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18kRonin

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Hunt 9
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Hunt 10

:surfin: surf was up, triple deckers at times hitting the base of the slope where I wanted to hunt and an undertow to die for, gave it a try. :lol:
Thought it always looks worse than it really is. But I was just lying to myself it was bad :lol: Under all that white water found a deep trench with a near vertical face 2-3 feet high cutting into the bottom of the slope with real firm sand finding a couple of heavily encrusted steel bars then scoring a plat earring so kept at it.

Could only get a max of two scoops at a target before getting knocked away never to find it. Almost got a face full of scoop a few times, was washed up on the beach twice and lost count of the times I lost my bearings completely.
Body surfing with a detector and big scoop is not recommended :lol:

3 hours in was starting to feel a bit green around the gills. Thought as soon as I get a ring I'm out of there. Just under an hour later got a bit of heavenly intervention yellow in the scoop 18K and I was gone, well after a good look around that area :lol:

Haul for the 4 hour "where am I" hunt
18K ring 3.3g
Plat earring 0.38g
8 maybe 9 pieces o'silver
21 coins

:tropical:

Thanks for viewing
HH&GL
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Hunt 11

With all that wave action had to go back the next day.

Found the waves a bit kinder but not the sea of tranquility I was hoping for :lol: a lot of soft sand around only managing to get onto a thin strip of firm stuff before the surf picked up and it was back on. Not so many targets but a lot of sand movement. Stumbled onto a large silver bangle and then more trash with the odd coin.

Got this small target that sounded off real good and found a chain hanging out the bottom of the scoop. Picked it up and had a small but heavy pendant Plat!!! Hunted for another hour finding a lot of light stuff being kicked up by the surf and a layer of black stuff around 1-2 scoops down with the big red stuff well and truly out of sight.

Could be the end of Big Red for a while. One hell of a ride lasting way more than I ever thought possible. But you never know, could be full on big ugly stuff again next hunt :iwish: :lol:


Total for the 5 hour "finally found me a set of sea legs" hunt

Pt900 Pendant on a Pt850 chain 3.46g
4 pieces o'silver
18 coins

:tropical:

Thanks for viewing
HH&GL
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Following hunt http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=2665975#post2665975
 
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Lots of targets. Congrats on the nice rescues. I'm not sure I would be up to hunting in those dangerous conditions though.
 
Admirable Horatio Hornblower! You went into those haystacks and rip!? I chickened out yesterday after taking a look at the same deal here...I did find a nice cut that was sort of knocking the legs off the waves, but the rip in there was so fast, I didnt want to attempt it and bravely went totlotting for pennies!

Thats another very nice haul of good gold and Plat there Ronin! Do us a tally of what you got out of Big Red when you are done in there...Good Work in those very tough conditions!
Mud
 
:dingding: Angel ring is lovely and the plat chain with the pendant was an awesome find! That straight razor, I think?, you got is super cool. I would probably clean that one up and display.

Mud-puppy said:
...I didnt want to attempt it and bravely went totlotting for pennies!
Mud
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It takes a far braver man to detect those with all the little kids that come up to you asking you what you're doing. :lol:
 
Sounds to me like you earned every one of those finds the hard way. Glad you are able to hunt in those conditions I know I couldn't. Awesome finds Congrats!
 
They should pay you for cleaning the beach's, crazy how much iron..!! And Nice treasure buddy!!
 
Top-USMC said:
Lots of targets. Congrats on the nice rescues. I'm not sure I would be up to hunting in those dangerous conditions though.
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Thanks Top, always wondered what the trough was like in those conditions. Luckily no rips and the undertow wasn't too bad as long as I stayed out a bit :yes:

Mud-puppy said:
Admirable Horatio Hornblower! You went into those haystacks and rip!? I chickened out yesterday after taking a look at the same deal here...I did find a nice cut that was sort of knocking the legs off the waves, but the rip in there was so fast, I didnt want to attempt it and bravely went totlotting for pennies!

