I hunted on Sunday with my best find being a nice pair of Ray-Bans and a silver earring. I did not plan on going the following day (Monday) as I’m trying to keep my left elbow from straining, so I went to my office at school yesterday. I still have personal items to clear out and wanted to follow up on some maintenance items that were pending. I had planned on going out today. My dilemma was do I hunt later in the afternoon, for the 6:30 low tide and brave the brutal heat, or do I go before sunrise and hunt just past the 6:12 low tide? Well I chose going early with NuBlu for a 4-hour hunt. I got to the beach before 6am and first light. It was a very slow target day as I hunted the deeper water. 45 minutes into the hunt I got my 1st coin – a dime. At the 1:15 mark came the silver chain and religious pendant. I now thought that my day wasn’t going to be a total bust after all.
At around the 2:15 point came a mixed signal. After 1-2 scoops I look in and see
. I knew again by the weight for its small size that Cartier was going to be real. I also saw some writing on the inside. 
There was still a high tone so I kept digging. After tons of scoops I finally gave up. I again surmised that this must’ve been an old anchor/marker for the jet-ski rental that was about 20’ off-line from its current lane. What is unbelievable about this ring is that it was within 25-30’ of the last small Cartier Love ring that I found on June 9th under a similar set of circumstances for the signal – a mixed mid & high tone. Fifteen minutes later I made the turn to head back and start working closer to shore. 15 minutes later I got another good signal. I look in the scoop and see a small mound of . I knew that it was going to be good as well! My hunt had just gone from great to unbelievable! There were some beachgoers near me so I waited until about 20 minutes later when I would take the chain out and see that it was really 2 chains! 
I was able to make out some writing on the gold chain so that was . I knew if that one was good the Rosary would be as well. 
As I got to the 3:30 point into the hunt, I was already back to my starting point due to the lack of targets on this hunt. I decided to go south for another 15 minutes and then do the 15 minutes heading back so that I would hit my 4-hour goal. It’s on the return, when I was hugging the shoreline, that I got a high tone. I look in the scoop and see something silvery that I plucked out and that’s when I was totally shocked at getting my 1st American silver dollar!
I could not believe the awesome condition it was in. It’s almost as if someone took an uncirculated coin and threw it in the ocean. I could not believe what a totally unbelievable hunt I had today with such an unassuming start and off tides. But that’s just how this hobby can go. Even though I have had more valuable hunts what makes this one special was the 2 gold chains, a Cartier and a silver dollar coin 1st for me!
At around the 2:15 point came a mixed signal. After 1-2 scoops I look in and see
. I knew again by the weight for its small size that Cartier was going to be real. I also saw some writing on the inside. There was still a high tone so I kept digging. After tons of scoops I finally gave up. I again surmised that this must’ve been an old anchor/marker for the jet-ski rental that was about 20’ off-line from its current lane. What is unbelievable about this ring is that it was within 25-30’ of the last small Cartier Love ring that I found on June 9th under a similar set of circumstances for the signal – a mixed mid & high tone. Fifteen minutes later I made the turn to head back and start working closer to shore. 15 minutes later I got another good signal. I look in the scoop and see a small mound of . I knew that it was going to be good as well! My hunt had just gone from great to unbelievable! There were some beachgoers near me so I waited until about 20 minutes later when I would take the chain out and see that it was really 2 chains! I was able to make out some writing on the gold chain so that was . I knew if that one was good the Rosary would be as well. As I got to the 3:30 point into the hunt, I was already back to my starting point due to the lack of targets on this hunt. I decided to go south for another 15 minutes and then do the 15 minutes heading back so that I would hit my 4-hour goal. It’s on the return, when I was hugging the shoreline, that I got a high tone. I look in the scoop and see something silvery that I plucked out and that’s when I was totally shocked at getting my 1st American silver dollar!
I could not believe the awesome condition it was in. It’s almost as if someone took an uncirculated coin and threw it in the ocean. I could not believe what a totally unbelievable hunt I had today with such an unassuming start and off tides. But that’s just how this hobby can go. Even though I have had more valuable hunts what makes this one special was the 2 gold chains, a Cartier and a silver dollar coin 1st for me!Attachments
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What a day. You obviously have much wealthier tourists than I have on my beaches. 
I have had surgery on my left hand for trigger finger(s). I still have trigger finger in my middle finger on my right hand but surgery on my dominant hand is not going to happen. I have also gone through physical therapy on my left shoulder. All of these are due to metal detecting so I'm trying to to prevent more issues. 
