Myrtle Beach Hunt

[Dancer]

Not many people on the beach till last Friday. Beach hunting was slim until than. Along with some clad that day I found a toe ring and than a nice ladys gold ring. Fools gold it turned out. Junk coated with a gold finish. It sure had me going until I put it under the loop. Any way 254 coins worth Ten bucks even. Got more beach experance with a long handled scoop and had a lot of fun.

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

nice loot. keep swinging,itll get better.
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john

 

[Finderskeeper]

I am willing to bet that Myrtle Beach will have the same problem that all the beaches in Florida has......lack of gold. A lot of the gold has been pawned or sold at the We Buy Gold stores.

Keep hunting though as some are still wearing gold but not as many as in the past.

Might as well get used to the fact that since gold went over a grand a ounce, and the way the economy is, there are not as many people at the beach and not as many wearing gold.

I've decided to change my hunting to hunting old areas that are no longer in use. The main popular beaches are over hunted and very few modern drops are happening.

Looks like research will be the way to go in the future to find anything of value.

Heck, even clad is not worth it any more. I used to find clad and exchange it for silver......at over $40 an ounce, I need to find lots of clad to cover the cost. What took one day of hunting clad to buy an ounce of silver now takes two or three days on average.

Face it folks.....metal detecting has changed since the start of the depression we are now in.

 

[Dancer]

Yep Finders you got it pegged. Local bartender told me only the stupid are wearing gold down there. At the price it just isn't safe. Hell I only found one small piece of silver. We got to go back to plan B.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yep, Plan B this summer for sure...old drops from years gone by, beach after storms, deeper inland swimming holes, rivers, creeks, etc..With the price of gold, the lack of wearing it, and the advent of cell phones, a person that does lose something of value can google up the local retrieval specialist and recover the loss. The added bummer of gas prices keeps a fellow hunting close to home, and not venturing out to more exotic and far flung reaches on a whim. More targeted approach to area, and timing will be critical (after big weekends, festivals, etc)...but then, theres always LUCK!
One things for sure, theres a lot more new swingers out there! Saw a guy on the beach using a vegetable collander for a sand sifter!