Thats another very nice haul of good gold and Plat there Ronin! Do us a tally of what you got out of Big Red when you are done in there...Good Work in those very tough conditions!
Mud
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Thanks Mud, went in very carefully :lol: shorty wetsuit and hood (gives a bit of protection if the scoop gets a bit out of control), mask and snorkel, no weight belt on and no tether on my scoop. Plan for best but prepare for the worst ;)

Sure when it's a done thing, I'll put together a few numbers and pics :yes:

Hunting in the water at night with backslappers coming up behind you that you can't hear or see till the last moment now that's scary :shock:

FelixtheCat said:
:dingding: Angel ring is lovely and the plat chain with the pendant was an awesome find! That straight razor, I think?, you got is super cool. I would probably clean that one up and display.
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Thanks Felix, has to be the best iron I've seen for awhile :lol: the blade may even be from folded steel like a lot of the real sharp blades had at the time in my area. Have to get around to getting a good display case one of these days and that one will be in it.
Will clean it up and post pics :yes:

scott.f said:
Nice finds! Tough hunting in those conditions, you earned those! 😎
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Thanks Scott, had to dig and clear the scoop faster than I would normally have but yeah real heart pumping stuff time flew by until I started getting sea sick that is :lol:

Cupajo said:
Decent return for all your effort Ron!!:thumbsup:

Knowing Yer limits is a good thing!!:yes:

CJ
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Thanks CJ, had a close call a year or so ago hunting water. That reset my limits quite a bit :yes:

goodtimecharlie said:
Sounds to me like you earned every one of those finds the hard way. Glad you are able to hunt in those conditions I know I couldn't. Awesome finds Congrats!
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Thanks Charlie, didn't think I could either. Used to surf a bit when I was younger and was just like falling off the board into white water bringing back good memories :no: :lol:
 
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That's some dedication right there, getting pushed around is no fun, and retrieving that amount of targets in conditions like that says alot!
 
OBN said:
They should pay you for cleaning the beach's, crazy how much iron..!! And Nice treasure buddy!!
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and it looks radioactive too :shock:


Man you're absolutely killing it this year, Ronin. I thoroughly enjoy living vicariously through your posts. :lol:
 
OBN said:
They should pay you for cleaning the beach's, crazy how much iron..!! And Nice treasure buddy!!
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Thanks Joe, most of them are like that without all the sand on top. Gives me a good idea on sand movement. The first time I hunted one beach there was big iron everywhere haven't picked up any iron on that beach for years.

onthespot said:
I knew you were due for a Pt. Chain!!! Great Job
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Thanks OTS, you knew more that me :lol: got my eyes open for a big fat 18K chain :lookclose:

rreahard said:
Awesome finds! Congrats on the gold, silver, and plat! You definitely earned them!!
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Thanks brother :yes:

Vermonster said:
Some very nice digs there Ronin! Congrats!
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Thanks Vermonster :yes:

dirtydog said:
Bravo you are a brave man and it paid off.
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Thanks DD, good motivation more than anything ;) another beach I would have stuck to the wet :yes:

zeemang said:
That's some dedication right there, getting pushed around is no fun, and retrieving that amount of targets in conditions like that says alot!
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Thanks Zee, not a lot of time in between surges had to go like hell :lol: would have loved to have had a GoPro would have been entertaining :lol:

Cfmct said:
I'm tired of you posting that industrial metal :laughing: Another good hunt "G" :D
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Just the motivation I needed to keep hitting it hard :laughing: ;)

GroundSweeper said:
Man that iron makes me cringe, the gold and plat makes me drool :pirate:

Congrats!
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Thanks GS, use to hate iron but not so sure now :lol:

Swinglow said:
and it looks radioactive too :shock:

Man you're absolutely killing it this year, Ronin. I thoroughly enjoy living vicariously through your posts. :lol:
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Thanks Swinglow, this beach opening up has been a real score would hate to think what I would have got otherwise. Sooner be cherry picking the easy stuff :lol: Made up for a slow summer that's for sure :yes:
 
oldcaptainrusty said:
Sounds like it was quite a battle but it looks like it paid off pretty well. Congrats
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Thanks X2 Capt ;), wouldn't recommend hunting in that stuff too often. The DF headphone cable got a real workout. The snorkel I was wearing stopped the headset from flying off completely. Most of the hunt I was facing shoreward hitting the cut at the bottom of the slope. Well trying too :lol:

Took my Excal into rough water once getting the headset knocked completely off by big dumpers ended up getting a wire pulled out just enough to let in saltwater, rusting it out. An easy fix but not good to discover a headset is not working right mid hunt.
 
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