Bahamas work trip!

[JustKeepDigging]

So I'll be in the Bahamas between December 26th - January 3rd for work related reasons. I'm going to take this opportunity to bring my metal detector! Does anybody have any info on some cheaper hostels/hotels that may be possibly walking distance to the beach? Comfort is not really an issue, all I really want to do is detect. I would be looking for a place right the night of the 3rd, and maybe till the 6th.

Any info would be amazing! I would even be interested in camping!

 

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[JustKeepDigging]

Also, any recommendations for a travel scoop? I want to be hunting primarily in the water

 

[CASPER-2]

youre gonna pay more right on any beach - little less across the street from a beach - I usually use Cheap Carribean .com for my trips
I try to find a hotel on a beach with hotels to the right and left of me - rings from my last trip there a few yrs ago

 

[CASPER-2]

this is my older scoop - 2 piece RTG travel model - I had a newer one made by them and had them add a stainless lip to it to cut in better

 

[JustKeepDigging]

youre gonna pay more right on any beach - little less across the street from a beach - I usually use Cheap Carribean .com for my trips
I try to find a hotel on a beach with hotels to the right and left of me - rings from my last trip there a few yrs ago

Amazing ! Super excited to get out there!

 

[Blak bart]

What island are you going to.

 

[JustKeepDigging]

What island are you going to.

I'll be working on Big Grand Cay, it's a privately owned Island. Not to many people go there, so I don't think Ill really find much. After I'm done working on the island, I plan on going to the main island for detecting.

 

[stevemc]

I know that area very well. Big Grand has a beach on the North side. Might do good there, but being private, it is not visited except by super wealthy folks. That can be a good thing. Fairly calm and shallow there. Soft sand on beach and in water. Also there is a mile Long Beach on Bakers bay. Which does get some people. Also soft and calm beach. Only motels are on Grand Cay. Talk to Rosie at the fuel dock, if you need a place to stay. I would assume if you are working on Big Grand, you will stay there. Pretty remote there. Give us a report.

 

[stevemc]

Rosie or his wife can set you up with anything you might need. Boat trip, fishing etc and can answer any questions. A good fishing guide is Gary Rolles.

 

[mham2]

Wood handle and brass inserts from home depot very strong when screwed together ,will fit any stealth scoop 25" long when separated

 

[JustKeepDigging]

This is why I love T-Net, all of you are so helpful and so kind! Thank you!

 

[stevemc]

This is why I love T-Net, all of you are so helpful and so kind! Thank you!

You will see at Grand Cay, they are not motels, but rooms for rent, cottages and things like that. Not bad, just not typical motels. Like I said ask for Rosie. He can hook you up. I assume the guys who run the boat back and forth to Big Grand can drop you off right there. Rosie owns the marina, store, restaurant, bar, cottages, rental houses, commercial fishing fleet and fish, conch and lobster and stone crab business etc. king of the island. Or ask for Max, has a big dock with rental rooms just to the left of Rosies. Ask ahead of time, as that time of year could be busy. I don't know.

 

[RustyGold]

Have fun on your trip JKD and hope you score the gold. Good luck!

 

[Tenderfoot]

Casper how did they attach a ss edge to the aluminum scoop?