12-30-21

Year end total

37 gold. 1 gold Louis Vuitton earring returned

74 silver items

52 silver coins

 

12-20-2

Hit the water for about 15 minutes before my oak handle scoop broke.

Changed out and hit the dry sand for an hour. about 2 bucks and a 1942 mercury dime

B94

12-15-21

We had an awesome trip, In Aruba I got 3 gold, Boston Mike 2 gold, Florida Mark 2 gold, Gretchen 1 gold, and Dutch Robbert 1 gold

My take for 14 days between Curasao and Aruba

5 gold 28.3 grams

8 silver jewelry and 3 silver coins

Junk jewelry and coins

Great trip

We did hunt the High rise a couple days during the week but the targets were pretty thin

12-14-21

Tried on more spot got a stainless and a really crusted silver dolphin ring

Dive 19

12-13-21

Tried many different spots mostly junk and lead at 6 to 10 feet

Dive 18

12-12-21

no goodies today

Dive 17

Then to Lola's for awesome tacos

 

12-11-21

morning dive did get a silver earring not shown

Dive 16

afternoon dive a few coins a hand made silver bracelet

Dive 17

12-10-21

waves were a little rough so we opted to hunt the high rise hotel strip some coins and a junk medallion

B93

12-9-21

Another good morning dive. gold and silver

14k band 8.3g

Dive 15

12-8-21

morning dive some coins and half of a broken ring

Dive 13

Afternoon dive I got what I thiugh was a coin stuck to coral

It was instead a silver medallion and chain completely crusted over

Dive 14

12-7-21

Morning dive, not a lot of targets but we both did well with 2 gold each. Gretchen also got a Gold band in the dry sand.

Top 2 are mine bottom 2 are Mikes

 

My gold 18k missing stone 2.7 18k white gold band 10.5

Mikes gold 14k with ice and 18k band total 12.7g

14k gold band 6.8g

Dive 12

Also did an evening dry sand hunt

Lots of coins and a silver cross

B92

12-6-21

Off to Aruba to meet up with Boston Mike

First Dive in Aruba in the morning.

12-5-21

No dive today just wading at 4 or 5 resorts.

18k gold Eagle charm 1.5g a silver ring and a 1964 silver washington quarter

B91

12-4-21

Another dive in 2 locations lots of junk and can slaw. about 4 hours total

Dive 11

12-3-21

First dive in Curasao. about 3.5 hours gold and silver

14k gold band ingraved Janet 13-6-1969, 2 silver Dutch coins and a silver pandora charm

Dive 10

12-1-21

Vacation time! 5 days in Curasao to visit our friend Robbert then 9 days in aruba with some of the England crew.

Tour of historic down town

Let the treasure hunting begin!

11-13-21

Got out early had 1 hour before the waves got too heavy. Concentrated on low targets.

Chain was in my basket after first scoop for nickle.

18k chain with clasp 3.3g and a 10k signat ring 1.0g

B89

11-12-21

Back in for 3 hours, snow made me stop. lol

14k Cigar band gold ring. 8.3g silver cub scout ring and silver medallion part.

B88

11-11-21

Waves calmed down enough to get back in the water

Silver cigar band and a 10k earring 0.9g

B87

11-8-21

Back in the water for almost 2 hours targets are thinning a bit

still managed gold and silver.

Medallion is 14k 1.9g 1942D washinton quarter

B86

11-7-21

Back to the same spot, still lots of targets

Silver skull ring, 1942s silver quarter and 1944 dime 14k earring 2.0g

B85

11-6-21

back into the water, lot of sand movement at this beach, another tootsie toy cannon!

2 gold 14k 1.2g and a 10k 2.3g

B84

11-5-21

Got in the water, couple bucks in change

10k gold filled ring, broke in my hand, silver cross and a tootsie toy cannon

B83

11-3-21

Tried the dry stuff on a couple beaches

1 stainless steel skull ring small piece of silver foil

B82

10-27-21

hour and a half after the high waves from the other day.

