holey smoke
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Last year I had a pretty decent first quarter, but this year I haven't even bothered to post monthy finds since I could seldom get out due to weather and even when I could get out, it was difficult to get to the targets.
But things are starting to pick up so I'll clear the table today.
All finds were in fresh water out to about waist deep using a Surf PI that is literally held together with marine epoxy and electrical tape. Mostly public beaches and one State Park I visted the other weekend with CTCurt. Had a great time. Didn't find much.
So we have the obligatory sunglasses, a rocket nose (I find a lot of these), cell phone, some square nails, a nice old iron key (encrusted- upper left), a Tootsietoy Jeep, a Matchbox plane, a junk anklet, some fishing lures, oddballs, $6.51 in clad and a dollar bill, some interesting bones, three junk rings, and a 10k Pooh Bear.
The big pile of clad in the center is from one single "spill". I saw an odd thing on the beach; two of those mini-seedless watermelons washed up on the shore. They caught my eye so I checked them out. Looked fresh and untouched, just washed up. While I was looking at them I spotted a penny in the wash. Scooped it and noticed another penny. Ran the coil over the area and it was chatter city. For a while I sat there just scooping and rinsing, with 2-5 pennies in each scoop. Thinned it out enough and cleaned the area up with the machine. Total of 43 pennies and one nickel. Couldn't have been there more than a day. Looked like someone just sat there throwing pennies at the watermelons. You just can't make this stuff up.
After three months of nothing but junk, I went out to my favorite spot yesterday. Little wave action, beautiful day. I was hunting a groove in the sand almost chest-deep and got a nice hit. Scooped up a Pooh Bear pendant. Noticed it was hallmarked 10k, but usually these are fake. So I didn't think too much of it, except that is was exceptionally clean and couldn't possibly have been a fresh drop; the water temp is still in the 30's. Got home and hit it with a jewler's cloth- man. Gold has that luster you just can't fake. So I tested it for plating. Nope, solid. Then I broke out the acid. I used a 10k class ring for a control line and sure enough, both pieces tested identically. 8.24 grams of 10K. Why someone would pay for a gold Winnie the Pooh is beyond me, but I'll take it.
Good Luck & HH all!
But things are starting to pick up so I'll clear the table today.
All finds were in fresh water out to about waist deep using a Surf PI that is literally held together with marine epoxy and electrical tape. Mostly public beaches and one State Park I visted the other weekend with CTCurt. Had a great time. Didn't find much.
So we have the obligatory sunglasses, a rocket nose (I find a lot of these), cell phone, some square nails, a nice old iron key (encrusted- upper left), a Tootsietoy Jeep, a Matchbox plane, a junk anklet, some fishing lures, oddballs, $6.51 in clad and a dollar bill, some interesting bones, three junk rings, and a 10k Pooh Bear.
The big pile of clad in the center is from one single "spill". I saw an odd thing on the beach; two of those mini-seedless watermelons washed up on the shore. They caught my eye so I checked them out. Looked fresh and untouched, just washed up. While I was looking at them I spotted a penny in the wash. Scooped it and noticed another penny. Ran the coil over the area and it was chatter city. For a while I sat there just scooping and rinsing, with 2-5 pennies in each scoop. Thinned it out enough and cleaned the area up with the machine. Total of 43 pennies and one nickel. Couldn't have been there more than a day. Looked like someone just sat there throwing pennies at the watermelons. You just can't make this stuff up.
After three months of nothing but junk, I went out to my favorite spot yesterday. Little wave action, beautiful day. I was hunting a groove in the sand almost chest-deep and got a nice hit. Scooped up a Pooh Bear pendant. Noticed it was hallmarked 10k, but usually these are fake. So I didn't think too much of it, except that is was exceptionally clean and couldn't possibly have been a fresh drop; the water temp is still in the 30's. Got home and hit it with a jewler's cloth- man. Gold has that luster you just can't fake. So I tested it for plating. Nope, solid. Then I broke out the acid. I used a 10k class ring for a control line and sure enough, both pieces tested identically. 8.24 grams of 10K. Why someone would pay for a gold Winnie the Pooh is beyond me, but I'll take it.
Good Luck & HH all!
