RobW
02-18-2011, 04:30 PM
I've been going back and forth with George about getting out and going detecting at a beach, but apparently he's a detector snob now and will not hunt with anything other than his E-Trac now...... lol
So I've been fittin to get out and dig SOMETHING...so I made the worst investment in metal detecting I've ever done...but I enjoyed myself and had a good time...even if it was by myself...
Thursday I decided to drive to the beach to go detecting...I spent $30 in gas, $5.40 in tolls, and a$7 entry feetotal $42.40 (plus the day off work). I drove the 266miles round trip.
It was a beautiful day. I had never been to this beach before (Crane's Beach in Ipswich, MA). When I got there, there was no one there, I had 2 choice of which was to go..I went right (apparently that was not Right). I found hardly a thing. Then as the day progressed, I watched how and where people were using the beach...yes, the beach actually became crowded, in February, in Massachusetts, with snow on the ground and icebergs in the water....WE'RE YANKEES (I can't believe I said that, my grandmother just rolled over in her grave) People were out with their dogs and HORSES...never seen that before. I then went to the areas I was seeing the people actually using, then I started making my finds. Nothing special, just clad...total $1.95...and a very odd shell (it broke in my pouch).....bad investment of money, but a good investment of time. I called my wife on my way back, she said she hadn't heard me that relaxed in months....oh wait, I haven't detected in months!
So I've been fittin to get out and dig SOMETHING...so I made the worst investment in metal detecting I've ever done...but I enjoyed myself and had a good time...even if it was by myself...
Thursday I decided to drive to the beach to go detecting...I spent $30 in gas, $5.40 in tolls, and a$7 entry feetotal $42.40 (plus the day off work). I drove the 266miles round trip.
It was a beautiful day. I had never been to this beach before (Crane's Beach in Ipswich, MA). When I got there, there was no one there, I had 2 choice of which was to go..I went right (apparently that was not Right). I found hardly a thing. Then as the day progressed, I watched how and where people were using the beach...yes, the beach actually became crowded, in February, in Massachusetts, with snow on the ground and icebergs in the water....WE'RE YANKEES (I can't believe I said that, my grandmother just rolled over in her grave) People were out with their dogs and HORSES...never seen that before. I then went to the areas I was seeing the people actually using, then I started making my finds. Nothing special, just clad...total $1.95...and a very odd shell (it broke in my pouch).....bad investment of money, but a good investment of time. I called my wife on my way back, she said she hadn't heard me that relaxed in months....oh wait, I haven't detected in months!