The ATPros first creek hunt.

[flyinryan2]

The ATPro's first creek hunt.

I spent 5 hours in the creek today and found out its a LOT harder then it looks on YouTube. I I ended up with a few things, a couple of whatsits, what looks like a hog tusk, pottery, a marble. I did get a button but thought it was just a flatie so I started scraping the "crust" of but turns out I was just scraping of the front of the button I'm really kicking my self for ruining my only good find but at least I know there are old stuff in there so I'll be back soon. Any idea on the big brass piece? Thanks for looking and HH!!!

 

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[mr helton]

I'm glad you had fun and hopefully you can get out there and find better stuff soon!

 

[silversurfer1111]

cool button ..try to talk to some old timers and see were they went swimming back in the day

 

[CASPER-2]

do they make water proof headphones for the AT ?
if so - you might find it easier to get those and a mask
I use a cz21 - way back when - tried it your way and its tuff
being able to see makes all the difference in the world

 

[vpnavy]

Hey, it is a lesson (turns out I was just scraping of the front of the button) you will never forget and never repeat - otherwise it looks like you had fun flyinryan2. Thanks for sharing...

 

[CASPER-2]

ME IN SMALL RIVER/CREEK - BOTTOM WAS VERY ROCKY
YOU'D BE HERE FOREVER TRYING TO SCOOP - I WOULD FAN WITH MY DIVE BOOT
THEN PULL ROCKS ASIDE - MANY TARGETS WEDGED BETWEEN ROCKS ON END
COOL FIND HERE WAS - I HAD A TARGET IN SOME BIG ROCKS - FANNED AND WHEN
DEBRIS CLEARED - I SAW 3 QUARTERS ON END TOGETHER - A CLAD ON EITHER SIDE AND A SILVER ONE IN THE MIDDLE

 

[flyinryan2]

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ME IN SMALL RIVER/CREEK - BOTTOM WAS VERY ROCKY
YOU'D BE HERE FOREVER TRYING TO SCOOP - I WOULD FAN WITH MY DIVE BOOT
THEN PULL ROCKS ASIDE - MANY TARGETS WEDGED BETWEEN ROCKS ON END
COOL FIND HERE WAS - I HAD A TARGET IN SOME BIG ROCKS - FANNED AND WHEN
DEBRIS CLEARED - I SAW 3 QUARTERS ON END TOGETHER - A CLAD ON EITHER SIDE AND A SILVER ONE IN THE MIDDLE

Thanks Casper for the advice! I need to get a goggle/snorkel for next time. Most of where I was at was about a foot deep but the areas that were more then three feet were very hard to see what I was doing. I had a lot of good "penny" sounding targets that were deep in the rocks but I had to give up on them. I may want to waterproof my pro pointer to help find the targets easier.