Ytcoinshooter
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Got back two weeks ago only to be assaulted by three snowstorms the first week back. Two more years till my sweety retires, then we will take long escapes into the sun and surf. We are beach and motorcycle bums with my detectors in tow.
Anyway as for Cancun I wasn't expecting much because my friend and fellow club member had spent 35 days at the same resort we stay at. He's thorough and savvy having detected regularly since the 1970's. Still, it is miles of beach yet the intensity of the Mayan sun reduces my outings to less than a hour between long periods of rehydration…SOL beer and water. My lone piece of 14K gold with a little ice was found directly under the net of a volleyball court. It's european looking .585 with a makers mark. Most everything came from one volley ball court, the second one I checked. All the jewelry that at first glance appeared silver was plated junk(except the other earring) sold widely on the beaches. I decided to forgo the water hunting in the part of the hotel zone we stay because I learned the hard way I can't stand over a target due to the pounding surf. It's blast if you got a body board, a couple of margaritas and are a strong swimmer. Too bad I didn't have a board
, So my ATPro was a great companion in the sand because the composition of the Mexican coins less than ten peso read like iron, VDI's of 4 - 6 are common, I just let the iron audio grunt away. There is an old style 50 centavo I found that occasionally show up and they read good, but it's the 10 peso coin (70cents) that doesn't read like crap of the modern minor coins. The shiny small 10 and 50 centavo coins are steel, read like a rusty bobby pin. Away from our resort and wandering over to the Iberostar I encountered a security guard on the beach when I started to detect another Vball cout on the beach…well away from the palapas or what ya call the shade things made outta papaya tress…I think. I quickly showed him the 3" sharp rusty screw and straight pin and he understood I'm removing such items and smiled and walked off. A couple minutes later after I found Enrique, then a second guard made it clear I'm not welcome, he motioned in a manner I knew what kind of buffer he wanted between me and his sand. Would have been funny if I held up that name tag and in my crude Spanish tell him" I AM Enrique, here to work high tech beach clean up!"(salute, smile). Never had a problem wandering the beaches in past years and I never get near people lounging. I do around the rows of palapas only early in the day or very late if I get out then. All the detecting I did in the week probably didn't amount to more than 3 hours. Escaping the frozen home turf and just being able to enjoy being outside was all I really needed.
Sterling earring w/CZ's
.Silver plated copper ring from the first Vball court. 
.plated piece of a bracelet. 
.The back of the name tag is steel.
HH-Bruce
Anyway as for Cancun I wasn't expecting much because my friend and fellow club member had spent 35 days at the same resort we stay at. He's thorough and savvy having detected regularly since the 1970's. Still, it is miles of beach yet the intensity of the Mayan sun reduces my outings to less than a hour between long periods of rehydration…SOL beer and water. My lone piece of 14K gold with a little ice was found directly under the net of a volleyball court. It's european looking .585 with a makers mark. Most everything came from one volley ball court, the second one I checked. All the jewelry that at first glance appeared silver was plated junk(except the other earring) sold widely on the beaches. I decided to forgo the water hunting in the part of the hotel zone we stay because I learned the hard way I can't stand over a target due to the pounding surf. It's blast if you got a body board, a couple of margaritas and are a strong swimmer. Too bad I didn't have a board
, So my ATPro was a great companion in the sand because the composition of the Mexican coins less than ten peso read like iron, VDI's of 4 - 6 are common, I just let the iron audio grunt away. There is an old style 50 centavo I found that occasionally show up and they read good, but it's the 10 peso coin (70cents) that doesn't read like crap of the modern minor coins. The shiny small 10 and 50 centavo coins are steel, read like a rusty bobby pin. Away from our resort and wandering over to the Iberostar I encountered a security guard on the beach when I started to detect another Vball cout on the beach…well away from the palapas or what ya call the shade things made outta papaya tress…I think. I quickly showed him the 3" sharp rusty screw and straight pin and he understood I'm removing such items and smiled and walked off. A couple minutes later after I found Enrique, then a second guard made it clear I'm not welcome, he motioned in a manner I knew what kind of buffer he wanted between me and his sand. Would have been funny if I held up that name tag and in my crude Spanish tell him" I AM Enrique, here to work high tech beach clean up!"(salute, smile). Never had a problem wandering the beaches in past years and I never get near people lounging. I do around the rows of palapas only early in the day or very late if I get out then. All the detecting I did in the week probably didn't amount to more than 3 hours. Escaping the frozen home turf and just being able to enjoy being outside was all I really needed. 
Sterling earring w/CZ's
.Silver plated copper ring from the first Vball court. 
.plated piece of a bracelet. 
.The back of the name tag is steel.
HH-Bruce
And, you got tossed off a beach in a Foreign Country, so that counts for something, how many other people can say that!
No matter, your all rested up to detect after the perma frost goes away at home
Metal detector will help keep my eyes down on the ground instead of looking at all the other attractions at the beach. I've never seen anyone detecting down there on other trips with my wife. Hopefully I will have some good finds to post also. 
