It was a Bermudaful Morning and I had to heed the call of Mother Ocean so after a nice breakfast on the patio, I slipped into my wetsuit, grabbed my gear and headed for Daniels Head Park.
The temperature was in the low 70's so I wore a hunting jacket with mesh pockets for my finds and dive boots to keep the 67 F water from chilling my bones.
Not a soul at the park which is right beside the only eco-resort in Bermuda and is also the site of the Canadian Navy's now abandoned Submarine Listening Base. There was a thick cable that ran from Daniels Head out into the deep ocean which the Canadians used to monitor submarines all over the Atlantic Ocean during the cold war.
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The Sargasso Seaweed was piled into the beach and the shallows at the park beach and it had been there for a while from the smell of it.
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I did a quick spin that was a skunk unless you count a lone bubble penny before deciding to head next door to the 9 Beaches Eco-Resort.
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9 Beaches just closed for the season as the accommodations are tent cabins set up on pilings over the ocean and they aren't heated. Being eco-friendly is one thing but paying $300/night to freeze your butt off in a tent, while a winter gale shakes the pilings under your bed isn't everyones idea of a nice vacation.
After 3 hours of working the mine and the lane I was ready for some lunch. I didn't land any gold today but I did pick up 2 silver rings and an old silver quarter that is from the 1940's but I can't make out the last #. $4.60 in clad and a few oddities made for an acceptable hunt, those Eco-Folks don't wear the Good Stuff like the folks at Cambridge Beaches across the bay, that's 18k or better!
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I was swinging the Whites Dually today so I should go back and work the shoreline again with the Excal as the beach is very trashy for an Eco-Resort!
Cheers,
BDA
The temperature was in the low 70's so I wore a hunting jacket with mesh pockets for my finds and dive boots to keep the 67 F water from chilling my bones.Not a soul at the park which is right beside the only eco-resort in Bermuda and is also the site of the Canadian Navy's now abandoned Submarine Listening Base. There was a thick cable that ran from Daniels Head out into the deep ocean which the Canadians used to monitor submarines all over the Atlantic Ocean during the cold war.
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The Sargasso Seaweed was piled into the beach and the shallows at the park beach and it had been there for a while from the smell of it.
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I did a quick spin that was a skunk unless you count a lone bubble penny before deciding to head next door to the 9 Beaches Eco-Resort.
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9 Beaches just closed for the season as the accommodations are tent cabins set up on pilings over the ocean and they aren't heated. Being eco-friendly is one thing but paying $300/night to freeze your butt off in a tent, while a winter gale shakes the pilings under your bed isn't everyones idea of a nice vacation.
After 3 hours of working the mine and the lane I was ready for some lunch. I didn't land any gold today but I did pick up 2 silver rings and an old silver quarter that is from the 1940's but I can't make out the last #. $4.60 in clad and a few oddities made for an acceptable hunt, those Eco-Folks don't wear the Good Stuff like the folks at Cambridge Beaches across the bay, that's 18k or better!
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I was swinging the Whites Dually today so I should go back and work the shoreline again with the Excal as the beach is very trashy for an Eco-Resort!
Cheers,
BDA
