Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Ring and Earring Metal Detector Finds. |
I finally got out for a little metal detecting after the fourth. I've done very little metal detecting this year, due to a variety of other responsibilities, but I decided to check around under some docks, especially some that have been among the more active in recent years. Many docks are seldom used but have stood for many years. You can always expect a lot of junk in those kinds of places. On my way I saw an entire speed limit sign half buried in the mud and an entire dock railing from an old houseboat that sank during after Francis or Jeanne.
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| Buried Speed Limit Sign. |
Most personal docs are used during the first weeks and months after they are built and then hardly at all after that, but there are some older docks in the area that had heavy use in days gone by.
Between all the junk there were a few clad coins but was hoping for and successful in finding a little gold among the junk.
That is another kind of metal detecting. Unlike open field beach detecting, it is often very slow and involves listening carefully to closely packed signals.
You see my better finds at the top of this post. Both are small, but I know one is gold, and I think the other is probably also, but I haven't found the mark on it yet.
The thin band is very thin for a band. It is 14K white gold, but it weighs less than two grams.
The other item is an earring with channel set stones. I'm thinking it must be gold, but I haven't found a mark yet. The inside is very grimy. There is also a lot of dirt between and partly over the stones. I hoping that I'll find a mark after doing a little cleaning. I think I might have found an earring like this before, so might be able to put together matching set if I do a little searching.
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Hello
Hope you and your family are doing well. I wanted to reach out to you just to let you know that I am still in business shipping to all 50 states and selling locally by appointment only. I had to close my store to keep going in the hobby and get more people involved. I had a customer the other day tell me that he read on your blog that I had closed. I have all my detectors in Prime storage now. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know. I hope you are making some great finds and as always I really enjoy reading your blog and recommend you to each and every customer I sell to. Have a great day today. Best regards.
Garry Mueller
Owner
1820 NE Jensen Beach Blvd
Suite 688
Jensen Beach, Florida 34957
Office & Cell (772) 800-9908
treasurecoastmetaldetectors.com
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I mentioned the Bigfoot coils the other day and said that I don't think I've ever seen anyone use one on the beach. Warren, who likes to experiment with detectors and equipment has used one and sent this photo along with the following email.
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| Big Foot Coil Image submitted by Warren D. |
I thought you might be interested in these scoop-assist handles that my friend and I developed that aid beach digging as well as sifting dry or wet sand. To sift the wet sand you stand in calf deep water and lower the bucket into the water and swirl the bucket. It's a pretty good one hand operation.
I have one on my Stealth scoop with carbon fiber handle and with my Stavr scoop on a Harbor Freight shovel handle with a "D" grip.
I use a 18" Big Foot coil on my White's TDI pulse detector. It's like going down the beach and swinging a big windshield wiper.
Keep hunting.
Thanks Warren.
The kind of sifting I recently talked about is done without a metal detector, but I thought I'd show the handles anyway.
Also I ran across another Big Foot coil ad in a 1995 treasure magazine. It was listed in a Jimmy Sierra ad.
Jimmy Sierra was a well-known figure in the metal detecting world, closely associated with White's Electronics until around 2016. Among his products were a variety of metal detector coils.
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So far this season, we've now had our third tropical storm. The latest is named Chantal.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Chantal might help hunting on the Outer Banks but didn't do a thing for the Treasure Caost.
The Traasure Coast seas are about as flat as they get.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net