1964 silver quarter, piece of silver sheet, silver ring

B81

10-19-21

an hour in the sand, stainless steel ring

B80

10-15-21

played around in the dry sand on 2 beaches one tungson ring

B79

10-9-21

Went back to the spot from the otherday to see what I missed, nothing good!

B78

10-6-21

Tried a beach and it was devoid of targets. looking around I saw a spot where I had seen people gathering before.

3 hours of non stop digging

Over 150 pull tabs

2 gold and 2 silver

B77

10-2-21

Awesome trip to Aruba! Think I found my forever home!

hunted every day and got gold or silver all but 1 day

4 gold rings, a 18k gold earring and a titanium ring with 3 diamonds

Lots of silver

 

10-1-21

Got out for 2 hours before we had to pack to head home.

Tungston ring has 3- .05 diamonds also a small silver ring and a stainless

 

B76

9-30-21...pm

More coins and a junk ring

B75

9-30-21...am

Slim pickings

B74

9-29-21...pm

Private beach nothing but coins in the water got the ring on the dry sand

10k Diamond wedding set 5.2g

B73

9-29-21...am

Tried a new beach more targets

2 silver rings

B72

9-28-21

Another recovery dive at the Renissance canal. This time Ray Ban sunglasses

D9

9-27-21...pm dive

silver wave ring and a 2 tone stainless steel ring.

D8

9-27-21...am

Tried one of the more crowded high rise hotels

Silver and gold band and an 18k earring.

Also had a ring return, Hanna came up to me and asked if I hade found her silver ring. 20 minutes later she was happy again!

B71

9-26-21...pm Dive

about an hour around a swim platform.

I drowned my minelab waterproof pinpointer so finding targets was difficult. 3 silver

D7

9-26-21...am

some of the low rise condo's

B70

9-25-21

Dutch got a call from the manager of the Renissance Wind creek Aruba resort

Seema a guest had lost a Louis Vuitton gold earring in the canal.

So we drove there with my Nemo Blu3 and off to work!

30 minutes of swiming around and Bingo!

D6

9-24-21...pm

short afternoon hunt 1 silver ring

B69

9-24-21...am

last group of high rise hotels

When we finished we were laying out finds and both dutch and I each had one of a pair of silver earrings.

B68

9-23-21...pm

tried more high rise hotels

Silver medalion with amber

B67

9-23-21...am

tried a couple of ther high rise hotels

Tiny piece of potential gold eyeballed on the wet slope

B66

9-22-21...pm

Went to a private beach for some hunting

More targets, 6 rings 14k 4,8g silver toe ring and tungston

B65

9-22-21...am

Early morning hunt before the real heat kicks in.

Not a lot of targets but got 1 gold 10k 4.0g and a silver

B64

9-21-21

Off to beautiful Aruba for 10 days!
Will be meeting up with Dutch Robbert for a couple days

 

9-17-21

back to the spot from yesterday silver and gold!

1951 rosie dime Silver chain and a 14k gold spinning pendant 1.1g

B63

9-16-21

2 beaches in the water

Silver evil eye ring and a 1951 washington quarter

B62

9-15-21

somehow lost the picture of all the finds, couple dollars in change and a silver hoop earring

B61

9-10-21

tried 2 beaches some junk lewlery

14k 9.5 g

B60

9-9-21

Waves were a little rough dry only

B59

9-5-21

Some dry some wet 3 hours

B58

9-4-21

Couple hours on 2 beaches

14K 1.0g

B57

9-1-21

tried a couple beaches lots of coins and a 1935 mercury dime

B56

8-31-21

water for 2 hours

Couple junkers and a silver ring

B55

8-29-21

tried 2 beaches in the water 1 brass ring and a silver bracelet with 10k letter.

