solcalpete
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Hit a beach south of Laguna after spotting what looked like a big cut in the making on the webcams.
It sure was and probably the best cut i've seen in years.
Probably 10 feet and more in places.
I only managed 2 hours as it was 95f and after digging the best part of 200 targets in that time i was exhausted.
Clad was everywhere and didn't really need a detector for those as they were just lying on the sand.
After 45 minutes i got selective and switched out of all metal to disc and went for mid tones only.
I reckon i dug 10% of signals, most of which were either nickels or lead weights.
Except 1 ............... Lovely butter color told me this wasn't cheap 10 or 14k rubbish. Nope this was a nice 27.4 grams 18k bracelet
I'll be going back for the 5:30am low tide to see if the loose stuff moves as 1 gold doesn't seem right to me.
Ok, went back at 4:30 am and put in 3 hours. Not a lot had changed from yesterday.
More clad targets than i wanted to dig so there is literally still hundreds and hundreds left there.
It was a struggle to find a clear patch to dump the scoop onto without picking up a target underneath it all.
Anyhow, 2 accidental gold while pulling out nickels.
Another 18k bracelet at just over 5.5 grams and 4.7 grams 14k necklace.
A silver quarter from 1948 would you believe!!!
More lead weights than i was prepared to carry around so they were left in a very large pile. i reckon over 2 kgs worth lol.
That's it for me at this place, i've had fun and if anyone wishes to take over there's enough tagets to keep you going for a couple of days.... At least!
The beach? West street beach that adjoins Aliso through the rocks
It sure was and probably the best cut i've seen in years.
Probably 10 feet and more in places.
I only managed 2 hours as it was 95f and after digging the best part of 200 targets in that time i was exhausted.
Clad was everywhere and didn't really need a detector for those as they were just lying on the sand.
After 45 minutes i got selective and switched out of all metal to disc and went for mid tones only.
I reckon i dug 10% of signals, most of which were either nickels or lead weights.
Except 1 ............... Lovely butter color told me this wasn't cheap 10 or 14k rubbish. Nope this was a nice 27.4 grams 18k bracelet
I'll be going back for the 5:30am low tide to see if the loose stuff moves as 1 gold doesn't seem right to me.
Ok, went back at 4:30 am and put in 3 hours. Not a lot had changed from yesterday.
More clad targets than i wanted to dig so there is literally still hundreds and hundreds left there.
It was a struggle to find a clear patch to dump the scoop onto without picking up a target underneath it all.
Anyhow, 2 accidental gold while pulling out nickels.
Another 18k bracelet at just over 5.5 grams and 4.7 grams 14k necklace.
A silver quarter from 1948 would you believe!!!
More lead weights than i was prepared to carry around so they were left in a very large pile. i reckon over 2 kgs worth lol.
That's it for me at this place, i've had fun and if anyone wishes to take over there's enough tagets to keep you going for a couple of days.... At least!
The beach? West street beach that adjoins Aliso through the rocks
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