DocBeav
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Oceanfront hunt today (and yesterday) Bronze ships spike still in the wood!**Update**
**Update** "Preservation" of the wood and spike is complete, go to second page to see final photos.....
After a pretty good day at the oceanfront yesterday with the CTX (pulled a nice big silver ring and earring I'll show at the end) I was hoping for a repeat today. The first place I hit was totally bleak but it had been pretty good the day before. It kind of lowered my expectations for the next place I went to (where I found the ring) but it turned out to be a really good hunt. Most of the tgts were low and mid slope, there was NOTHING in the water even though there were all these great looking lows..just too much new sand in them. I was meandering back and forth in the damp and I spotted a small piece a drift wood a ways up. I'm always on the lookout for cool shells, sea glass and what not while I'm out there. As I got closer I could see something yellow in the wood and I said "now way....that cannot be what I think it is but it was! I was so surprised to see how great of a condition it was in and that you could see it protruding from both ends. Not sure how "unique" something like this is but for me its one off the bucket list! I have been envious of the one that Max has on his mantlepiece and now I have one for mine!.....right after I get a mantlepiece! Also found a small 1 gram silver earring and some other do-dads. One is a brass tube that looks like a mouthpiece maybe? Bosun's pipe or a tobacco pipe? The scratches on it look like they could be teeth marks. Any thoughts from anyone here about that item or any of the others? Max is sending me some info on how to preserve the wood, af any of you have thoughts on it feel free to weigh in. I have it soaking in some salt water now until I learn more. Here's the picts...
Here are the pictures from yesterday's hunt and the nice 10 Gram silver ring and earring from the same area. Wife already called "dibs" on the ring!
**Update** "Preservation" of the wood and spike is complete, go to second page to see final photos.....
After a pretty good day at the oceanfront yesterday with the CTX (pulled a nice big silver ring and earring I'll show at the end) I was hoping for a repeat today. The first place I hit was totally bleak but it had been pretty good the day before. It kind of lowered my expectations for the next place I went to (where I found the ring) but it turned out to be a really good hunt. Most of the tgts were low and mid slope, there was NOTHING in the water even though there were all these great looking lows..just too much new sand in them. I was meandering back and forth in the damp and I spotted a small piece a drift wood a ways up. I'm always on the lookout for cool shells, sea glass and what not while I'm out there. As I got closer I could see something yellow in the wood and I said "now way....that cannot be what I think it is but it was! I was so surprised to see how great of a condition it was in and that you could see it protruding from both ends. Not sure how "unique" something like this is but for me its one off the bucket list! I have been envious of the one that Max has on his mantlepiece and now I have one for mine!.....right after I get a mantlepiece! Also found a small 1 gram silver earring and some other do-dads. One is a brass tube that looks like a mouthpiece maybe? Bosun's pipe or a tobacco pipe? The scratches on it look like they could be teeth marks. Any thoughts from anyone here about that item or any of the others? Max is sending me some info on how to preserve the wood, af any of you have thoughts on it feel free to weigh in. I have it soaking in some salt water now until I learn more. Here's the picts...
Here are the pictures from yesterday's hunt and the nice 10 Gram silver ring and earring from the same area. Wife already called "dibs" on the ring!
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Congrats! 
Andi
