This afternoon I waded out into a rather choppy Shelter Cove and was forced to stay close to the water's edge, by its depth at the high end of a falling tide and the swells.I hoped to compare Mr. Dual Field with fresh batteries with the results of my last three hunts, but conditions didn't allow it.
11/2 hours later after having a little water flow over the top edge of my waders and finding I had a tear in my left rubber glove that let a trickle of water in just above my elbow, I decided it was time to find some shallower water to hunt.
I know the Rock Garden is not as deep and the off-shore sand bar usually slows the incoming swells, so I checked it out and sure don't regret it!
Only a couple of small pieces of junk metal in the pile are from The Garden, the rest are from The Cove.
I managed one dime from the Cove and the rest of the coins, mostly clad with one buffalo nickel, came from the Garden.
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After about 2 hours of hunting I was watching the setting sun and dug up this small (it's on my pinky finger) 10K class ring from 1954 as my bonus for not quitting!
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The sun had set by the time Mr. Dual Field, Diablo and I headed home after a satisfying hunt.
I still want to hunt The Cove when conditions are right as I'm sure there are lots of goodies under that deep sand!
GL&HH Friends,
CJ
PS That triangular thing in the junk earing is a stone that my PI responds to, but it doesn't stick to a strong magnet. It looks like a stone and isn't unusually heavy. I think I'll wire brush it to see what I find.
