:usaflag: I Was Hunting In The Rain Early This AM!! :detecting:

[Cupajo]

I was hunting for a lost ring in the rain this AM. Two hours of Dual Field hunting and Diablo diggin in what I would call "the quarry".

"Somewhere on the right side of the breakwater is where the young husband lost his white gold wedding ring over a year ago." a family member told me.

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The far end is under a foot of water and is a dark spot way out there.

Many of the moss covered slabs of stone are over a ton and close enough together that some targets would need a jack hammer and/or dynamite to reach them!

At one point I slipped and fell (It's been years since I've done that!) and managed to regain my footing after a struggle of perhaps thirty seconds.

I kept dry thanks to a dry top cinched over my waders with a belt keeping everything snug and am none the worse for wear.

This is without doubt the worst footing I have ever hunted in and I will only resume the search for the ring after the owner shows me himself where he thinks he lost it!

I did manage to recover a few targets including a large brass good luck piece, a silver nickel and some fishing sinkers.

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The dark line on the horizon in the picture is Long Island, New York.

GL&HH Friends,

CJ

 

[scubadetector]

Must have been scary. Anyway your token is from 1957 - 1959

Cowboy Valley

Cowboy Valley was a

 

[gobble-gobble]

Thank God you are ok, thats the important thing. It nice that you try & help but on that moss & with waders you have to be careful

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[John(Tx)]

Got to be careful on that moss, I have busted my butt several times when our local jetty would get that green moss all over, very dangerous. HH

 

[Gold Nuggets]

Many of us don't seem to "bounce" like we used to when we were younger CJ.
Glad you are ok. BTW, that is a neat token. Gold Nuggets

 

[Cupajo]

Many thanks for your replies and your concern for the Old Hunter!

I too realized some years ago (when in my early sixties) that I didn't bounce too good any more!

(I was an avid road bicyclist and covered many miles as a weekly routine when it dawned on me that every rider I knew had fallen and been hurt, but me!

After considering the results of such a fall, I hung up my bike and haven't ridden since!)

Luckily the water was deep enough that I suffered no impact and shallow enough I didn't have to worry much about drowning.

I'm a "water person" anyway and feel at home on, in or under the water.

A few seconds of struggling on the slippery rocks and I managed to get back on my feet and back to diggin,

GL&HH Friends,

CJ