tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Went to Florida to visit relatives like usual and hit the cape Canaveral area beach. Walked around the first day trying to see where the more promising spots were. There is a nearby pier that usually has some goodies around it, but when I got to that part of the beach I found out they were doing construction and the usual good spots were roped off. I did manage to find some coins, tabs, foil and a little jewelry.
For the most let the beach was VERY quiet. Very few signals of any kind. Fewer bottle caps, tabs and foil, which was nice, but also fewer coins, less jewelry and even fewer sinkers. (I really like sinkers and bullets for some reason). I really had to work harder for the few things I got. My CZ has an 8 inch coil so it was a lot of swingin to cover any ground. I am thinking seriously about getting an Equinox with a 15 inch coil for beach hunting. I have plenty of found money to pay for it and I can cover more ground in the same number of swings. (They are on sale with a free 15 inch coil right now so why not?)
I talked to several other detectorists who are local and they said it has been one of the worst years they can remember. I have noticed that when the economy is not doing well, people loose fewer coins and jewelry. Also the jewelry they do loose is more of the cheapy stuff. Also more people seem to be using Apple Pay and other forms of card payment for everything and more people carry no cash. I remember when you had to pay cash unless you charged at least $15 and there was no debit card payments, just checks and a lot of places would not accept checks. The times they are a changing, unfortunately.
On day one a group approached me on the beach and started asking questions like normal. One lady in the group put a coin in the sand and covered it up and said “can you find the treasure?” So I swung the coil a couple of times, got the signal and scooped it up. She thought that was amazing and when I tried to give the coin back to her she said it was European so keep it.
On the 5 mornings I was in Florida I spent 18.5 hours swingin the CZ21 searching mostly around the mother line, a little in the wet sand at low tide (almost nothing there), and some on the edge of the dunes and walkovers. It was a long way from a skunk, but not nearly as good as it has been in the past.
All together I found 229 coins with a face value of $12.72, 3 cheapie necklaces, the ever present zipper pull, a cheapie ring, a silver earring, a wheatie, a 50 cent euro coin, a hat pin from the nearby space center, a key chain fob, sinkers, a live pistol round, a brass whatzit, a key, a shoe grommet, a fishing lure, a chain from a key chain, a deep socket, 2 toy vehicles, some tabs, aluminum cans, a few bottle caps and some tent pegs from the canopies people use on the beach.
The silver earring is marked 925 W. K. and has a ring of marcasite crystals on the outside with a small amethyst in the center. A cute little earring. The wheatie is a well worn 1934 in great shape, probably a recent loss.
A lot of the pennies are zinc so the salt really eats them up and caused the sand to stick making them worthless. 152 Pennie’s all together.
I did find a few coins as I walked about. A penny and 2 dimes while wandering and a new Canadian dime beside the gas pump while I was filling up.
I’m back in the cold again and will be going out to brave the weather tomorrow. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
For the most let the beach was VERY quiet. Very few signals of any kind. Fewer bottle caps, tabs and foil, which was nice, but also fewer coins, less jewelry and even fewer sinkers. (I really like sinkers and bullets for some reason). I really had to work harder for the few things I got. My CZ has an 8 inch coil so it was a lot of swingin to cover any ground. I am thinking seriously about getting an Equinox with a 15 inch coil for beach hunting. I have plenty of found money to pay for it and I can cover more ground in the same number of swings. (They are on sale with a free 15 inch coil right now so why not?)
I talked to several other detectorists who are local and they said it has been one of the worst years they can remember. I have noticed that when the economy is not doing well, people loose fewer coins and jewelry. Also the jewelry they do loose is more of the cheapy stuff. Also more people seem to be using Apple Pay and other forms of card payment for everything and more people carry no cash. I remember when you had to pay cash unless you charged at least $15 and there was no debit card payments, just checks and a lot of places would not accept checks. The times they are a changing, unfortunately.
On day one a group approached me on the beach and started asking questions like normal. One lady in the group put a coin in the sand and covered it up and said “can you find the treasure?” So I swung the coil a couple of times, got the signal and scooped it up. She thought that was amazing and when I tried to give the coin back to her she said it was European so keep it.
On the 5 mornings I was in Florida I spent 18.5 hours swingin the CZ21 searching mostly around the mother line, a little in the wet sand at low tide (almost nothing there), and some on the edge of the dunes and walkovers. It was a long way from a skunk, but not nearly as good as it has been in the past.
All together I found 229 coins with a face value of $12.72, 3 cheapie necklaces, the ever present zipper pull, a cheapie ring, a silver earring, a wheatie, a 50 cent euro coin, a hat pin from the nearby space center, a key chain fob, sinkers, a live pistol round, a brass whatzit, a key, a shoe grommet, a fishing lure, a chain from a key chain, a deep socket, 2 toy vehicles, some tabs, aluminum cans, a few bottle caps and some tent pegs from the canopies people use on the beach.
The silver earring is marked 925 W. K. and has a ring of marcasite crystals on the outside with a small amethyst in the center. A cute little earring. The wheatie is a well worn 1934 in great shape, probably a recent loss.
A lot of the pennies are zinc so the salt really eats them up and caused the sand to stick making them worthless. 152 Pennie’s all together.
I did find a few coins as I walked about. A penny and 2 dimes while wandering and a new Canadian dime beside the gas pump while I was filling up.
I’m back in the cold again and will be going out to brave the weather tomorrow. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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