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Hi DW
I'm in Central Lake which is about 35-40 min. from Walloon. Do you know any of the Parker kids?
Tom
 
thought they were used to chain the log rafts together. Drive it in a log and hook on a chain. I have found them in Lake Charlevoix, Waloon Lake and others in your area <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
 
I'm not far from Tragic City in Central Lake. Do you hunt the beaches around Traverse?
Tom
 
the beach are in the town of Waloon. There used to be a couple swimming docks there, in the 1800's and I dove out at the end of where they were.
The place was full of silver and jewlery but ain't any more <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
That is a beautiful lake. I dove most of the small beaches on the lake too
 
How ya been Royal? I still hit Depot beach quite often and it gives up old coins and rings almost every trip. It just keeps producing with the low water levels we have right now.
Tom
 
I found over 20 bucks in change in several days. The bottom was covered.
There is something in the sand on that beach as I have found barbers that just crumbled when you tried to clean them. I have found things that were as big as RR spikes and when you knocked the crud off them, they were a dang nail.
I have found lots of barbers and jewlery out over the dropoff.
Young state park should be good with the low water. I have found a lot of silver out there too but it is too deep for wading where I found it.
 
was a couple years ago. I remember that I found, in water shallow to wade, four gold rings in a spot you could cover with your hat. How the heck I ever missed them is a mystery to me.
One was a 1932 Charlevoix High School ring. The girl that lost it was the daughter of the Depot agent at the time and I returned it to her family.
Two were just bands and I just tossed them in the ring jar and the fourth was a class ring from 1926 but I never could figure out the school, as it was rather worn.
It was straight out from the toilet.
 
But like you said, iron and silver get the biggest buildup of black crud I have ever seen from any of these lakes. Nickels are the size of quarters and halves look like silver dollars until you get that crud off. The shallows are loaded with iron and every time there's a strong east wind it seems to move things about a bit and the gold rings pop like mushrooms. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> Tom
 
If you look close at the bottom of the pic you can see the 2 parking lots for the ramp and small beach. Found my first loggging spud there. Torch is a very DEEP and COLD lake.
Tom
 
pretty clear. It is over 300 ft and I think it is the deepest in Michigan. About 330 ft or so if I remember right
 
by the time I got it cleaned it was a slug. The only way I know what it was was the date was there with the arrows at each side of the date. By the time I got it cleaned, that was gone too.
There is something in that sand that just ruins the silver. It doesn't hurt the gold though.
I found a gold nugget ring with 4 nice diamonds on the next beach toward town but my ex-wife grabbed it during the divorce. Said she didn't but she lies <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D"> Worth every cent to get rid of that loony <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
 
but I know what you mean about the condition of the coins. Here's a few from there that a buddy of mine cleaned using electrolysis.
 
...silver is generally stable in fresh water. If these coins are corroding so badly, it is most likely due to sulphur compounds in the water. When there is sulphur available, the process of rotting vegetation on the bottom can actually produce sulfuric acid.
Does the lake water smell like rotting eggs when the bottom is stirred up? Does the well water in the surrounding area smell like this? Was there a copper mine in the vicinity of Depot Lake?
Is this the only lake in the area that corrodes coins so badly?
 
About the only thing that stands up is stainless and gold... Fact I bought home some stuff a week ago from the ocean, just clad and 2 silver rings. I had also bough home one of those cheap table talk cherry pies and had the tin pie plate left over. Tossed the coins in it...Yesterday a buddy was over and I was showing him the junk I found and where the ring laid against the pie plate it had eatten a hole in it about 1/2 long. I'm expecting it to dislove my wet suit one of these days...
I've heard tell of a few lakes like your speaking of in new Hampshire. Crystal clear, no fish in them. The ranger folks in the tower say its from acid rain.
Never detected it yet as its a pretty good hike to it but will I hope before long. A lot of hikers use it for swimming, bathing etc..... Rope swings the hole bit....Looks like a guy with a detector could do well there.
That lake you guys are taking about sounds pretty rough on metal. Wonder whats different in it from the others?
George-CT
 
Steve,
It's just at that one beach area not the entire lake. Kind of leads one to believe it could be a man made problem but I'm not aware of any industry in the area in the past that could be the cause. Still a very popular beach and swim area, I hope it's not toxic. <img src="/metal/html/frown.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":(">
 
our lakes are immune to that due to the presense of limestone (calcium carbonate) which neutralizes it. The lakes you speak of probably contain mostly granitic rock which does not.
 
...contain unusually high concentrations of sulphides. It also occurs naturally in the ground, the deposits of ancient volcanos, etc...
Thought it was interesting that it was just in the one lake. Why is it called Depot Lake? Railway line?
 
Steve,
The lake Royal and I are talking about is Lake Charlevoix. There is a RRWY depot at that particular beach, hence the name, but the line has been closed for nearly 20 years.
 
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