Joshc214
Senior Member
I haven't been out since last thursday when I found the small 14k diamond/sapphire ring. We've had big surf for the past week and I'm not into the dry/wet sand hunts, they never produce for me... Yesterday and today were the first calm days so I decided to take off work today for an ocean hunt.
Conditions weren't ideal, mostly sanded in with a couple troughs that were semi sanded in.. I spent the entire morning hiking down the beach hunting these shallow troughs without much luck. At around 11 when I was getting ready to call it quits I got a blasting signal on the excal, figured it was another penny... nope. Looked in my scoop and saw a giant piece of gold. At first I thought it was a plated hoop earring, but when I grabbed it there was some weight to it, even though its hollow. A quick inspection and I found 18k Italy marked on the clasp!!! Weighs in at 10.8 grams... too bad it wasn't solid gold lol, but I'll take it!
Conditions weren't ideal, mostly sanded in with a couple troughs that were semi sanded in.. I spent the entire morning hiking down the beach hunting these shallow troughs without much luck. At around 11 when I was getting ready to call it quits I got a blasting signal on the excal, figured it was another penny... nope. Looked in my scoop and saw a giant piece of gold. At first I thought it was a plated hoop earring, but when I grabbed it there was some weight to it, even though its hollow. A quick inspection and I found 18k Italy marked on the clasp!!! Weighs in at 10.8 grams... too bad it wasn't solid gold lol, but I'll take it!
Gold bracelet is a bucket list item for me.
That's a fine ticket! I took a day off today and noticed the same conditions. Most of my coins came from angled troughs. The heavy waves just buried stuff I think other than opening a few of those troughs.
