KirkS
Sr. Member
- Jan 10, 2017
- 282
- 375
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Explorer SE, Tesoro Sand Shark, White's TreasurePro, Tesoro Compadre, Fisher F2 + TRX
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I wasn't feeling it yesterday. Sunday is my only day off, and I was tired. I originally planned on hitting the beach at 4 am to greet the low tide with my Sand Shark (need more time swinging it), but my body has a problem when it comes to waking up at 3 am, so that didn't happen.
All day I was saying i should get out, but there hasn't been any rain, and the parks are not recovering too well from recent plugs, so I'm holding off until we get rain so I don't cause a new ordinance against metal detecting.
So I cleaned my clad, read a book (Pulsepower), and thought about going out. But all in all, I was in the 'I don't feel like doing anything' mode all day.
Around 10 pm, I decided to hit the beach with the Explorer. Tides were wrong, surf was increasing, and it was dark, so I didn't want to hunt the water, just the wet and dry sand. So off I went to a beach I hit regularly with lackluster results at best. Walked the wet, and got some clad, pull tabs, and the usual garbage.
There is a popular resort just to the south about a half mile, so I headed that way.
Walked the wet, then meandered about at the towel line a bit, and then went over to the lounge chairs. A bit of clad, a bunch of pull tabs and crown caps, and 2 blingy letters (B & R), and then.....
BAM!
A nice shallow and solid Fe 05/Co 05, and I pull out a sweet 14kt Frederick Goldman men's white wedding band! At first, I couldn't tell what it was, as I don't bring my reading glasses, and my arms aren't long enough, but I was eventually able to make out the 14kt, and that there was an engraving inside.
So it's only taken me 3 months, but I got my first GOLD!
All day I was saying i should get out, but there hasn't been any rain, and the parks are not recovering too well from recent plugs, so I'm holding off until we get rain so I don't cause a new ordinance against metal detecting.
So I cleaned my clad, read a book (Pulsepower), and thought about going out. But all in all, I was in the 'I don't feel like doing anything' mode all day.
Around 10 pm, I decided to hit the beach with the Explorer. Tides were wrong, surf was increasing, and it was dark, so I didn't want to hunt the water, just the wet and dry sand. So off I went to a beach I hit regularly with lackluster results at best. Walked the wet, and got some clad, pull tabs, and the usual garbage.
There is a popular resort just to the south about a half mile, so I headed that way.
Walked the wet, then meandered about at the towel line a bit, and then went over to the lounge chairs. A bit of clad, a bunch of pull tabs and crown caps, and 2 blingy letters (B & R), and then.....
BAM!
A nice shallow and solid Fe 05/Co 05, and I pull out a sweet 14kt Frederick Goldman men's white wedding band! At first, I couldn't tell what it was, as I don't bring my reading glasses, and my arms aren't long enough, but I was eventually able to make out the 14kt, and that there was an engraving inside.
So it's only taken me 3 months, but I got my first GOLD!
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