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Jobsons Cove - No Gold but I Looted Some Old!

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bdahunter

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I was back at the South Shore yesterday for low tide as the winds are still out of the North. I took a pass on Horseshoe and went a little further to Warwick Long Bay to see what might have washed up for me to salvage. This beach is very exposed so you can only hunt it after a few days of northly winds which calm the surf enough to hunt, generally it is a great place for body surfing. We only managed a high of 54F yesterday so it was positively freezing - by Bermuda standards that is.

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The ocean was calm and the sun was out at least at the beginning of the hunt but unfortunately the main beach was badly sanded in as you can see by the pic. So I retreated to the swimming hole at Jobsons Cove which has delivered the goods in the past and I wasn't dissappointed this time either.

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View from the cliffs that seperate Jobsons Cove from Warwick Long Bay - like a mill pond


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I worked my was into the swimming hole and had dozens of signals but they were mostly old bullets from the rifle range that existed here during WWII. So I changed my tactics and went deep beside the big rocks in the center of the pic. It took me two feet of digging, following signals all the way down, to get to the coarse gravel that often has older finds in it.

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I pulled up this thick 1898 King George IV British Large Penny:super::super:

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3 hours of hunting produced a junk pouch full of mangled bullets, etc. The loot was a junker bracelet, $1.70 in modern clad plus a 1967 thru'pence, a 1947 two shilling coin and a WWII vintage Bermuda Regiment button.

What a great day to be out in the water hunting!:thumbup::cool::thumbup:

BDA:cool:
 
That's a great variety of finds. Nice pink sand along that beach. Pictures can be deceiving, so how long is that beach compared to Horseshoe Bay? Both areas are similar as they have their own pool areas.

That's just the way I like to detect, no body around to bother you with the peace and tranquility of the sand and ocean splashing on the shore. :clapping:
 
I was discussing my find with my neighbour who is British and she told me that it was impossible to have an 1898 penny with George IV on the obverse because 1898 was in the reign of Queen Victoria. A closer inspection with the magnifying glass indicated that the date is 1826 which corresponds with King George IV's reign of 1820 - 1830. Currently the oldest coin in my collection and a nice surprise that a copper coin could last that long in the ocean. It is very thick and heavy which is a sign of just how much you could buy for a penny in those days.

Cheers,

BDA:cool:
 
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