:usaflag: Paying My Dues!! :detecting:

[Cupajo]

Hello Fellow Hunters!

It would be great if every hunt was like the last two I had, but (and there is always a "but") things just don't happen that way!

Yesterday I spent 5 hours hunting in some of the nicest water/weather conditions (clear/calm/comfortable).

I located 87 targets and recovered 85 with the Dual Field. (I can be a bit tricky pinpointing, but obviously recoveries don't suffer too much!!)

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19 bottle caps (1 with the glass neck screwed on)

coins, fishing tackle, odd bits of junk, several bullets, 7-nickles (2 buffalo), 8 dimes (1-roosie, 1-mercs), 5 -pennies ( 2-wheaties), 5-clad quarters.

A silver toe ring, a tiny 1/20th 10K gold filled ring and a small brass religious medal to name a few.

From the old coins it's obvious that even though the area has been hunted hard by myself and others, there is still stuff out there for the finding!!

Is this a great hobby or what!!??

After 5 hours of moving a ton or so of sand and small boulders I thought I might have to have a back hoe haul my 69 year old bones home, but somehow I made it and after a buisy days work today I found the strength to write this post.

This is the kind of hunt I have come to see as "paying my dues" by cleaning up targets so I won't be bothered with them next time!!

GL&HH Fellow Hunters,

CJ

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Nice finds.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Love those old coins ....congrats!

 

[Cupajo]

Thanks Guys for your replies!

When silver coins are lost in the briny deep (or even shallow) they are attacked by the salt/wave action and slowly oxidize.

They often will waste away so badly you can bend the thin wafer/coin between your fingers!

Most of the time they are un-fit for collecting or marketing as rare and are only valuable for bullion content.

I did find a merc dime and a 1941 quarter recently that were in fair condition and I could make out the dates on them. They had no incrustation to peel away,
rather were coated with a very thin coating of silver oxide,

I am always glad to find them in any condition, but prefer to find them on dry land where they sometimes look brand new!

GL&HH Friends,

CJ

 

[Cupajo]

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A brief photo essay illustrating salt water damage described above.

CJ

 

[opus]

Digging trash and not minding! That's strength! I wouldn't want to admit how many times I came back from a hunt with nothing but an apron full of pulltabs, bottle-tops and wads of foil, but the times I've found buffalo heads and wheat backs and jewelry more than make up for it! It's more than 50% luck, I don't care how expensive you're detector is! Keep digging trash and you're gonna keep finding the good stuff!

 

[Cupajo]

Generally you do have to dig anything that "sounds small enough" to find the goodies.

Something that sounds big enough to be a garbage can lid may well be just that and a waste of valuable hunting time.

I am getting tired of recovering "Bud Lite" bottle caps though!

Thanks for your reply,

CJ

 

[joe dirt_1]

wow, those coins look like the crusty zincolns I find. Saltwater really does a number on the coins. Believe I'll stay on dry land and dig those nice shiny silver coins..............Roger

 

[Cupajo]

In my experience Roger the gold and bullion silver (corroded old rings, etc.) are found more often in the salt water at the beach!!

I like brite, shiny coins and jewelry too and have found a few, but for the best return for effort expended I vote for water hunting??

(It's easier on my old knees too!!)

Thanks for your reply Fellow Hunter,

CJ