Hit PAY DIRT!!! (Pic heavy)



After summer I was still out there prospecting to see if I could find something, anything I was getting desperate for a fix of yellow

Checked out one beach that had given me the odd keeper over the years. A few years ago I gave the dry sand a go at this beach but gave up just too trashy, heaps of iron with a ton of aluminum on top of that so just stuck to the wet and water.



Anyway what I found was a trashed beach, it had been hit by a few days of strong winds and big waves in conjunction with higher that normal tides stripping the sand away from the dry and dumping everything in the water. ( a local fisherman who I give fishing weights to every now and then, stopped by for a broken English /Japanese chat telling me when, what direction the waves were coming from and how long the beach was under attack, always good to have local Intel )



Found HEAPS of old trash from the dry that had been washed in and a heap of old cans rolling around in the surf at the bottom of the slope with old pull tabs and canslaw everywhere.



The first day was a nightmare full on digging trash with crusty coins while kicking cans and other big trash out of the way just no room for them in my pouch. Got 4 silver rings and a silver chain with pendant for the 7 hour hunt with a heartbreaking big gold colored chain. When I got home and had recovered a bit thought it could be worth another go.







So more of the same trash and crusty coins and the odd silver, around 5 hours in I got this nice smooth low tone, Plat baby!!! YES!!! Didn't mind digging trash after that

After 7 hours in the water the body was telling me it had had enough so headed for home.







No more doubts now about going back for another hunt at that beach.



Anyway was rearing to go when I hit the water and around two hours in, hit a big loud target, looked in the scoop and NO WAY!!! a Half Sovereign the best response I've ever gotten from a gold coin, it must have been real shallow and flat, having no bezel helped too. Over did it on the digging after that scoring a "believe it or not" another Half a 1964 Kennedy half dollar talk about stoked. Sometime later got this monster 36g silver ring, a nickel pendant and my first New Zealand coin before dragging myself out after 7 hours for the day, just couldn't dig anymore the mind was willing but the body didn't want a bar of it























As soon as I could, I hit the same beach again and was off to a great start with a small 18K pendant with bling and 40min later followed by a good sized Plat ring then a long slog of digging all iffy flutey targets turning up more crusty coins with the odd silver and MORE trash. At the 7 hour mark I was done in and real happy with the day's take but as I was getting out of the water...



I wrote about what followed in "the MOTHER of all Plat" thread.



http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=199088



Anyway after the find of a lifetime I just had to get back in the water and glad I did scoring a nice 18K Plat combo ring with bling and an hour or so later another Plat!!! ring talk about sensory overload I was beyond believing what fantastic luck I was having. I had long thought the days of scoring big were well and truly over.

Turned out to be the longest I've ever been in the water (11 hours) and by far the best hunt for me EVER!!! scoring a total of 51g of the high end heavy stuff. To say I was stoked would've an understatement







Got home and rearranged my work schedule giving me a long weekend off and hit this beach three days in a row. The first day I scored 3 small 18K and a nice Plat.







The following day got skunked



and the next day heard the "beep" "beep" "beep" of a truck backing up to the beach NO!!!! the first load of new sand had arrived was looking at a nice relaxed hunt not feeling like over doing it as you do on the third hunt in a row but seeing that put in a 10 hour day before giving into exhaustion after scoring some silver and a small 14K W.G. ring for the day.







A grand total of 75g of the heavy stuff, a heap of silver and 735 coins from 57 hours over 7 hunts.



One crazy ride, I'll never forget.



Thanks for viewing.



HH&GL

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Just experienced the worst summer since I've been MDing. Heaps of rain, floods dumping even more trash in the water not to mention the rain keeping the beach numbers down. Three months of hunting this summer I only came home with the good stuff three times.After summer I was still out there prospecting to see if I could find something, anything I was getting desperate for a fix of yellowChecked out one beach that had given me the odd keeper over the years. A few years ago I gave the dry sand a go at this beach but gave up just too trashy, heaps of iron with a ton of aluminum on top of that so just stuck to the wet and water.Anyway what I found was a trashed beach, it had been hit by a few days of strong winds and big waves in conjunction with higher that normal tides stripping the sand away from the dry and dumping everything in the water. ( a local fisherman who I give fishing weights to every now and then, stopped by for a broken English /Japanese chat telling me when, what direction the waves were coming from and how long the beach was under attack, always good to have local IntelFound HEAPS of old trash from the dry that had been washed in and a heap of old cans rolling around in the surf at the bottom of the slope with old pull tabs and canslaw everywhere.The first day was a nightmarefull on digging trash with crusty coins while kicking cans and other big trash out of the way just no room for them in my pouch. Got 4 silver rings and a silver chain with pendant for the 7 hour hunt with a heartbreaking big gold colored chain. When I got home and had recovered a bit thought it could be worth another go.So more of the same trash and crusty coins and the odd silver, around 5 hours in I got this nice smooth low tone, Plat baby!!! YES!!! Didn't mind digging trash after thatAfter 7 hours in the water the body was telling me it had had enough so headed for home.No more doubts now about going back for another hunt at that beach.Anyway was rearing to go when I hit the water and around two hours in, hit a big loud target, looked in the scoop and NO WAY!!! a Half Sovereign the best response I've ever gotten from a gold coin, it must have been real shallow and flat, having no bezel helped too. Over did it on the digging after thatscoring a "believe it or not" another Halfa 1964 Kennedy half dollar talk about stoked. Sometime later got this monster 36g silver ring, a nickel pendant and my first New Zealand coin before dragging myself out after 7 hours for the day, just couldn't dig anymorethe mind was willing but the body didn't want a bar of itAs soon as I could, I hit the same beach again and was off to a great start with a small 18K pendant with bling and 40min later followed by a good sized Plat ring then a long slog of digging all iffy flutey targets turning up more crusty coins with the odd silver and MORE trash. At the 7 hour mark I was done in and real happy with the day's take but as I was getting out of the water...I wrote about what followed in "the MOTHER of all Plat" thread.Anyway after the find of a lifetime I just had to get back in the water and glad I did scoring a nice 18K Plat combo ring with bling and an hour or so later another Plat!!! ring talk about sensory overloadI was beyond believing what fantastic luck I was having. I had long thought the days of scoring big were well and truly over.Turned out to be the longest I've ever been in the water (11 hours) and by far the best hunt for me EVER!!! scoring a total of 51g of the high end heavy stuff. To say I was stoked would've an understatementGot home and rearranged my work schedule giving me a long weekend off and hit this beach three days in a row. The first day I scored 3 small 18K and a nice Plat.The following day got skunkedand the next day heard the "beep" "beep" "beep" of a truck backing up to the beach NO!!!! the first load of new sand had arrivedwas looking at a nice relaxed hunt not feeling like over doing it as you do on the third hunt in a row but seeing that put in a 10 hour day before giving into exhaustion after scoring some silver and a small 14K W.G. ring for the day.A grand total of 75g of the heavy stuff, a heap of silver and 735 coins from 57 hours over 7 hunts.One crazy ride, I'll never forget.Thanks for viewing.HH&GL18 __________________

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