FisherMan_1266X
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- Feb 18, 2008
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I'm back from my vacation to Florida... had a pretty good time, wasn't exactly wat I had envisioned, but in all it was relaxing, and I did enjoy myself...
Only got to hunt once, but I hunted for about 6 hours, on Siesta Kay beach... could only hunt the dry sand, as my 1266 doesn't like the wet sand, but I did manage to find a few things... oh, and I got burned to a crisp in the process...
Manages to find about $3 in clad, and I did find a tiny piece of something I do believe is gold - will have to have it tested to know for sure... also found what I believe to be a tiny little silver bracelet/necklace, and a couple of pieces of what I'm pretty sure are pieces of silver costume jewelry, but the stone in one of them is really pretty and looks like it could be a good one - light blue, sapphire
Anyway, wow, beach hunting is a totally different animal... I didn't have much trouble with my machine except for the wet sand issue - and nothing I did would keep it from falsing, so I stuck to the dry sand...
Couldn't really hit the "towel line", as we were there during the day and there were tons of folks, so I spent most of my time around some volleyball courts, and spent some time back away from the crowds up and down the beach...
I have no doubt that there is anything I could've missed depth-wise or size-wise, as I dug many, many pull tabs at at least 10", some deeper, and lots of very tiny things - some the size of a BB - down very deep... and what I think is even more annoying that pulltabs (didn't find too many of the newer types, shallow as I had expected) are FOIL GUM AND CIGARETTE WRAPPERS - I found TONS and TONS of those things, and they about drove me crazy...
and as I couldn't take any digging tools with me on the plane, I had to buy a cheap little plastic shovel from Walgreens - kinda felt like an idiot with all the other hunters out there with their stainless scoops, but it did what I needed it to do, sortof...
There were quite a few other hunters out there while I was there, and I did stop and talk to a few of them - there was one guy that wasn't very friendly, and who hunted a lot right in the middle of the towel line, which I thought was quite rude and just not right, yknow? But I didn't say anything... nobody from the board, but I did ask, and told them about us...
But probably the highlight of my trip was the fishing I got to do... my gf's parents are in a country-club deal right on a golf course, and there were many nice ponds... I didn't take any rods or tackle with me, but I did buy a cheap little ultra-light spinning set-up from Target, and I had a BALL catching some nice, fat Florida largemouth bass! I believe that even if I hadn't gotten to hunt at all, the fishing alone would've been enough to make the trip enjoyable... didn't take any pics though, but I should've...
So, all in all, it was a nice trip... I would've liked to have been a little more mobile, but I did have a great time, ate like a pig, relaxed a bunch, caught some fish and maybe even found a little gold!
Only got to hunt once, but I hunted for about 6 hours, on Siesta Kay beach... could only hunt the dry sand, as my 1266 doesn't like the wet sand, but I did manage to find a few things... oh, and I got burned to a crisp in the process...
Manages to find about $3 in clad, and I did find a tiny piece of something I do believe is gold - will have to have it tested to know for sure... also found what I believe to be a tiny little silver bracelet/necklace, and a couple of pieces of what I'm pretty sure are pieces of silver costume jewelry, but the stone in one of them is really pretty and looks like it could be a good one - light blue, sapphire
Anyway, wow, beach hunting is a totally different animal... I didn't have much trouble with my machine except for the wet sand issue - and nothing I did would keep it from falsing, so I stuck to the dry sand...
Couldn't really hit the "towel line", as we were there during the day and there were tons of folks, so I spent most of my time around some volleyball courts, and spent some time back away from the crowds up and down the beach...
I have no doubt that there is anything I could've missed depth-wise or size-wise, as I dug many, many pull tabs at at least 10", some deeper, and lots of very tiny things - some the size of a BB - down very deep... and what I think is even more annoying that pulltabs (didn't find too many of the newer types, shallow as I had expected) are FOIL GUM AND CIGARETTE WRAPPERS - I found TONS and TONS of those things, and they about drove me crazy...
and as I couldn't take any digging tools with me on the plane, I had to buy a cheap little plastic shovel from Walgreens - kinda felt like an idiot with all the other hunters out there with their stainless scoops, but it did what I needed it to do, sortof...
There were quite a few other hunters out there while I was there, and I did stop and talk to a few of them - there was one guy that wasn't very friendly, and who hunted a lot right in the middle of the towel line, which I thought was quite rude and just not right, yknow? But I didn't say anything... nobody from the board, but I did ask, and told them about us...
But probably the highlight of my trip was the fishing I got to do... my gf's parents are in a country-club deal right on a golf course, and there were many nice ponds... I didn't take any rods or tackle with me, but I did buy a cheap little ultra-light spinning set-up from Target, and I had a BALL catching some nice, fat Florida largemouth bass! I believe that even if I hadn't gotten to hunt at all, the fishing alone would've been enough to make the trip enjoyable... didn't take any pics though, but I should've...
So, all in all, it was a nice trip... I would've liked to have been a little more mobile, but I did have a great time, ate like a pig, relaxed a bunch, caught some fish and maybe even found a little gold!
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I hunt that beach 3 times a week .. really nice beach . I wish you would have PM me , I would have brought you down a sand scoop for the day.. Next time you come down be sure to give me a holler..... glad you had a good time ,, Guzz1
