DocBeav
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After checking out some spots on the Bay that were nothing short of bleak, I moved to the oceanfront with very low expectations of finding anything good and figuring that tonight was going to be an early one. Boy was a wrong on both counts!
First couple of targets were some wheat pennies and some heavier junk. I moved down the beach some and got a screaming signal that sounded like more large aluminum or maybe deep rusty iron. One scoop and it was out....when I kicked the sand pile i dumped outta my scoop I was something rectangular go sliding across the sand....I switched on my light (night time) and recognized it right away. Holy S*^%! A shoe buckle! Not something you expect to find on the beach normally and after finding one on another section a few years back I never thought I'd find one again!
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/496949-1700s-colonial-shoe-buckle-dug-beach-yesterday-bucket-list-checked-off.html
It's in pretty good shape (just the frame survived) the middle part (chape?) rusted away long ago. It has a design of lines and 6 flowers/roses on it. Could that be a Tudor Rose? British? Looking for opinions on that one.
I was over the moon as you can imagine and the rest of the hunt just flew by.....I dug a ton of deep heavy targets (check out my nuts! LOL) and on my way back to start point I was getting even more wheat pennies (9 in all all but 2 were 1944) that all were in great shape compared to the ones we usually find all crusty from the ocean. Later on a dug a chain...a long heavy chain but....the plating and worn off and you could see it was copper. A little disappointment but I was still riding high about the shoe buckle. Right after the chain came the ring....at the time I just figured it was junk. It has a carbon fiber finish on the outside and I could see it was silver colored inside and had marks I couldn't yet read but I figured it was tungsten...lol. I put it in my pocket and continued on.
After clean in out this area I called it quits. When I put my stuff away and got my "beach fresh" photos I even forgot to include it until I took the photos post clean up but still didn't know what what it was until way lateer when I got the loop and looked inside...Palladium! Wow! Never found one before! 6.2 grams......rang up as a 14 on the EQX. Unbelievable, a great hunt got even better! Gonna be hard for me to top this night!
Went back again the next night and a bunch of sand moved back in so it was pretty bad...moved to a spot on the bay and managed to squeak out one little silver ring. Thanks for reading all of that if you did, if not hope ya enjoyed the pictures!
First couple of targets were some wheat pennies and some heavier junk. I moved down the beach some and got a screaming signal that sounded like more large aluminum or maybe deep rusty iron. One scoop and it was out....when I kicked the sand pile i dumped outta my scoop I was something rectangular go sliding across the sand....I switched on my light (night time) and recognized it right away. Holy S*^%! A shoe buckle! Not something you expect to find on the beach normally and after finding one on another section a few years back I never thought I'd find one again!
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/496949-1700s-colonial-shoe-buckle-dug-beach-yesterday-bucket-list-checked-off.html
It's in pretty good shape (just the frame survived) the middle part (chape?) rusted away long ago. It has a design of lines and 6 flowers/roses on it. Could that be a Tudor Rose? British? Looking for opinions on that one.
I was over the moon as you can imagine and the rest of the hunt just flew by.....I dug a ton of deep heavy targets (check out my nuts! LOL) and on my way back to start point I was getting even more wheat pennies (9 in all all but 2 were 1944) that all were in great shape compared to the ones we usually find all crusty from the ocean. Later on a dug a chain...a long heavy chain but....the plating and worn off and you could see it was copper. A little disappointment but I was still riding high about the shoe buckle. Right after the chain came the ring....at the time I just figured it was junk. It has a carbon fiber finish on the outside and I could see it was silver colored inside and had marks I couldn't yet read but I figured it was tungsten...lol. I put it in my pocket and continued on.
After clean in out this area I called it quits. When I put my stuff away and got my "beach fresh" photos I even forgot to include it until I took the photos post clean up but still didn't know what what it was until way lateer when I got the loop and looked inside...Palladium! Wow! Never found one before! 6.2 grams......rang up as a 14 on the EQX. Unbelievable, a great hunt got even better! Gonna be hard for me to top this night!
Went back again the next night and a bunch of sand moved back in so it was pretty bad...moved to a spot on the bay and managed to squeak out one little silver ring. Thanks for reading all of that if you did, if not hope ya enjoyed the pictures!
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