B54

8-28-21

two different beaches about 3 hours

Pandora silver bracelet with 4 charms, silver lotus ring and a hand made 10k 1.3g ring

B53

8-26-21

dry sand for and hour +

B52

8-25-21

hour and a half in the water 1 silver ring

B51

8-23-21

Waves were a little big, hit the dry stuff

2 silver rings

B50

8-22-21

short hunt clad and junkers

B49

8-20-21

Hit another hole 5 bucks worth of crusty coins and 5 junk jewlery

B48

8-19-21

Quick trip in the water 1 silver ring

B47

8-12-21

My trip total was 1.33 ounce of gold 37.8g

1899 and 1900 indian head pennies and a indian wars cuff button

 

8-11-21

Day 6: High banker all day. Lots of panning and clean up

I ended up with 6.7g of pickers and flake

 

8-10-21

Day 5: some panning and detecting

Mike gets a monster

I got #7 2.7g

 

8-9-21

Day 4: more highbanking and detecting

I got #6 a 4.6g nugget

Tim got a nice little 2g nugget

 

8-8-21

Day 3, while the other guys did their portion of the slick plate.
I did more high banking and some detecting durring the day

Got nugget #5 2.6g

Slick plate wash out for our hard work we got 19.7g of pickers and flakes
about 2.4g per person

 

8-7-21

Day 2 we worked the slick plate in teams, and will split all we find

Mike and I worked the morning and Tim and Jerry worked the afternoon

washed 2 dump trucks of material

I worked a Highbanker in the afternoon, got some nice color

 

8-6-21

Alaska trip to AKAU in Nome

Group of 8 for a week in Nome
Dave, Chuck, Mike, Jerry, Catfish, Tim, Frank and me

First evening we went out after dinner

I did well with the Equinox 800 and a 6"coil,

4 nuggets totaling over half an ounce

Mike did well with 2 nice size nuggets

 

8-4-21

Back into the cut, More silver and a buffalo

 

B46

8-1-21

couple hours out

silver ring

B45

7-30-21

waves were kicking, dry sand only

B44

7-29-21

tried 2 beaches, few targets

Did get a 14k Medalion

B43

7-27-21

2 hours on 2 beaches not many targets but got gold!

14k earring with rubys .6 g

B42

7-26-21

Tried a couple beaches for fresh drops then back to the hole

3 silver 1958 dime ring and sterling charm

Vintage 14k gold ring with 3 small diamonds. 3.5g

B41

7-24-21

another 2 hours in the hole, getting quiet 2 more silver

B40

7-23-21

4 hours in the hole.

2 more silver

B39

7-22-21

Targets are thinning . 1 silver earring

B38

7-21-21

waves were a little rough only a little while in the water and some dry stuff.
One silver war nickle

B37

7-20-21

Back into the hole, loads of targets and iron

Clad

All the other stuff

Killer day for silver

1880 Morgan dollar fresh out of the water

A little baking soda bath looking good!

B36

7-18-21

Got back into the water at the cut

5 silver coins, silver ID bracelet and a silver chain

B35

7-17-21

Waves wer too large so had to tray in the dry

B34

7-15-21

found a nice cut 4 hours in the hole

9 silver dimes

Silver and 10k Bracelet

B33

7-14-21

water for an hour nit many targets

1 silver ring

B32

7-12-21

4 hours dry sand and water at 2 different beaches

2 silver rings and a silver earring

B31

7-9-21

In the water at 3 different beaches almost 3 hours

2 junk jewelry and a bit of silver

B30

7-8-21

Working and golf kept me away from the beach over the holiday weekend
one silver ring

B29

7-3-21

Quick hit after work very quiet

B28

6-30-21

Tried the water on one beach, not many targets

B27

6-29-21

Couple hour spin dry sand and a bit in the water

B26

6-27-21

 

Insert for a medalion or ring, tested 14k .5g

B25

6-26-21

About an hour in the water

1948,1947 washington quarters and a 1942 mercury dime

B24

6-23-21

Hunted for about 2 and a half hours

Best of it is a silver ring with stone.

