Friday the 13th gold from the scout camp

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Sorry for the delayed post but I have been out camping and had no way to post. Friday I had a chance to go to the scout camp and do the last swimming area. I spent 6.5 hours swing the CZ21 in the water and part of the beach. In some spots you have nice deep sand and in others a thin lager of sand covers the clay bottom. Digging coins out of the clay with a sand scoop is tricky at times. I have done this area twice before, but always with a short hunt time and so I went quickly and left the weak signals the hard scoops for later. Friday I took my time and went for all the mid and high tones and dug coins as deep as about 18 inches in the sandy bottom.

I managed to find 201 coins with a face value of $20.14, a really dead mag light, some tabs, some rope tensioners, stainless bolts, nuts and washers, square brass nuts, a sinker, a medic alert pendant with penicillin etched on the back, aluminum boat rivets, a 1951 wheatie, and a gold ring. There were a few of the camp large tent pegs on the beach from the tents and tarps used on the ends of the beach.

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The ring is a relatively thin 14k wedding band. It is pretty and has a sentiment engraved inside. It weighs .14 Troy ounces or 4.2 grams. Hundreds of people use this swimming area each year from all over the country, so the chances of finding the owner is slim but I will put the word out and see if we get a claimant who knows what is written inside.

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So that brings the September counts to 7 silver and 3 gold with lots of gas money, more pegs back to the camp and a nice gold ring. A good hunt on all counts. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
 

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Nice hunt! That is a lot of scoopin'. I have a CZ21, as well...and have used it just once. I bought it for one of my vacations to Florida, and my first and only water hunt. I met up with a guy in the Venice area, and we waded to close to 30' off the beach...clear up to my chin. It was tricky for me to keep the loop from wandering everywhere. When I got back to Illinois, I took a water hose to it...and washed it like a car, to get the salt water off of it...and it's been sitting in the case ever since. (4 years) The last couple of years I went to FL...the wife wanted to do other things, so I haven't gotten the opportunity to water hunt again. I love the CZ's...and have several...GREAT machines.
 

Wow nice ring and lots of coinage good day looks like. I was expecting to see a pile of those bouy scout collar slide things that just about anyone with a detecor has gotten at least once lol Well done
 

Definately a worthwhile hunt. Hope you can find the ring's owner, but don't hold out on it... ;)

I’m not holding my breath on finding the owner. Keep swingin.
 

Nice hunt! That is a lot of scoopin'. I have a CZ21, as well...and have used it just once. I bought it for one of my vacations to Florida, and my first and only water hunt. I met up with a guy in the Venice area, and we waded to close to 30' off the beach...clear up to my chin. It was tricky for me to keep the loop from wandering everywhere. When I got back to Illinois, I took a water hose to it...and washed it like a car, to get the salt water off of it...and it's been sitting in the case ever since. (4 years) The last couple of years I went to FL...the wife wanted to do other things, so I haven't gotten the opportunity to water hunt again. I love the CZ's...and have several...GREAT machines.

I actually use my CZ21 for most of my land hunting and only some of my water hunts. I used to use the CZ for all my hunts land and water, but these days I use the ATPro for most of the water hunts. It really picks up the small gold better than the CZ. Keep swingin.
 

Wow nice ring and lots of coinage good day looks like. I was expecting to see a pile of those bouy scout collar slide things that just about anyone with a detecor has gotten at least once lol Well done


Thanks Tommy. No neckerchief slides in the water, but I have found over 100 in this camp in the past 5 years. Keep swingin.
 

Thanks to all for the replies. Keep swingin.
 

Great hunting & a lot of goodies to show for it, nice pile of clad & really nice gold ring, congrats & HH
 

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