Back from short trip to Bahamas

CASPER-2

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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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All Treasure Hunting
started off slow - finished strong
others had been here over the last 2 weeks - I had to take left overs - no new coins or new jewelry
sometimes walked for hours with out a hit
- tungsten ring and titanium might have been more recent drops
about 98% of finds were foot or more down - a lot of stuff was faint and close to 2 feet down
I hunted in all metal most of the time -gold was deep - silvers were deep
most all coins had a crust - some more than others
I got into the zone an hour before I had to leave - heavy crusted coins -gold ring with diamonds and rubies and encrusted silver band
I know theres more gold in that spot -it was a jet ski area -
all over the world - where they have jet ski rentals - they throw you out (no swimming -no detecting) - but if you go early before they are there - bingo
regular swimming areas on both sides I got junk and almost no good targets like 100 yrds in both directions
other guys that hit here could not hit when jet skis were operating and hammered the swim areas too
- I went in that spot at 7am
and was getting tons of hits - more good than bad there - had to move at 9am when they set up
wish I could have stayed another day - I know theres more gold in there with the amount of good deep targets I was getting
others missed these caked coins and deep targets (this is a popular beach with visiting TH'ers) - so Im sure if I go back - stuff will probably be there - unless others start using all metal and taking it all out
1 - platinum & 18k gold ring (very heavy)
2 - white & yellow 14k bands
1 - white gold 14k band
1 - ruby & diamond ring 14k
2 - silver
1 - tungsten carbide
1 - titanium
1 - junker? - might be silver -have to test

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I think u are close to the chest. Thanks for the encouragement thats theres stuff out there. Congrats
 

Great hunt Casper...that's the nicest group of finds Ive seen in a long time and that ruby ring is a killer....big congrats.
 

WTG Casper great finds, too bad you didn't stay another day. HH
 

WTG Casper great finds, too bad you didn't stay another day. HH

if there was a way to stay - I would have
I got others trips lined up for the rest of the year - so got to use my vacay time wisely
 

if there was a way to stay - I would have I got others trips lined up for the rest of the year - so got to use my vacay time wisely

If you ever get to Central America, I could use some English-speaking company!
 

Great report on a great trip. Now you need an underwater Go Pro so we come along!
 

Hi aqua,you have my problem,I've detected the beaches in malta for two years found hundreds of coins but only two rings because I can't swiMmmm glug glug.
 

another keeper from the trip
thought this was junk at first - it was really encrusted (pic is after I took a lot of it off)
it was straight and brown and green discolored - but after being in with other finds -some of
the links gave way and I took a closer look and noticed the clasp at the end - "hey ...its a bracelet!"
it is a silver bracelet - only worth scrap cause its rough shape - but still a keeper
 

Great report on a great trip. Now you need an underwater Go Pro so we come along!

I had one of the very first Gopros - did not work well - know they got the bugs out now

I brought down 2 other hands free waterproof vids - one would not turn on in the water - I got out and it went right on
the other attaches to my mask strap and was interfering with my head phones
I have new Nikon underwater camera - and tried some vids with that - did a few fish vids
it is the Nikon -Coolpix
water pics came out pretty good with it - so did the vids

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Dontcha' just love that warm water!!!

great finds!!

don't bother heading down this way - only bottle tops to be found!!:laughing7:
 

Dontcha' just love that warm water!!! great finds!! don't bother heading down this way - only bottle tops to be found!!:laughing7:

I don't think I can cancel my flight
 

Nice! Not much gets by you!
How did it feel to be warm?
 

Great show Casper 2 your hours payed off real well.
 

Hey Casper, how do you go about cleaning the coins like those in your hand. Mainly if they are say merc dimes and other silver. Granted they would be toasted, but still nice to clean them to see the dates. I hae tried tumbling them, but it needs to run for days. CLR will eventually pull it all off but pretty rough on the coins themselves. Thanks in advance


Cory
 

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