The last two weeks of August have become the high point of the year as I get to spend time with my son and his family. We did a lot of early morning beach hunts and while it was not as good as previous years, we did ok. As my son mentioned in his post, the number of detectorists has gone up by a fair amount so it's getting harder to get large quantities of anything (clad, jewelry or what nots). One of the high points of the two weeks was getting to meet Dan (Del) on Thursday morning and spending a few minutes to chat. It would have been nice to spend a bit more time with him but we didn't want to take away from his detecting time. I think just shaking his hand brought me luck as I found the ring with the cross and the class ring on that day. On Friday, the following day, I found a small bling ring, two silver rings and the owl. After that it was all hard work and just clad to show for it. Maybe a firmer hand shake would have got me a couple of more days of luck. When said and done, the clad came out to $30.53 which doesn't cover the cost of a medium size good fried clams. My son outdid me for gold (as well as coin total) and if you look at his post and look at minutia that he finds, you can see an obvious difference in our detecting style.
In any case, it was tough to see it come to an end, as all things must but we have some great memories in additions to the rings.
And Dan, thanks again for taking the time to chat with us. I sincerely enjoyed meeting you.
In any case, it was tough to see it come to an end, as all things must but we have some great memories in additions to the rings.
And Dan, thanks again for taking the time to chat with us. I sincerely enjoyed meeting you.
where did most of the finds come from the wet or the dry sands?? the Tiffany ring and the class rings are super Bob :clapping: :clapping: I very much enjoyed our chat and next year coffee and donuts are on me after when the beach starts to get crowded .
