Sandcrab
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Conditions have been odd the last few weeks, sand was moved every which way, and spots that looked promising were oddly “silent.” Scratched out a couple finds, the plat/gold ring was popular a couple years ago. During one summer must have found 8 or 9 if memory serves me right. Now all the “super metals” are the big thing.
The chain was a complete pain in the "caboose"… It was situated in the sand vertically. Like someone hammered it straight down like a nail. The “top end” was down about 9 inches and when I saw it I tried pulling it but was solid. I figured I had already sliced it so I went through all my dig pile but nothing. I dug around it some but still could not free it. Then hands and knees with my dive knife and still could not get deep enough to free it… Finally dug a channel next to it and I dug… The deeper I got the harder the sand was. I finally freed it and saw that the clasp was attached at the bottom, so I did not lose any part of it… Never have I dug that deep or that long. If I did not know it was there, was digging a signal only. I would have stopped. Told my friend later I found something 30 inches deep and when I explained it to him we both had a chuckle… You think it ends there, nope… There was a piece missing… So what did this fool do, start looking for the other piece…
I figured it would have been further up the slope/shallower since it would have been lighter/a smaller piece and the incoming wave would have washed it up… NOPE, it was down the slope/deeper. So another 40 minutes searching for that. But did find it… Looking at the chain closely can put together what happened and how it was lost. All told that thing took over an hour and a half… Was 26 inches long all told. The rings were 9.9 and 7.8 grams. So add that to my list, I hate cuts and I hate chains…
I have been playing around with an odd coil I built when I had to be at home for family reasons and so far am getting interesting results. It falls on its face for the things I personally am after, but the bottom row of gold items and the 2 small silver rings… Is interesting, all were found in saturated sand or submerged, that I would consider moderately mineralized sand. Maybe opens up a “blind spot” most detectors have, but most people would never admit to or to be honest, even know about… Something for me to consider… The far left is a gold crown, (0.5 g) almost threw it out but thought it sure did look like a tooth… It was…
The chain was a complete pain in the "caboose"… It was situated in the sand vertically. Like someone hammered it straight down like a nail. The “top end” was down about 9 inches and when I saw it I tried pulling it but was solid. I figured I had already sliced it so I went through all my dig pile but nothing. I dug around it some but still could not free it. Then hands and knees with my dive knife and still could not get deep enough to free it… Finally dug a channel next to it and I dug… The deeper I got the harder the sand was. I finally freed it and saw that the clasp was attached at the bottom, so I did not lose any part of it… Never have I dug that deep or that long. If I did not know it was there, was digging a signal only. I would have stopped. Told my friend later I found something 30 inches deep and when I explained it to him we both had a chuckle… You think it ends there, nope… There was a piece missing… So what did this fool do, start looking for the other piece…
I figured it would have been further up the slope/shallower since it would have been lighter/a smaller piece and the incoming wave would have washed it up… NOPE, it was down the slope/deeper. So another 40 minutes searching for that. But did find it… Looking at the chain closely can put together what happened and how it was lost. All told that thing took over an hour and a half… Was 26 inches long all told. The rings were 9.9 and 7.8 grams. So add that to my list, I hate cuts and I hate chains…
I have been playing around with an odd coil I built when I had to be at home for family reasons and so far am getting interesting results. It falls on its face for the things I personally am after, but the bottom row of gold items and the 2 small silver rings… Is interesting, all were found in saturated sand or submerged, that I would consider moderately mineralized sand. Maybe opens up a “blind spot” most detectors have, but most people would never admit to or to be honest, even know about… Something for me to consider… The far left is a gold crown, (0.5 g) almost threw it out but thought it sure did look like a tooth… It was…
You showed great restraint in patiently getting the chain out. I don't think I'm capable of that - I would've hacked it to pieces. Congrats on a great hunt!
awesome finds 
17 grams of gold is worth the pain!
