When is a negative a positive? When it's a negative tide of course!

stewart73 · Nov 5, 2013

Took a day off work and headed down south this time to give another nameless little beach a try. The first two hours did not yield a single coin or piece of jewelry but the final four hours were full of them. Although most of this beach was sanded-in I managed to walk out beyond all the fluff and started hitting the good stuff. Managed about 16 rings (most silver, a few SS junkers), maybe $85 in clad, and right at the end of the hunt picked up a really nice 18k Thai pendant. Was so tired at 5am from digging that I had to just sit down for 10 minutes before I was able to take off my drysuit by myself (was of course freezing by this point!) :lol:

Anyways, I'd say the evening was worth it. :yes:

Ice Scratcher · Nov 5, 2013

Dang! What a ring count!!

Congrats on the 18K!!

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MexGT · Nov 5, 2013

NICE !!! gratz, awesome haul !!

Compass · Nov 5, 2013

What a great looking cache you found Stewart. Looks like it came straight from a pirate's treasure chest! :yes:

Sounds like you worked hard for it too. Congrats and HH!

Takodiver · Nov 6, 2013

Good job. Tides were good this week.

OBN · Nov 6, 2013

Hamid would be proud of you!! That's some Amazing counts on rings and cash. :wow2:

Love that Drysuit? I was out Saturday for 4 hours, just below the chest water...57 degrees, Love it..

stewart73 · Nov 6, 2013

oldbeechnut said:
Hamid would be proud of you!! That's some Amazing counts on rings and cash.

Love that Drysuit? I was out Saturday for 4 hours, just below the chest water...57 degrees, Love it..

Hehe...thanks! I love the idea of a drysuit but mine is really just a surface suit so I exit the water with wet arms. Hopefully buying a proper diving grade drysuit in the next week or two.

HullGuitars · Nov 6, 2013

AWSOME DUDE!~!!!
how the hell do you find that much clad? I take it the coins are not like ours here in the USA? If I was you guys (forum members in japan) I would all get together and cancel your forum memberships before all the goodies are gone from your beaches. My wife and I are planning a trip there based only off the finds we have seen in the past several years. I visited japan in the 10th grade and have missed it ever since. So a two week trip is in order, and will take about another year to plan. Looking forward to it!

stewart73 · Nov 6, 2013

HullGuitars said:
AWSOME DUDE!~!!!
how the hell do you find that much clad? I take it the coins are not like ours here in the USA? If I was you guys (forum members in japan) I would all get together and cancel your forum memberships before all the goodies are gone from your beaches. My wife and I are planning a trip there based only off the finds we have seen in the past several years. I visited japan in the 10th grade and have missed it ever since. So a two week trip is in order, and will take about another year to plan. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for the comments. The 500 yen coins are worth about $5 each and add up quickly. Yeah, there's a few people saying they are going to come to Japan just to 'clean up' but I hope they realize that it takes time to find a beach that actually produces....and even then you need to get out there all night during the cold months (negative tides) and put the hours in. A real bummer if you don't own a car. :yes:

I post only my good trips out...many more produce nothing but garbage. :lol:

cdv · Nov 6, 2013

Nice hunt with a really good ring count.... sweet pendant!

Cliff

itsaring! · Nov 6, 2013

stewart73 said:
Yeah, there's a few people saying they are going to come to Japan just to 'clean up' but I hope they realize that it takes time to find a beach that actually produces....and even then you need to get out there all night during the cold months (negative tides) and put the hours in. A real bummer if you don't own a car.

Agree!
Thought for sure that pendant was 22k :lol:

I'm not polishing that old gold anymore. Can't beat the color

zeemang · Nov 6, 2013

If i could find 50 bucks in clad i'd be out there everyday, let alone the rings....
KILLER hunt man!

jwp1964 · Nov 6, 2013

Unbelievable hunt! Congrats!

brother steve · Nov 6, 2013

That's an amazing hunt!

Jressman · Nov 6, 2013

Wow amazing!! Congrats

Cfmct · Nov 6, 2013

Nice hunt Stewart... it amazes me the amount of clad you guys can pull over there in 1 hunt.. good job on the gold and silver...

Franz · Nov 6, 2013

That 18k is so golden colored in the photo it almost looks unreal!

groovieguy · Nov 6, 2013

WOW

That is just amazing, Great Job

onthespot · Nov 6, 2013

Can't say that I am surprised by a awesome results, but I am Impressed! I don't know how you mainland guys hunt so long. 4 hours and I'm done!

forkandles · Nov 7, 2013

Great job on the hunt!
Any idea what kind of stones are in the pendant?

By the way, just to keep things in perspective, I too have an X-cal and hit the beaches over here for about 6-8 hours at a time but find nowhere near what you find .... heaps more trash than keepers. Finding the right beach at the right time is the key.

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