When I arrived at the local beach my Friend Frank and I have been hammering lately the wind was calm and the water still, with only a tiny ripple at 8AM, a couple of hours before dead low tide.
Mr. Dual Field and I worked in close to the water's edge as detailed in the previous post, to see how much metal I could recover with very careful hunting.
After an hour and a half I moved a little deeper in the water and continued to work the stoney wash-out along the beach side of the big sand bar.
This is when I found my first coin, a Zincoln, one of three found during this hunt. In the next 3 hours I found three clad quarters, more scrap metal, a silver Rosey and this small 14K ring with a tiny diamond.
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About 2 hours into the hunt I started working the deep sand which varies from 8" to over a foot deep. Nearly all the "keepers" including the ring were deep and required lots o diggin which Diablo and this Old Hunter are pretty good at.
The water started getting rough at just about the two hour mark and at the four hour mark I began to get staggered by the waves which were doing their best to throw me and my gear onto the beach.
A few minutes past the four hor mark at 11 AM I found the 14K in my sifter.
I was tempted to quit then and there, but being a stubborn Old Hunter I stuck it out for another half hour just to show The Old Gal, Old Ma Nature, I could take it.
Well Friends I had my work-out today with 46 targets recovered and I hadn't been home 10 minutes when it started to rain! (Guess Old Ma was good to me after all!)
GL&HH,
CJ
Mr. Dual Field and I worked in close to the water's edge as detailed in the previous post, to see how much metal I could recover with very careful hunting.
After an hour and a half I moved a little deeper in the water and continued to work the stoney wash-out along the beach side of the big sand bar.
This is when I found my first coin, a Zincoln, one of three found during this hunt. In the next 3 hours I found three clad quarters, more scrap metal, a silver Rosey and this small 14K ring with a tiny diamond.
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[attachment 224881 2-29-12Finds022.JPG]
About 2 hours into the hunt I started working the deep sand which varies from 8" to over a foot deep. Nearly all the "keepers" including the ring were deep and required lots o diggin which Diablo and this Old Hunter are pretty good at.
The water started getting rough at just about the two hour mark and at the four hour mark I began to get staggered by the waves which were doing their best to throw me and my gear onto the beach.
A few minutes past the four hor mark at 11 AM I found the 14K in my sifter.
I was tempted to quit then and there, but being a stubborn Old Hunter I stuck it out for another half hour just to show The Old Gal, Old Ma Nature, I could take it.
Well Friends I had my work-out today with 46 targets recovered and I hadn't been home 10 minutes when it started to rain! (Guess Old Ma was good to me after all!)
GL&HH,
CJ