South bay report 1-20-2018

Pyriteboy · Jan 22, 2018

A bit of a stumble out of the gate for the 2018 season.....2.5 hours at 3 beaches (Hermosa, Manhattan, and Dockweiler) produced what is contained in the pan. Although I failed to get my coil over the right kind of targets, it was good to get out once again. The best looking ground was in Manhattan and it gave up 0 targets; sometimes it's like that but you have to keep swinging....

Jerry

Compass · Jan 22, 2018

Jerry, I was wondering about the South Bay- thanks! So where were all the targets- do they get buried as soon as they wash out or do they get whisked out to sea out of reach? This weekend really puzzles me. I found a fair amount but not below the best looking cuts! :?:

jjm861 · Jan 22, 2018

Hey Jerry....glad you had a chance to get out. Gold is just around the corner for you.

Tom_in_CA · Jan 23, 2018

thanx for the report. That last swell didn't do much good for us up here @ Monterey Bay. I heard of one fellow who had 150-ish coins and a single gold ring, on the first day of the swell. But ... he had to work for them. Hence, not much benefit on that system for us.

Mud-puppy · Jan 23, 2018

Was supposed to be an inbound Tsunami today...guess not gonna happen though.....

Pyriteboy · Jan 23, 2018

Hey George,
Me thinks the lack of a good sustained downhill current was responsible for the surprising results here in the south bay. I think the lack of wind through most of the period is the culprit. Normally we get a strong downhill (north to south) current, aided by the wind, when we get hit with the winter swells. I think the current works to cut the south bay beaches down much more than it cuts the beaches back.
Jerry

Compass · Jan 23, 2018

Pyriteboy said:
Hey George,
Me thinks the lack of a good sustained downhill current was responsible for the surprising results here in the south bay. I think the lack of wind through most of the period is the culprit. Normally we get a strong downhill (north to south) current, aided by the wind, when we get hit with the winter swells. I think the current works to cut the south bay beaches down much more than it cuts the beaches back.
Jerry

Thanks Jerry, I think you are correct. I do think that targets were being washed out but they needed to be found before sinking down out of reach of our detectors. One reason I think this is because below a fresh 6' cut I was finding deep zinc pennies. :?:

Tom_in_CA · Jan 23, 2018

Compass said:
... One reason I think this is because below a fresh 6' cut I was finding deep zinc pennies.

Well I'm glad you were sharing in our central CA misery. Haha.

That last swell just brought sand down or something. A few guys found some pockets, but ... all in all, it was still light stuff. Even some aluminum, bottle caps, etc... @ Santa Cruz main beach. That SHOULD have washed out, if/when the erosion is *just right*. When conditions are right, all light stuff is gone, leaving only heavier targets.

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