Sand Sifter
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I’ve always known I married the right woman on my 2nd try, and a couple hours ago, she proved me right. I’m at my PC when she comes up and stands beside me. We’ve been married over 12 years so when she comes up and just stands next to me when I’m busy doing something, I know something’s up. I stopped what I was doing, turned to look up at her, and immediately noticed she was giving me one of those pouty “I want something” looks. You married guys know what I’m talking about. So, I brace myself and prepare for the worst, i.e., how much work is this request gonna require, lol.
But, to my great delight, the “work” I was mentally preparing myself for just so happens to be my favorite kind of “work”, which is digging holes in the sand. While I was busy in my own world, unbeknownst to me, she was online checking hotels down at the beach, found a great deal, and with a shy, “honey please” type look she asked if we could go down to the beach next week. Booya! I replied, hmmm, let me think on that for a nanosecond. Hell Yeah! Thank God my wife absolutely loves the beach; she can even be more insane about hitting the sand than me, lol. We got 2 nights at a large, upper end 4.5-star beach front hotel in a resort town at a dirt-cheap price. Best thing is, I just walk out of the hotel, take a few steps and I’m on sand. The Hotel is pet friendly, so my pooch is coming. Every room is ocean front with balcony, so if/when I’m out hunting while it’s raining, colder or windy, she can sit on the balcony with the dog and watch me swinging a coil.
Weds looks to be in the high 40’s, good chance of rain (40%), check in is 4pm, and tide starts falling in the afternoon and reaches lowest tide around 7:45pm, perfect timing. After we check in, I’ll grab my Dual Field PI, pouch and scoop and spend a few hours hitting the wet, working my way down as the tide recedes until dark. And if it’s raining, so much the better. Love hunting in the rain, it pretty much guarantees I’ll have the entire beach to myself. Dual Field is waterproof; I’ll wear my diver booties, swimsuit and a heavier rain jacket with hood, as winds will be coming from the East at 10 - 15mph.
Thurs high looks to be 55, cloudy, but with a much lower chance of rain at about 9%. Morning low tide starts in the wee AM hours and reaches low tide around 9:45am. Then tide rises until around 2pm, then starts dropping again, reaching low tide around 8:45pm. I know how I am and getting out at 6 or 7AM for the morning low tide is probably a non-starter. I’d like to sleep in, get breakfast, coffee, etc., and ease my way into waking up. So, I think I’ll take advantage of the afternoon low tide. I’ll be taking my Dual Field PI for serious wet & shallow water, and I think I’ll take my X-Terra Elite, also waterproof, to get some time on that detector. I haven’t really used it since I got it last year, so I’ll spend some time with it on the dry and maybe some wet before the afternoon tide starts going out, see how it performs, handles the dry & wet, how it handles iron and trash, start learning some numbers, then I’ll switch back to the Dual Field to work the wet down to the water as the tide recedes.
Last trip down to the beach, I was sick as a dog, so only got to hunt 3 hours on day 1, and 2 hours on day 2. So, I’m hoping (praying) that we’re both healthy for this trip. Some of you guys have been making some really great finds lately, so I’ve got a serious beach itch for cheddar I need to scratch.
But, to my great delight, the “work” I was mentally preparing myself for just so happens to be my favorite kind of “work”, which is digging holes in the sand. While I was busy in my own world, unbeknownst to me, she was online checking hotels down at the beach, found a great deal, and with a shy, “honey please” type look she asked if we could go down to the beach next week. Booya! I replied, hmmm, let me think on that for a nanosecond. Hell Yeah! Thank God my wife absolutely loves the beach; she can even be more insane about hitting the sand than me, lol. We got 2 nights at a large, upper end 4.5-star beach front hotel in a resort town at a dirt-cheap price. Best thing is, I just walk out of the hotel, take a few steps and I’m on sand. The Hotel is pet friendly, so my pooch is coming. Every room is ocean front with balcony, so if/when I’m out hunting while it’s raining, colder or windy, she can sit on the balcony with the dog and watch me swinging a coil.
Weds looks to be in the high 40’s, good chance of rain (40%), check in is 4pm, and tide starts falling in the afternoon and reaches lowest tide around 7:45pm, perfect timing. After we check in, I’ll grab my Dual Field PI, pouch and scoop and spend a few hours hitting the wet, working my way down as the tide recedes until dark. And if it’s raining, so much the better. Love hunting in the rain, it pretty much guarantees I’ll have the entire beach to myself. Dual Field is waterproof; I’ll wear my diver booties, swimsuit and a heavier rain jacket with hood, as winds will be coming from the East at 10 - 15mph.
Thurs high looks to be 55, cloudy, but with a much lower chance of rain at about 9%. Morning low tide starts in the wee AM hours and reaches low tide around 9:45am. Then tide rises until around 2pm, then starts dropping again, reaching low tide around 8:45pm. I know how I am and getting out at 6 or 7AM for the morning low tide is probably a non-starter. I’d like to sleep in, get breakfast, coffee, etc., and ease my way into waking up. So, I think I’ll take advantage of the afternoon low tide. I’ll be taking my Dual Field PI for serious wet & shallow water, and I think I’ll take my X-Terra Elite, also waterproof, to get some time on that detector. I haven’t really used it since I got it last year, so I’ll spend some time with it on the dry and maybe some wet before the afternoon tide starts going out, see how it performs, handles the dry & wet, how it handles iron and trash, start learning some numbers, then I’ll switch back to the Dual Field to work the wet down to the water as the tide recedes.
Last trip down to the beach, I was sick as a dog, so only got to hunt 3 hours on day 1, and 2 hours on day 2. So, I’m hoping (praying) that we’re both healthy for this trip. Some of you guys have been making some really great finds lately, so I’ve got a serious beach itch for cheddar I need to scratch.