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So I went to the end of my local beach today, near the river mouth. People don't really hang out here except for after hours from the clubs. This is about a 300 yard stretch that isn't used for swimming or sun bathing. But I found out that 30 years ago this was an area where people would park on the beach and party. This entire beach area is kind of in a bay so it isn't really affected by the longshore drift.
The bay is heavily fished by locals in small (14 - 16 foot) wooden boats mostly using nets.
I discover that there is quite a lot of oil pollution in the and here. It makes sticky balls and it can be seen in the photo with my scoop. What looks like a little rock overhang is actually oil in the sand with a few rocks mixed in. :-(
So I start in this area and spent six hours digging all of this lead, a few copper and brass pieces and a couple of washers. All from in this little area shown in the photo with the scoop. The deepest target was about 14 inches. The shell and small rock/gravel layer starts at about 6 inches. The larger rocks were all basically on the surface.
Is this where I should expect to find gold? Is this where it would accumulate over time along with all this lead?
The keys, pulltabs etc. were found in a shell line just below the previous high tide mark. Would lighter jewelry also be found here or do you think that these items were dropped in this area?
I did not get all of the lead yet. The tide came in and my BH SS2 can't handle the saltwater. It barely works in the wet sand.
So I am just exploring for when I get to bring my CZ21 to this spot.
The map of the area is at https://www.google.com.br/maps/@-26....1783,14z?hl=en
The red diamond at the bottom of the location photo below shows where I was hunting.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
The bay is heavily fished by locals in small (14 - 16 foot) wooden boats mostly using nets.
I discover that there is quite a lot of oil pollution in the and here. It makes sticky balls and it can be seen in the photo with my scoop. What looks like a little rock overhang is actually oil in the sand with a few rocks mixed in. :-(
So I start in this area and spent six hours digging all of this lead, a few copper and brass pieces and a couple of washers. All from in this little area shown in the photo with the scoop. The deepest target was about 14 inches. The shell and small rock/gravel layer starts at about 6 inches. The larger rocks were all basically on the surface.
Is this where I should expect to find gold? Is this where it would accumulate over time along with all this lead?
The keys, pulltabs etc. were found in a shell line just below the previous high tide mark. Would lighter jewelry also be found here or do you think that these items were dropped in this area?
I did not get all of the lead yet. The tide came in and my BH SS2 can't handle the saltwater. It barely works in the wet sand.
So I am just exploring for when I get to bring my CZ21 to this spot.
The map of the area is at https://www.google.com.br/maps/@-26....1783,14z?hl=en
The red diamond at the bottom of the location photo below shows where I was hunting.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
