Beach at Tahoe, then BIG find

Jeepy27 · Jul 29, 2016

I spent several mornings hunting beaches at Lake Tahoe. I didn't find anything too exciting. Hopefully my photo showed up of my one earring, a Smith and Wesson knife and a Fitbit. Does anyone know if I can register the Fitbit to myself, or does it only work for the owner? Oh, I did say something about a BIG find. On my way back to the car, a construction worker asked if I could come help him, and bring the metal detector. They were doing some paving, and they paved right over a manhole cover. I found it quickly for them. Like I said, I had a BIG find, about 3 feet across!!

Kapi · Jul 30, 2016

Don't know about the fitbit but LOL at the man cover

FelixtheCat · Jul 30, 2016

I found a Garmin Fitbit that I now wear. I just downloaded the APP to my phone and sync it via Bluetooth. It works well too! Cool on the manhole cover. I was asked a few times to find metal inserts for the bases at my son's elementary some years back.

USAFSSK · Jul 30, 2016

Jeepy27 said:
On my way back to the car, a construction worker asked if I could come help him, and bring the metal detector. They were doing some paving, and they paved right over a manhole cover. I found it quickly for them. Like I said, I had a BIG find, about 3 feet across!!

I've been requested a few times by strangers to help find property markers (buried iron stakes) that the grass had overtaken. I always look for an opportunity to help with my hobby, because it could in turn, become an opportunity to hunt private property.

Tom_in_CA · Jul 30, 2016

Jeepy27, good story.

In 1982, I was a college student hitch-hiking through the So. Lake Tahoe area. And I spotted some guys detecting the south shore beaches there. Turned out they were from Sacramento area. And they, and several others in their circle-of-friends, had been making recent sport of detecting those beaches.

Because in the late 1970s, there'd been several years of drought (very similar to the drought we're sort of in now). And it didn't reverse till the winter storms of '82-83. So in the summer of '82, the lake level there was still very down. And these guys had wised up that there was silver coins to find. Granted, not very old (d/t I don't think the casino and tourism phase really got going till after WWII there ?) . But they told me there'd even been several silver dollars found on the beaches there, d/t the fact of the slot machines that accepted silver dollars up till 1964. They also got some jewelry.

So I've always wondered if this recent drought, and the historic low levels of Tahoe right now, wouldn't bode for more silver coins surfacing ? Are you finding just clad, or any old coins too ?

scott.f · Jul 30, 2016

Too funny! When we lived In Edmonton I used to use my Tiger Shark every spring to find the drain in our alley so my neighbour and I could chip the ice out for the thaw..

GroundSweeper · Jul 30, 2016

Congrats on getting out. Tahoe's a fun place to detect!

Look forward to the earring pic.

The man hole cover story is hilarious too! Oops where'd that go?? :laughing:

I found one of my best gold rings at a beach in Tahoe, and you can't beat the landscape!

GroundSweeper · Jul 30, 2016

Tom_in_CA said:
Jeepy27, good story.

In 1982, I was a college student hitch-hiking through the So. Lake Tahoe area. And I spotted some guys detecting the south shore beaches there. Turned out they were from Sacramento area. And they, and several others in their circle-of-friends, had been making recent sport of detecting those beaches.

Because in the late 1970s, there'd been several years of drought (very similar to the drought we're sort of in now). And it didn't reverse till the winter storms of '82-83. So in the summer of '82, the lake level there was still very down. And these guys had wised up that there was silver coins to find. Granted, not very old (d/t I don't think the casino and tourism phase really got going till after WWII there ?) . But they told me there'd even been several silver dollars found on the beaches there, d/t the fact of the slot machines that accepted silver dollars up till 1964. They also got some jewelry.

So I've always wondered if this recent drought, and the historic low levels of Tahoe right now, wouldn't bode for more silver coins surfacing ? Are you finding just clad, or any old coins too ?

Maybe a year late, right now the lakes supposedly very full. Yet to get up there this year, but last year it was low. This year I've read it's full full full!

Lake Tahoe reached an important milestone over the weekend. The lake level rose to 62-hundred-23 feet above sea level, which is Tahoe's natural rim. Lake Tahoe reached an important milestone over the weekend: The lake level rose to 6,223 feet above sea level, which is Tahoe's natural rim.Apr 12, 2016

dirtydog · Jul 30, 2016

Funny. I've been warned not to find man hole covers. So I guess it's OK now. :lol:

Tom_in_CA · Jul 31, 2016

GroundSweeper said:
Maybe a year late, right now the lakes supposedly very full. Yet to get up there this year, but last year it was low. This year I've read it's full full full!

thanx for the update groundsweeper. I was wondering if this recent year's winter had reversed the low levels. Apparently it did. It wasn't enough to end the drought state-wide, but I guess some of the lakes benefitting from snow-melt got back up to fuller levels.

Wonder how hunters did their at the peak of low, late last fall ?

rreahard · Aug 1, 2016

Great finds! Congrats on the man hole cover!! :lol:

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