TheFrood
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Despite seemingly wonderful conditions, and a deeper cut than I have ever seen on this beach, decent finds were a few and far between. Just check out the attached pictures for everything I found worth mentioning… Yep, that’s right! Essentially a skunk. I know that my detector wasn’t broken because I did find tons and tons of trash. Just absolutely nothing worth keeping lol I ran into a more experienced hunter on the beach with their detector, and they mentioned how it looked sanded in… Just goes to show how much I have to learn about reading the beach. A big cut doesn’t necessarily mean good detecting conditions. I did remove about 2 pounds of various sized aluminum blobules, some of which were so small that I had to sift through the sand that came out of the holes in my scoop to find them. So I know the detector is working well. I also found multiple sizes of metal tent, stakes and enough nails to build a small shed. There was various bits of copper wire, a 2 inch piece of crushed copper tubing, and a grand total of three coins. One copper penny that had been smashed flat, one that had been chewed up almost beyond recognition, and a crusty clad dime. After seven hours on the beach, I had hit peak frustration and decided to drive over to Doheny Beach, which has much better barbecue and picnic facilities.
Instead of barbecuing, I wound up getting takeout and eating it at a picnic table. I figured I would hit the beach for an hour or hour and a half before it got unpleasantly cold. Despite being southern California, and not raining, the weather was indeed a bit chilly, and was getting colder as the sun set. The site that greeted me on the beach was a mess. I had apparently been beaten to the beach by another detector. Normally this wouldn’t bother me, but there were massive holes dug all over the intertidal zone. Not all of the holes were this massive, but there were plenty of them that were. This in itself wouldn’t really bother me, because the tide would fix it once it hits its Highpoint. What did bother me is that in a significant percentage of the holes there was a piece of metal trash, either inside the hole, or lying right beside it. That’s right. The detector who hit the beach before me didn’t bother to even clean their trash up off of the beach once they had dug it up. They just threw it back into the sand. For some reason this really irritated me and just soured my mood. I wound up, leaving after only about a half hour, rather than staying as long as I had been expecting. Aside from that, though, it was still a wonderful day on the coast.
Instead of barbecuing, I wound up getting takeout and eating it at a picnic table. I figured I would hit the beach for an hour or hour and a half before it got unpleasantly cold. Despite being southern California, and not raining, the weather was indeed a bit chilly, and was getting colder as the sun set. The site that greeted me on the beach was a mess. I had apparently been beaten to the beach by another detector. Normally this wouldn’t bother me, but there were massive holes dug all over the intertidal zone. Not all of the holes were this massive, but there were plenty of them that were. This in itself wouldn’t really bother me, because the tide would fix it once it hits its Highpoint. What did bother me is that in a significant percentage of the holes there was a piece of metal trash, either inside the hole, or lying right beside it. That’s right. The detector who hit the beach before me didn’t bother to even clean their trash up off of the beach once they had dug it up. They just threw it back into the sand. For some reason this really irritated me and just soured my mood. I wound up, leaving after only about a half hour, rather than staying as long as I had been expecting. Aside from that, though, it was still a wonderful day on the coast.