More ancient strata for your viewing pleasure

Mud-puppy · Dec 19, 2018

Today...Lake Michigan, ..This is old sand!! Again, I was pinned to the wall with no escape! I have no idea when these deposits were made, but I've never seen blowouts like this as far inshore and as aggressive...

Theres 100 feet of beach completely gone...I might find a mastodon tusk in this mess...thought you Waterbabies might find this extreme of a vertical cut quite interesting...and, the NOX 800 in Windmill2 program seems to be able to deal with the black sand layers acceptably...the bummer is pulling targets in a rip like this...its nearly impossible to keep your feet let alone sweep and hunt...

OBN · Dec 19, 2018

That vertical cut is insane! Never seen anything like that before...the dig with the black sand rings I see that in OCMD but never the bay.

Ice Scratcher · Dec 19, 2018

Cool stuff there MP!!

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Where's the loot?

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Mud-puppy · Dec 19, 2018

Ice Scratcher said:
Cool stuff there MP!!

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Where's the loot?

<°)))>{

..There aint none! No treasures to be found at all! Just sand and Zebra Mussels and paleostian geolithic interest rocks! What precious metal 'loot' I may or may have not found in the previous years before the tide came in, has all been lost in tragic boating accidents or pist away on peppermint sticks and pennywhistles Brother!

Hell! This time of the season a guy is NEVER gonna see a scantily clad Maiden on this stretch! Sure, maybe at TJMAXX, but not out here in the driving wind and cold waves! So its more of a 'get out of the house' kind of deal than for hoping to find anything Goldy or Horney...

I've gotta admit, I've got no business anymore being on the helm! 20 leagues before the mast and three sheets to the wind most of the time!! :laughing:

Just getting in and out of the waders reminds a fellow about the Old time feed store colloqialism: "Stuffing 10lbs of poop in a 5lb bag!" :laughing:

There aint no gold to be found in Michigan! Pennies and pulltabs if you are lucky!! You know this! :laughing:

I thought this photo would be of interest to the archaeologists?...All the layers? like how a termite must appreciate a piece of old wood?!

GroundSweeper · Dec 19, 2018

Nice pics Mud. Always enjoy your posts, thanks!

melbajoe · Dec 19, 2018

with those cuts I'd watch out for an avalanche

Ice Scratcher · Dec 19, 2018

Mud-puppy said:
..There aint none! No treasures to be found at all! Just sand and Zebra Mussels and paleostian geolithic interest rocks! What precious metal 'loot' I may or may have not found in the previous years before the tide came in, has all been lost in tragic boating accidents or pist away on peppermint sticks and pennywhistles Brother!

Hell! This time of the season a guy is NEVER gonna see a scantily clad Maiden on this stretch! Sure, maybe at TJMAXX, but not out here in the driving wind and cold waves! So its more of a 'get out of the house' kind of deal than for hoping to find anything Goldy or Horney...

I've gotta admit, I've got no business anymore being on the helm! 20 leagues before the mast and three sheets to the wind most of the time!! Just getting in and out of the waders reminds a fellow about the Old time feed store colloqialism: "Stuffing 10lbs of poop in a 5lb bag!"

There aint no gold to be found in Michigan! Pennies and pulltabs if you are lucky!! You know this! I thought this photo would be of interest to the archaeologists?...All the layers? like how a termite must appreciate a piece of old wood?!

Always cracking up!

Merry Christmas bruddah!!

<°)))>{

Mud-puppy · Dec 19, 2018

melbajoe said:
with those cuts I'd watch out for an avalanche

Yeah..Great noticings! ..These ancient glacial dunes can spall off and bury a guy in a Hurry! Up here we call it 'slumped in'..Sort of a veerd dirt dynamic occurs this time of the year sometimes when the conditions are right... Only in the Fall/Winter with a sudden and sharp chill at night, freezing the moisture and binding the aggregate all together....

Coupled with a big onshore wind sawing away at it....Exposed substrata such as this 90 degree terrain is 'flash frozen' and holds it structure for a few hours ...I got pictures of hunting this stretch going way back!....Thousands of times working this area year round! ...

You can imagine a nice gentle slope going out into the Big Lake...Nothing like this dramatic 20' straight down drop have I ever seen though...Its quite an interesting place for me to go have a look of a December morning...Hard to get to and huntable Only open for a few hours tops....

As miserable as it is, I cant help it! Black sand all layered up to be damned, like trying to find a bottlecap in a foundry slag dumpster! Wind howling through the phones..colder than a Snitches Tip in February?...Getting up and heading down to this desolate place all the time? I dont understand it?...I absolutely have no idea why! But Whats a guy to do? I guess I bought into the bullcrappery of this Sport!...Time and Gold waits for Nobody! Right? :laughing:

Treasure2some · Dec 20, 2018

Something good has to come out of there!

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Surf Master · Dec 20, 2018

Mud

Looks like conditions are wright , you should find some old artifacts , dont get trapped below that cut, ya see a storm come up, leave , did anyone tell you, if you loose the facial hair, you look a little like Felix :lol:

howboutit

Captain Silver · Dec 20, 2018

Excellent pictures Mud, I'd love to hunt a wall of old sand like that...

dirtydog · Dec 20, 2018

I've never seen such a cut anywhere even here in FL after a storm. Maybe I should come and stay with you for the Christmas Holiday. I'll buy the beer.

Swinglow · Dec 21, 2018

That cut is a cliff and it's really bizarre to see a beach with no rocks on it like we have here. Mud, you need to make a trip to the right coast and we'll take you out in the rocks!

brncofan · Dec 21, 2018

thats a cliff of a cut mud good luck hunting and be safe buddy

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