JP
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- May 5, 2006
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- Excalibur 1000, Garrett Infinium LS, Garrett Sea Hunter II, Ace 250 (for my 12 year old son)
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- All Treasure Hunting
Found Monday:coins, big "Gold" earring, oh and 14 foot hammerhead**Pics of junk
Monday morning Cotton and I hit Clearwater beach. Not finding much I decided to go out to chest deep water. I found a 10 Rupee coin from India, a little bit of clad, and the last signal almost gave me a heart attack. I pulled up the scoop and saw this huge gold earring with Princess written in the middle. Quickly I realized it was junk.
Right after putting the earring in my pouch I started moving towards shallower water. I was at the far south side of Clearwater Beach, right near the rocks but well within the markers about 30 feet from shore. Looking out where I had just been standing minutes before I saw a flounder jump out of the water. I had never seen a flounder jump in my life. So thinking it was a little strange I continued to watch. Five or six seconds later I saw it jump again, but this time a long narrow 18 inch or longer fin came up behind it, really fast. I saw another fin about 6 feet behind the front one. I thought at first there were two sharks but quickly realized that it was just one monster hammerhead shark. I estimated the length to be somewhere between 12 and 14 feet long. The body was as big around as a barrel. It was splashing water all around trying to get that fish, all of this happening not even 15 feet from me. For those familiar with Clearwater Beach, it all happened inside the public beach area between the shore and those wood markers that hold the rope that says danger strong currents.....anyway I just about walked on the water to get out of there. There were about 20 people on shore, some with small children in the water, and the funny thing is none of them saw it. It makes one wonder about all the stuff that happends right in front of us that we never even see.
I'll post some pictures of my "valuable" finds tomorrow. Sorry I don't have pictures of the shark....maybe next time
Monday morning Cotton and I hit Clearwater beach. Not finding much I decided to go out to chest deep water. I found a 10 Rupee coin from India, a little bit of clad, and the last signal almost gave me a heart attack. I pulled up the scoop and saw this huge gold earring with Princess written in the middle. Quickly I realized it was junk.
Right after putting the earring in my pouch I started moving towards shallower water. I was at the far south side of Clearwater Beach, right near the rocks but well within the markers about 30 feet from shore. Looking out where I had just been standing minutes before I saw a flounder jump out of the water. I had never seen a flounder jump in my life. So thinking it was a little strange I continued to watch. Five or six seconds later I saw it jump again, but this time a long narrow 18 inch or longer fin came up behind it, really fast. I saw another fin about 6 feet behind the front one. I thought at first there were two sharks but quickly realized that it was just one monster hammerhead shark. I estimated the length to be somewhere between 12 and 14 feet long. The body was as big around as a barrel. It was splashing water all around trying to get that fish, all of this happening not even 15 feet from me. For those familiar with Clearwater Beach, it all happened inside the public beach area between the shore and those wood markers that hold the rope that says danger strong currents.....anyway I just about walked on the water to get out of there. There were about 20 people on shore, some with small children in the water, and the funny thing is none of them saw it. It makes one wonder about all the stuff that happends right in front of us that we never even see.
I'll post some pictures of my "valuable" finds tomorrow. Sorry I don't have pictures of the shark....maybe next time
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