B23

6-22-21

Quick hit on a beach I havent tried in a while, not much

B22

6-21-21

4 bucks in the dry

B21

6-20-21

Couple hours wet and dry 5 bucks in change

Sterling silver chain and cross

B20

6-17-21

Another morning in the sand

B19

6-14-21

Played for an hour in the dry sand with Gretchen, slim pickings

B18

6/11/21

Hit a hometown beach, silver ring

B17

6/8/21

Great 2 weeks in Aruba

1 plat 3 gold 8 silver

lots of junkers

6/7/21

Tried a dive at a snorkel area.

D5

6-6-21

another morning on the high rise strip 1 junk ring

B16

6-5-21

stainless and coins

pulltab completely encrusted by coral

B15

6-4-21

tried a local beach

deep crusted silver spinner ring

B14

6-3-21

another dive stainless ring and 2 junkers

D4

6-2-21

Back to the swim spot from yesterday for another morning dive, more coins and jewlery

Platinum band 8.2g and 2 silver

D3

Evening hunt at a private beach

14k 7.3g with 2 .10 diamonds
Actually found the owner on facebook waiting for reply

B13

6-1-21

Tried my new dive system at a local swimming spot first thing this morning

fake gold chain and stainless ring

D2

Afternoon hunt at another beach

Tungston ring

B12

5-31-21

Tungston ring and a waterlogged I-phone

after drying out for a week the phone still works. locked and cant find person shown on lock screen.

B11

5-30-21

morning hunt at the high rise hotels

14k white gold band with 6 .05 diamonds and a silver ring

B10

5-29-21

First dive with the new unit coins and sinkers 1 silver ring

D1

5-28-21

First hunt in Aruba

5 rings 2 silver and an 18k 4.2g Cartier look alike

silver ring with pearl Jane Diaz

B9

5-16-21

Quick hit at a down town beach dry sand

B8

5-14-21

tried on of the gold coast beaches. some stuff in the dry sand

first beach gold of the season

B7

5-13-21

Headed down to the beach i got lots of silver off last year.

2 more rosies and a piece of silver from an old spoon or decoration

B6

5-9-21

one last shot at the side yard did manage a beat indian that looks like 1800's

P7

4-25-21

back into my side yard targets are starting to thin out. silver and oldies

 

P6

4-23-21

tried another spot on the river not many targets.

R6

4-21-21

another spot in the river some good targets appearing.

the better finds from the 2 hour hunt. 2 cracker jack prizes

10k OB gold wedding band

R5

4-17-21

Back to my side yard. buffalo beat up indian and 7 wheats.

silver cane band with initials HHM

P5

4-15-21

lots of targets no oldies

R4

4-14-21

back to the same spot on the river... weights

Lures

a 40's silver ring was the best of it

R3

4-13-21

another trip to the river, different spot, loads of fishing crap... weights, lures

Keepers 1916 buffalo, 3 wheats and a 1940's lipstick case

R2

 

4-11-21

still digging non stop, about 2 and a half hours today. shoulder is feeling pretty good

2 best finds a 1916s mercury die and a 1909s wheat penny.

P3

4-7-21

Back to the side yard, targets everywhere

2 school mike tokens never seen one of these before

P2

4-6-21

tried a grass area right next to my appartment building. area is40' by 120 loads of targets

Old stuff 2 silver war nickles a buffalo and 11 wheats

P1

4-5-21

Shopping at Jewel and saw this in the coin star return slot. free silver!

 

4-3-21

Tried the river for the first time this year. not much old stuff

R1

3-31-21

tried another beach not much to speak of, gold plated watch back

B5

3-30-21

another couple hours in the dry stuff, 1 silver ring

B4

3-29-21

few more targets 1 stainless ring, lasted about 2 hours. building endurance. lol

B3

3-11-21

beaches are really sanded in, tried 2 different beaches not much!

B2