Yesterday about 1 or 2 in the afternoon I finished my work for the day and I decided to head to the coast to scout out the beaches. The first two beached I had stopped at had a smaller ledge- maybe 1-2 feet. These were some random beaches that one of them I had hunted once before, and the other never.
I decided to continue and check 4 or 5 other beaches to see how they looked. 3 of the 5 have been good to me in the summer time and I would love to catch some of them when they are eroding. The 5th beach which happens to be the last one that I checked had a big sand berm that the city must have placed for erosion/flood control during the storm. I ended up hunting there for a while in the rain wearing waders and a rain jacket. I wasn't finding much, but enough to keep me there in the rain. I final had enough and decided to dry off in the van and head home.
On my way home I decided to stop at the two beaches that I saw with the smaller ledges. I couldn't find one of them (the one I had never been to before) so I ended up going to the one that I have previously hunted. When I got on the sand and walked to the ledge in the dark I was SHOCKED. That little ledge that I had seen a few hours earlier has now turned into a full 5-6 foot ledge!!!
I jumped down and started hunting under the ledge. My dectector was going crazy! Coins everywhere and a lot of interference with the black sand. I was also making a lot of surface finds! Coins were just sitting on top of the sand! I was finding lots of green coins. It got to a point where I had to stop digging pennies. I was sure I was going to find some gold.
I ended up hunting about three hundred yards of the whole ledge from the ledge itself to about 6 feet towards the water. All together I ended up with 173 targets in about 3 hours and no gold or silver!!!! How could I not find any of the good stuff here! I did find what I though was a ring when I scooped it, but I am still unsure what it is. I think it is some sort of animal tag that they crimped on a birds leg.
Finds Count
Quarters 46
Nickels 25
Dimes 28
Pennies 52
A few other various junk earrings and some other stuff. I did find what looks like a metal tooth crown. Its possible that it is silver. Happy hunting
Nick
I decided to continue and check 4 or 5 other beaches to see how they looked. 3 of the 5 have been good to me in the summer time and I would love to catch some of them when they are eroding. The 5th beach which happens to be the last one that I checked had a big sand berm that the city must have placed for erosion/flood control during the storm. I ended up hunting there for a while in the rain wearing waders and a rain jacket. I wasn't finding much, but enough to keep me there in the rain. I final had enough and decided to dry off in the van and head home.
On my way home I decided to stop at the two beaches that I saw with the smaller ledges. I couldn't find one of them (the one I had never been to before) so I ended up going to the one that I have previously hunted. When I got on the sand and walked to the ledge in the dark I was SHOCKED. That little ledge that I had seen a few hours earlier has now turned into a full 5-6 foot ledge!!!
I jumped down and started hunting under the ledge. My dectector was going crazy! Coins everywhere and a lot of interference with the black sand. I was also making a lot of surface finds! Coins were just sitting on top of the sand! I was finding lots of green coins. It got to a point where I had to stop digging pennies. I was sure I was going to find some gold.
I ended up hunting about three hundred yards of the whole ledge from the ledge itself to about 6 feet towards the water. All together I ended up with 173 targets in about 3 hours and no gold or silver!!!! How could I not find any of the good stuff here! I did find what I though was a ring when I scooped it, but I am still unsure what it is. I think it is some sort of animal tag that they crimped on a birds leg.
Finds Count
Quarters 46
Nickels 25
Dimes 28
Pennies 52
A few other various junk earrings and some other stuff. I did find what looks like a metal tooth crown. Its possible that it is silver. Happy hunting
Nick
thats alot of coins 
Maybe the heavier gold and silver targets were deeper. Did you find much lead?
