after it in the wet sand; Oliver Peoples sun glasses. I was amazed I had not bent or broken them getting them up; even more amazed that the lenses were not badly scratched by the sand. Also surprised when I looked up what they go for new! Another good target was what looks like a New York City detective badge. Will need to research it more, the pictures found so far in searches do not have the "State of New York" on the badge like on the one I found.
On every trip we have made to Atlantic City we have found something old. This time my wife spotted a good sized piece of glass that had enough of the lettering on it to match it with a picture of a whole bottle. The piece of glass from the bottle dates to the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Along with the glass, the two of us eye spotted nearly 1/4 as much change between the boards of the board walk as I found with the detector in the sand. And to top it off, there was some 14K gold (two pieces) one with what tests as diamond and is about 1/3 carat size on a little stud; both spotted by my wife. I think the eye spotting beat the detecting on this trip!
First picture is of the detected stuff, second is the eye spotted stuff, third has bottles with the one in the middle that matches the writing on the piece of glass that was found laying on the sand.
Cheers,
tvr
Not a lot of targets to be found with the detector. Did find a small old brass piece and some small bits of copper. One wheat penny with the date completely worn off came out of the wet sand. One good target came up on the fifth scoop going after it in the wet sand; Oliver Peoples sun glasses. I was amazed I had not bent or broken them getting them up; even more amazed that the lenses were not badly scratched by the sand. Also surprised when I looked up what they go for new! Another good target was what looks like a New York City detective badge. Will need to research it more, the pictures found so far in searches do not have the "State of New York" on the badge like on the one I found.
On every trip we have made to Atlantic City we have found something old. This time my wife spotted a good sized piece of glass that had enough of the lettering on it to match it with a picture of a whole bottle. The piece of glass from the bottle dates to the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Along with the glass, the two of us eye spotted nearly 1/4 as much change between the boards of the board walk as I found with the detector in the sand. And to top it off, there was some 14K gold (two pieces) one with what tests as diamond and is about 1/3 carat size on a little stud; both spotted by my wife. I think the eye spotting beat the detecting on this trip!
First picture is of the detected stuff, second is the eye spotted stuff, third has bottles with the one in the middle that matches the writing on the piece of glass that was found laying on the sand.
Cheers,
tvr
