Compass
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Yesterday morning the beaches looked a little more promising (on the beach cams) than they have been so I headed down to chase the tide out. I believe that this was my first beach visit of 2020 as I had been hitting the lakes on the last 10 or 12 hunts. It looked like there had been a little sand movement recently and I managed to find a few small pockets of targets here and there.
In one area I found 2 lead sinkers in a row followed by a nicely blackened silver spinner ring so the heavy targets were definitely accumulating there. A short time later a "scratchy" tone turned out to be a small Italian silver wrist or ankle chain. A loud signal down at the bottom of the slope resulted in a cheap pair of Foster Grants that looked like they had been there a while. I knew right away that they were cheap and worthless because I scooped them out in one piece without mangling them!
I didn't find a whole lot of coins on this hunt but it was sure nice to dig in the wet sand instead of fighting the rocks at the lake. However, swinging the TDI instead of the Nox definitely got my elbow's attention and made it a little difficult to sleep last night- think I needed to slow down a bit.
I think this is the first time that I have found a safety razor at the beach. Not the kind of thing that most people would be carrying around (???)
Also strange to find more nickels than quarters and no copper pennies!
The best of it.
When I got home I heard that California was in "lockdown". Metal detecting is most often a solitary activity for me so we'll see what happens. Stay safe out there!
GL&HH!
In one area I found 2 lead sinkers in a row followed by a nicely blackened silver spinner ring so the heavy targets were definitely accumulating there. A short time later a "scratchy" tone turned out to be a small Italian silver wrist or ankle chain. A loud signal down at the bottom of the slope resulted in a cheap pair of Foster Grants that looked like they had been there a while. I knew right away that they were cheap and worthless because I scooped them out in one piece without mangling them!
I didn't find a whole lot of coins on this hunt but it was sure nice to dig in the wet sand instead of fighting the rocks at the lake. However, swinging the TDI instead of the Nox definitely got my elbow's attention and made it a little difficult to sleep last night- think I needed to slow down a bit.
I think this is the first time that I have found a safety razor at the beach. Not the kind of thing that most people would be carrying around (???)
Also strange to find more nickels than quarters and no copper pennies!
The best of it.
When I got home I heard that California was in "lockdown". Metal detecting is most often a solitary activity for me so we'll see what happens. Stay safe out there!
GL&HH!
