Hit another silver at the beach...

[Joe G]

Can't believe it. I hit another silver Washington at the beach this morning; a '59. Really strange considering how the beach gets hammered big time on a daily basis.

For instance, I got to one beach just before sunrise on Saturday only to find another guy had already been hunting for an hour or two... he told me that two other guys stayed overnight and got a couple of rings. Competition is fierce.

Did manage a couple of bucks in clad though but no gold or silver; just a junk earring and a heart shaped pendent. Talked to one of the guys I've bumped into a couple of times and he told me he found an 18k white gold ring with 51 diamonds the week before last (find of the month with his club). Yowzer! They'd be calling EMS if I ever found something like that

Can't believe what people wear to the beach! One night last week, a lady asked me if I found her (big, gold $200) earring that she lost in the surf. Geez, she must have had a dozen gold chains around her neck, gold bracelet, rings on almost all her fingers... Amazing. (sure hope she went back in the water )

 

[Mike from MI Iron Brigade]

with all that gold you would think she would drown! Congrats on the silver buddy! Say Hi to Vicky!

 

[shakerdave]

n/t

 

[steve in so la]

Sure would love a shot at those kinds of beaches. Good going on the silver, Steve

 

[MI$$OURI BETTY]

Wonder if she is married to or kin to Mr. T? Ya doing good, even with all the competition! HH!

God Bless!
Betty

 

[Pete in MI]

then again we have to stop and think the largest group of people are the baby boomers from the mid-late 40s and early 50s. So now that we all found we have no retirement our metal detecting is our retirement. Guess that would explain why so many are out with detectors - especially us old folk.

Been having a hard time trying to find places here too that others haven't beat me to. One guy told me he had hit one volley ball court and had found 7 rings. There are probably about 10 or so detectorists around the area and those are the kind like us who have experience - not the ones who just got their Walmart Christmas detector.

Maybe you should have just held out a bag and say "Why not just eliminate all the work and the heat and save me batteries and just drop your jewelry in the bag and I'll take it home with me"