I planned on leaving early yesterday from work, but after needing to take my dog to the vet in the morning, I just took half a day instead. Conditions were to be great on South Beach and low tide was near 3pm so I just couldn’t resist getting out there and getting an early jump on the beginning of the Spring Breakers. I was out there hunting by 12:30 and within the hour I scored what I thought was my 1st gold ring! 
I couldn’t take a good look at it at the time but I was pretty sure. It came on a drop-off from an offshore sand bar into a trough. I then started working for my 2nd gold. I ran into a few pirates, spoke to a couple of them, one being Bling Digger, and we showed each other our golds. BD had found a gorgeous man’s band that had channel set diamonds 
(a truly beautiful piece that I hope she posts). I continued on my hunt and then I came across what I thought would be my 2nd good score which was the sunglasses, which I couldn’t take a good look at, but was sure they were “Ray Bans”. 
I hunted for 4.5 hours with the last hour starting to get rough with the weather changing and the tide coming in. When I got to my car I took the sunglasses out of my pocket and they were not Ray Bans. At least they didn’t have a scratch and will make a good pair to keep at school. Well I still scored the gold I thought! That is until I got home and noticed the ring was a “bit off”. I put on the jeweler’s loupe and read the inside of the band “Stainless Steel”. Well, a so-so day at the beach in the beautiful sun and water is better than a great day at work! 
ADDENDUM: A guy came up to me to tell me about a gold chain he had lost. He couldn't narrow down the area to well though. I told him that my detector wouldn't pick it up unless it had a medallion. He said it was thick so I gave it a go on all-metal for about 20 minutes and dug every possible nuance of a sound change but no luck. (So there's a nice big chain waiting offshore around 18th street if anyone has an Equinox.
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I couldn’t take a good look at it at the time but I was pretty sure. It came on a drop-off from an offshore sand bar into a trough. I then started working for my 2nd gold. I ran into a few pirates, spoke to a couple of them, one being Bling Digger, and we showed each other our golds. BD had found a gorgeous man’s band that had channel set diamonds (a truly beautiful piece that I hope she posts). I continued on my hunt and then I came across what I thought would be my 2nd good score which was the sunglasses, which I couldn’t take a good look at, but was sure they were “Ray Bans”. I hunted for 4.5 hours with the last hour starting to get rough with the weather changing and the tide coming in. When I got to my car I took the sunglasses out of my pocket and they were not Ray Bans. At least they didn’t have a scratch and will make a good pair to keep at school. Well I still scored the gold I thought! That is until I got home and noticed the ring was a “bit off”. I put on the jeweler’s loupe and read the inside of the band “Stainless Steel”. Well, a so-so day at the beach in the beautiful sun and water is better than a great day at work! ADDENDUM: A guy came up to me to tell me about a gold chain he had lost. He couldn't narrow down the area to well though. I told him that my detector wouldn't pick it up unless it had a medallion. He said it was thick so I gave it a go on all-metal for about 20 minutes and dug every possible nuance of a sound change but no luck. (So there's a nice big chain waiting offshore around 18th street if anyone has an Equinox.
)
. been there done that- go getem on the next hunt
