Bad days good days

[Richie sixpence]

Very nice find Chris well done my friend  .

Hi Richie,
                Val was right, the MineLab Safari loves silver. Going back soon to rescan the area more closely with the Safari and then run the CS4PI over the same area. I may be wasting my time,
but what the hell; it's worth at least one more go. 

I would say well worth it Chris good luck my friend let me know how you get on 

[Resurgam]

                     Will do Richie. Should be back at the caravan by lunch time and will report on my luck; or lack of it! 

[Resurgam]

                    Well, made it to the beach early this morning and trudged directly to the spot where I found the silver/amber ring, only to find that the tides had dumped ton upon ton of sand onto the spot. Umph, so much for my plan to scan the area inch by inch, whilst hugging the sand with the coil and slowing down the sweep speed.

                     Spent the morning meandering here there and everywhere whilst listening to the gentle background hum of the Safari, and trying to understand the instruction to ignore the numbers and listen to the sound. The recent rains have flushed mud down the Dee and some of the large shingle patches were coated in the dark sticky stuff. Watched some of the bathers and kids struggling to negotiate large patches of mud. Some of them were ankle, calf, and knee deep in the darned stuff!

                      In amongst the WWII scrap I managed a couple of .303 brass cartridge cases, plenty of copper shrapnel, and a single .22 rim-fire cartridge case. Interestingly, I also noticed a large expanse of beach that appeared not to be contaminated with the WWII stuff and found it very strange not to hear the Safari making sounds like a demented flute player on speed. Sadly, not a single coin to be had all morning. 

[Val Beechey]

Never mind Chris, your intentions were good.

Had the same thing happen to me last winter.  I took the dogs to the beach and thought Wow just look at the low patches, should come back and check it out.
Needless to say I didn't, not that afternoon but the next and you guessed it. We had a strong wind in the night and all the sand was back.

That muddy stuff is  foul.  There's a few patches of it at Saundersfoot and it's scary. Not that same as you described because it's there all the time. It's sort you sink in and can't get out of.

You didn't mention the rain. It chucked it down here all night and right through till mid afternoon. Were you lucky ?

[Resurgam]

                                       Rain? Well, it chucked it down all Saturday night and stopped Sunday morning; just in time for me to head to the beach. The sun was cracking the slates all morning and into the afternoon but it started raining again just as I got back to the caravan. Left for home at teatime and it rained all the way home.

                                      Despite the disappointment on the beach, the time spent aimlessly meandering this way and that educated me as to where some scrap free areas are. That is unless the next tide throws up an other million copper shrapnel shards onto what I believe to be
a scrap free zone! 

                                     

[Richie sixpence]

Hi Chris
Sorry to hear the finds were very thin on the ground but I dare say the sanding in did not help. Better luck next time my friend I know how determined and patient you are  

All the very best Richie  

 

[Resurgam]

Hi Richie,
               heading back that way later this week and hopefully have a little more success. Any chance of you getting your head off the pillow and joining me? 

[Richie sixpence]

Bank Holiday weekend could be busy Chris  .

[Resurgam]

I reckon on starting early, before most have had their breakfasts, and moving away from the busier sections of beach as the tourists arrive. Will probably only put in four hours; that is unless I strike it lucky and hit on a hoard of goodies hiding in the sand.

High tide by lunch time, so there will not be a lot of room for manoeuvre on the towel line by mid-day. I think the Safari will be the machine for the day and I will be doing investigations with a view to breaking out the CS4PI before we leave Talacre and emigrate further south, to an other static caravan site, in November.

In the event that you can't make it; I will run to very flexible plans and may hit an alternative section of the coast.