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Had snow falling on the hills near the beach, with occasional fine periods. Found a few coins and two silver rings early on, mainly around a path that has been covered in sand since typhoons last year. A Japanese man (in one of the pics) came and started digging the sand away from the concrete path. It is about 50cm deep in many places. A bit hard to see the depth in the pics though. Watched him for a while then went over to ask if that was his job, he replied that it wasn't, he was a one-man volunteer (living near the beach) and just wanted to clear it so other people would be able to use it again. Seemed pretty friendly so I offered to help (much to his surprise) and we both shoveled sand for another hour or so. His motivation was different from mine though, as you can guess? <img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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After a LOT of sweat we both decided it was enough for the day and that we'd try and meet up and do some more again in the future. When he left I went straight over the sand we had dug and much of what is in the pic was on or near the surface! The ring at the right is 18K with Pt 900. (Must've been because last week I said that's what I wanted more of, right John-Edmonton?) <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">
A bit like business really, if you don't write it down, you don't get it! LOL
The others are silver. Around the equivalent of US$15 in coins.
While I was clearing the sand away I noticed a couple of others detecting (actually one detecting the other holding a metal sieve) and had a chance to talk with them later. They live a long way from the beach - about five hours drive. First time there. Hadn't found anything at that time. Brand new detector. Watched them for a short time and went over to suggest that he put his coil much lower because he was waving it in the air like a baseball bat. He said he didn't want to scratch it! But agreed anyway. As I was leaving I went past them again and they had picked up three silver rings and some coins and seemed MUCH happier than earlier on. Cool. <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap">
Saw some other volunteers, a group cleaning the beach. What was VERY, VERY pleasing for me (a dream come true really) was they entered The Land of Ten Thousand Nails (previously dubbed No PI Detectors Land) i.e. the north side of the concrete walkway where there are probably that many nails, or more. They did the surface of a small area, which I'm looking forward to going over next weekend. Naturally there will be MANY more nails and tabs under the surface, but through their help at least we are heading in the right direction.....
">After a LOT of sweat we both decided it was enough for the day and that we'd try and meet up and do some more again in the future. When he left I went straight over the sand we had dug and much of what is in the pic was on or near the surface! The ring at the right is 18K with Pt 900. (Must've been because last week I said that's what I wanted more of, right John-Edmonton?) <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
">A bit like business really, if you don't write it down, you don't get it! LOL
The others are silver. Around the equivalent of US$15 in coins.
While I was clearing the sand away I noticed a couple of others detecting (actually one detecting the other holding a metal sieve) and had a chance to talk with them later. They live a long way from the beach - about five hours drive. First time there. Hadn't found anything at that time. Brand new detector. Watched them for a short time and went over to suggest that he put his coil much lower because he was waving it in the air like a baseball bat. He said he didn't want to scratch it! But agreed anyway. As I was leaving I went past them again and they had picked up three silver rings and some coins and seemed MUCH happier than earlier on. Cool. <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap">
Saw some other volunteers, a group cleaning the beach. What was VERY, VERY pleasing for me (a dream come true really) was they entered The Land of Ten Thousand Nails (previously dubbed No PI Detectors Land) i.e. the north side of the concrete walkway where there are probably that many nails, or more. They did the surface of a small area, which I'm looking forward to going over next weekend. Naturally there will be MANY more nails and tabs under the surface, but through their help at least we are heading in the right direction.....