Cold sunny day

FoiledAgain · Jan 29, 2015

After getting clobbered with more than two feet of snow and hurricane force wind gusts on Tuesday, it was a pleasure to see a calm sunny day today, though it was cold (32 degrees). The sea was smooth so I headed to the beach. Spent about 2 hours prospecting and not much had changed from a week ago, but finally found an area that had been cut down a bit. Started hitting targets on every swing and managed to pull a few goodies before the incoming tide forced me out. One of the cool things was the remnants of a kneeling lead soldier. Another oddity was a steel war cent -- first of these I've found. Also found a nice little ring circumscribed by bright stones. It looks like silver but it's unmarked. Quite a few older coins including wheats, so it's clear that the storm churned this area up pretty well. Weather permitting, I'll be hitting that spot hard to see what else turns up. Happy hunting out there!

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Pappy Griff · Jan 29, 2015

Awesome finds. Glad you made it through "Juno" intact. Thanks for sharing.

Dirt Hopper · Jan 29, 2015

Great beach finds. My friend is going down to the jersey shore on
2/8. I might go with him. Hope we have a good hunt like you .

Kapi · Jan 29, 2015

pretty ring

Cfmct · Jan 30, 2015

You did fairly well in the snow dept Brian and had high winds from what I saw... rip up the beaches much? good job just getting out.

hoser · Jan 30, 2015

Good job getting out and doing some hunting. You did good for sure.

Ricki7 · Jan 30, 2015

I don't how you were able to hunt I this weather , dedication , dedication !!
Nice finds
HH

melbajoe · Jan 30, 2015

Congrats on a nice hunt-I like that soldier

pescadore · Jan 30, 2015

Nice hunt and congrats on your finds !! Pretty ring and the soldier is cool !!

Vermonster · Jan 30, 2015

Cool stuff! Nice finds!

Wampus Cat · Jan 30, 2015

Glad you had a "good" day to hit to beach to swing your detector!! Looks like you had a great day! Congrats!

FoiledAgain · Jan 30, 2015

Pappy Griff said:
Awesome finds. Glad you made it through "Juno" intact. Thanks for sharing.

Cfmct said:
You did fairly well in the snow dept Brian and had high winds from what I saw... rip up the beaches much? good job just getting out.

hoser said:
Good job getting out and doing some hunting. You did good for sure.

Ricki7 said:
I don't how you were able to hunt I this weather , dedication , dedication !!
Nice finds
HH

25" of snow, and drifts over 4 feet -- yah, we did 'fairly well in the snow dept' :snowflake:

Took a day and a half to dig out :snowtruck:

Craig, where were you when I needed you? :lol:

Fortunately we didn't lose electricity. The beaches in our area didn't change much as the winds were mostly from the NE. A couple low spots appeared and I'm trying to work them during breaks in the weather. Looks like we have more to come.

FoiledAgain · Jan 31, 2015

Dirt Hopper said:
Great beach finds. My friend is going down to the jersey shore on 2/8. I might go with him. Hope we have a good hunt like you .

Kapidr said:
pretty ring

Vermonster said:
Cool stuff! Nice finds!

Wampus Cat said:
Glad you had a "good" day to hit to beach to swing your detector!! Looks like you had a great day! Congrats!

Thanks folks. Any day out in the water is a good day, so long as I'm not freezing. I was out again today and a small iceberg drifted by... :lol:

melbajoe said:
Congrats on a nice hunt-I like that soldier

pescadore said:
Nice hunt and congrats on your finds !! Pretty ring and the soldier is cool !!

Yeah, the soldier is neat. Too bad the armament is missing. The expression on his face is pretty sinister so I guess he meant business. I'm getting a good collection of lead toys from the salt, but I don't play with them...

Paper · Jan 31, 2015

Cool finds! Is the Canadian quarter silver or is it just a really clean recent drop? Stands out from the rest of the coins.

Crumble · Jan 31, 2015

Nice finds! I'm thinking that ring is part of a wedding set and is gold with real stones. I've found a couple like that that were unmarked, seems the engagement ring of the set is the part that is often marked.

FoiledAgain · Jan 31, 2015

Paper said:
Cool finds! Is the Canadian quarter silver or is it just a really clean recent drop? Stands out from the rest of the coins.

It's a 1984, so it's nickel. The ones I've found don't stand up in the salt water very well, so it was likely a recent drop. It does have a small hole corroded through one edge. One I found some time ago had huge 'bites' taken out of it, nice sharp edges like a rat was eating it, with the rest of the coin pristine. Weird way for a coin to corrode...

FoiledAgain · Jan 31, 2015

Crumble said:
Nice finds! I'm thinking that ring is part of a wedding set and is gold with real stones. I've found a couple like that that were unmarked, seems the engagement ring of the set is the part that is often marked.

Thanks Crumble, could be. The metal is in good shape for coming out of the salt water, so white gold is a possibility. I'll check it out.

dirtydog · Jan 31, 2015

Smokin good stuff. Great hunt!

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