18kRonin
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With only one water hunt in early January so far this year in Japan and a short uneventful wet and dry hunt in New Zealand a few weeks ago I knew my water hunting fitness level was at an all time low. 
So had to get back into it, picked a nice light dry sand beach as a build up for water hunting that I had hunted late last year but found it replenished again!!! with at least 2 foot of can slaw and iron riddled sand. Hit the wet and found it loaded with good targets unusual for this beach at any time of year usually just real soft deep sand, must have been the strong winds the weekend before and still some good surf coming in.
All the targets were still mixed up, finding deep light stuff then shallow heavy stuff. Was going to take it easy but the number of coins and silver finds got me going full on, ending up hunting for 6 1/2hours before dragging myself off the beach and off to work.
Had to work that night and the next day but had the morning and afternoon off the following day so got up early and headed back out to the same beach. Found much the same conditions but more of the light stuff. Those stainless rings had me going when I saw them in the scoop, also got this strange signal and man it was deep as I was digging down to it I realized it was too big to be anything good but wanted to know what it was, ended up pulling out a wheel from a valve must have been the Excal picking up the broken off bronze shaft still on the wheel.
About the same time my knuckles were dragging I found this monster knuckle on the high tide line. Total for the two days, 8 silver 1 silver coin and 197 clad coins.
Mentally I'm feeling quite good after all that exercise, physically it only hurts when I move.
HH&GL
18
Day one
Day two, 6 hour hunt.
Found this old square hole coin have found a few them in the past, not worth much but like finding them and this one is in real good condition considering it's from the wet. Issued from 1636-1769
So had to get back into it, picked a nice light dry sand beach as a build up for water hunting that I had hunted late last year but found it replenished again!!! with at least 2 foot of can slaw and iron riddled sand. Hit the wet and found it loaded with good targets unusual for this beach at any time of year usually just real soft deep sand, must have been the strong winds the weekend before and still some good surf coming in.
All the targets were still mixed up, finding deep light stuff then shallow heavy stuff. Was going to take it easy but the number of coins and silver finds got me going full on, ending up hunting for 6 1/2hours before dragging myself off the beach and off to work.
Had to work that night and the next day but had the morning and afternoon off the following day so got up early and headed back out to the same beach. Found much the same conditions but more of the light stuff. Those stainless rings had me going when I saw them in the scoop, also got this strange signal and man it was deep as I was digging down to it I realized it was too big to be anything good but wanted to know what it was, ended up pulling out a wheel from a valve must have been the Excal picking up the broken off bronze shaft still on the wheel.
About the same time my knuckles were dragging I found this monster knuckle on the high tide line. Total for the two days, 8 silver 1 silver coin and 197 clad coins.
Mentally I'm feeling quite good after all that exercise, physically it only hurts when I move.
HH&GL
18
Day one
Day two, 6 hour hunt.
Found this old square hole coin have found a few them in the past, not worth much but like finding them and this one is in real good condition considering it's from the wet. Issued from 1636-1769
Where is the yellow and platinum your beaches are famous for? 
