It was a busy holiday season in Bermuda and I wasn't able to set enough time to hunt until today. The weather was foul with rain and overcast, a high of 63F, winds gusting to 30 knots NNW and a sea surface temperature of 69.3F. The winds being from the North meant that the South Shore Beaches would be my best bet but I also knew that my favorite public beach (Horseshoe Bay) had been mauled by the Parks Dept when they pushed a bunch of sand back into the water a week ago. What's a pirate to do though? I really wanted to hunt today and I had the time so off to Horseshoe Bay I went.
Conditions at Horseshoe were good with small waves and not much wind but after an hour I had managed only 2 pull tabs and a beer cap, it was even worse than expected.
It was so bad that as I headed back to my Jeep I resorted to working the dry sand which produced a quarter. Instead of turning up the path to the parking area I decided to give the swimming hole at the end of Horseshoe Bay a whirl. I'm sure glad I did! I spent the next hour pulling clad, bullets, pull tabs and junk jewellery out of the swimming hole but the last 20 minutes of this hunt was Excellent! I got a wierd tone that had some good bits to it so I got to digging and after 2 scoops the tone changed (still there but different) so I checked my scoop and there was a child's 14k ring.
KEWL! 1st Gold of 2008!! I dug up the rest of the signal and there was a Heineken bottle cap
Man I Hate those Suckers! After ten more minutes I was ready to bail out but decided to make one last pass of the swimming hole and picked up a REALLY NICE signal jammed between two rocks. I pushed the rocks out of the way and the tone just sounded better. On the second scoop I hit paydirt, a Platinum and 18k Men's Band; PERFECT!!! I said to myself "Well Hello Stranger" and pocketed my find, then spent another 10 minutes prowling around but there was nothing left; it's a very small swimming hole. So, I headed back home in the jeep with a smile on my face.
I hope this a sign of things to come for 2008.
Cheers,
BDA
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The beach was flat and the lane was empty at Horseshoe today
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The swimming hole was my salvation
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platinum/18k men's band and 14k child's ring
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Pla/18k I Like It!
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Bits and Bobs plus Clad
Conditions at Horseshoe were good with small waves and not much wind but after an hour I had managed only 2 pull tabs and a beer cap, it was even worse than expected.
It was so bad that as I headed back to my Jeep I resorted to working the dry sand which produced a quarter. Instead of turning up the path to the parking area I decided to give the swimming hole at the end of Horseshoe Bay a whirl. I'm sure glad I did! I spent the next hour pulling clad, bullets, pull tabs and junk jewellery out of the swimming hole but the last 20 minutes of this hunt was Excellent! I got a wierd tone that had some good bits to it so I got to digging and after 2 scoops the tone changed (still there but different) so I checked my scoop and there was a child's 14k ring. KEWL! 1st Gold of 2008!! I dug up the rest of the signal and there was a Heineken bottle cap Man I Hate those Suckers! After ten more minutes I was ready to bail out but decided to make one last pass of the swimming hole and picked up a REALLY NICE signal jammed between two rocks. I pushed the rocks out of the way and the tone just sounded better. On the second scoop I hit paydirt, a Platinum and 18k Men's Band; PERFECT!!! I said to myself "Well Hello Stranger" and pocketed my find, then spent another 10 minutes prowling around but there was nothing left; it's a very small swimming hole. So, I headed back home in the jeep with a smile on my face.I hope this a sign of things to come for 2008.
Cheers,
BDA
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The beach was flat and the lane was empty at Horseshoe today
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The swimming hole was my salvation
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platinum/18k men's band and 14k child's ring
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Pla/18k I Like It!
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Bits and Bobs plus Clad
Gonna hit it hard this weekend and get started on my 2 gold bars this year.