DirtyRob
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Ok, I've been to the State Park twice since the major storm hit last weekend. I have been hitting the dry/wet sand. The first time the lake was still pushing 4 and 5 foot waves and I wasn't dressed for it. I had to settle for mostly dry areas. I did find some clad but no bling, real or fake. I notice two funnel areas and saw lots of rocks on the surface. I did find one coin sitting on the surface. Other than that I found about a buck in change and a token from when Minelab was here 2 years in a row with a seeded hunt.
So yesterday I head back and try again after the lake has calmed down. Only two to thee foot waves and I can get to the wet sand. This waterline had 5 to 6 foot of water on it during the storm-surge. I took pictures of one cut where close to 3 foot of sand was gone.
So here's the question to you professional beach hunters. After a storm like that, where a foot or two or more sand is moved away, where do the bling and coins go?
Yesterday I was hitting quarters a good 10 inches down or more with the CTX near the waterline. And in another area, I was hitting a dozen or so pennies in that same depth, except this was different sand. Very course with tiny rocks, not the sand you think of when going to the beach. Well below the water table, too. The hole would fill with water after I would scoop out a bunch.
By the way, this is Lake Michigan. This beach had 100,000 or more visitors since the adjoining National Park Beach was closed all year. This place should be loaded!
So yesterday I head back and try again after the lake has calmed down. Only two to thee foot waves and I can get to the wet sand. This waterline had 5 to 6 foot of water on it during the storm-surge. I took pictures of one cut where close to 3 foot of sand was gone.
So here's the question to you professional beach hunters. After a storm like that, where a foot or two or more sand is moved away, where do the bling and coins go?
Yesterday I was hitting quarters a good 10 inches down or more with the CTX near the waterline. And in another area, I was hitting a dozen or so pennies in that same depth, except this was different sand. Very course with tiny rocks, not the sand you think of when going to the beach. Well below the water table, too. The hole would fill with water after I would scoop out a bunch.
By the way, this is Lake Michigan. This beach had 100,000 or more visitors since the adjoining National Park Beach was closed all year. This place should be loaded!