Surf rake

[Serge]

Hi every body,


Is some one know about the SURF RAKE ( the city tractor that clean the Florida beach in the morning) Those rake must pick up some gold and coins? Where they dump it ?
How deep it go? ho should we paid to get to the dump site ? hi hi

Still have couples coin after the rake pass, but not to much, Often it is older salty coin, the rake must have bring them up.

 

[Serge]

n/t

 

[ashmonkey]

i used to follow these every morning on my local beach in the UK, never thought it took much apart from large debris, cans, bags, etc. might have got the phones , sun glass's and maybe the odd watch. but left all the coins, ring pulls etc. i liked them because working behind them the sand was flat and made my PI far easier to use

 

[DrJoeprime]

My experience, here in Southern California, is that they generally only pick up trash items. (This is the Barber Surf Rake) I've discovered they do pick up and DROP off chains. I'vefound dropped off chains ... once with 7 different chains, from iron to silver to gold and with 2 silver rings attached. That was fun.

I've also followed behind them and have found plenty of coins.

HH Joe

 

[Serge]

Make senses guys, I will do some test with some junks and pennies, and keep you inform of the result.
May be they do not remove lots of good stuff, but for sure they do remove all activity's traces.

Thank you

 

[kered]

the ones they use here even remove cigarette buts, only good thing about them is the take most of the ringpulls and bottle tops too, you need to get up early or go late in the evening to beet them to the loot

 

[Cupajo]

A friend of mine owns and operates one of these machines and told me of finding a diamond watch in the debris pile,searching at the request of a lovely young lady!!

When he found it and handed it to her she took off for parts unknown without so much as a small thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She told him it was a $20,000.00 watch!!

My hat's off to my friend and I hope the young woman loses it again and learns what thank you is all about!!

GL&HH Friends,

CJ

 

[Serge]

Yesssssssssssss CJ He is probably checking each load nowww. I am sur they are picking up lost of goodiess with that machine. When the rakes turn at the botom, it get pretty fast and you can ear the heavy stuff hit the inside bin.

 

[kered]

The old ones here were just like giant rakes, the new ones here are more like a farm rotavator that flips everything onto a fine mesh vibrating belt, the sand falls through and everything else goes into the hopper, i also noticed a large liquid tank on it that apparently disinfects the sand too, they can vary the depth but run at about 4"-5", you do get the odd coin that comes out at the side, or slightly deeper ones, and the balled up aluminium foil from food that people take great delight in burying

 

[Surfdigger]

[size=large]Here in NJ. they mostly use that Barber beach rake (seen below on right).....the key to it is that it is verrrry reliable and low maintenance.....I have seen a few of the Cherrington machines (below on left) that sift everything through a screen....they used to use a couple of them in Atlantic City....but talking to a municipal employee friend of mine....he told me that the machines constantly broke down (too many moving parts hence too many operating failures) they ended up selling both machines and bought a few more barber beach rakes......they are considered the most reliable and efficient way to clean up the unsightly large beach trash and that leaves the smaller metallic trash and treasure for us to find....HH....Brian[/size]

 

[kered]

fingers crossed they break down here too, getting tired of these night shifts

 

[Serge]

LOLLLLLLLLLL Hope our MD will be more reliable tan there Surf rake