Mike (Virginia Beach)
New member
...not as much as I would have liked, but just enough!
I took a chance and headed for the surf lane last night and arrived at about 11. Low tide was at 1:20, but having to get up at 6:30 this morning, I would have to leave no later than that to come back. And yes, I AM tired, but I got 4 hours sleep and I think that will do me for today. I said before I left if I get ONE nice ring it will be worth it.
Well, I got there and the surf and riptide was still going pretty strong. And while the beach wasn't cut up like I wanted, the sand was much flatter...not heaped up like crazy as it has been lately. And in several spots there were some modest cuts. That's what I worked. I found a few dollars in crusty clad coins and then I hit a very nice tone and pulled the 14K men's band below. Shortly after that I got another nice tone that I knew was a ring and pulled what I originally thought was maybe a platinum, but turned out to be junk upon a closer look. Oh well.
The 14K ring is 7.7 grams and that nets me $130 in meltdown money, which comes out to about $65 an hour for me last night. I'll take it!
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I took a chance and headed for the surf lane last night and arrived at about 11. Low tide was at 1:20, but having to get up at 6:30 this morning, I would have to leave no later than that to come back. And yes, I AM tired, but I got 4 hours sleep and I think that will do me for today. I said before I left if I get ONE nice ring it will be worth it.
Well, I got there and the surf and riptide was still going pretty strong. And while the beach wasn't cut up like I wanted, the sand was much flatter...not heaped up like crazy as it has been lately. And in several spots there were some modest cuts. That's what I worked. I found a few dollars in crusty clad coins and then I hit a very nice tone and pulled the 14K men's band below. Shortly after that I got another nice tone that I knew was a ring and pulled what I originally thought was maybe a platinum, but turned out to be junk upon a closer look. Oh well.
The 14K ring is 7.7 grams and that nets me $130 in meltdown money, which comes out to about $65 an hour for me last night. I'll take it!
Pics:
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