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Decompression ~ 01-02-2017

After an epically stressful few days at work, i headed out to my local beach for a bit of time to process everything that had been going on.  Nothing like a cool evening to help decompress and blow away the stress.  Whist i didn’t find all that much at all, it was just good to be out and thinking about not a lot, just waiting for those beeps and the thrill of the dig.

I combined this post with the weekend of the 4/2/2017 too, as i only really found spendables, i dropped them all on to the “pending shelf” when i got home and can’t recall which coins i found when.

The only exception was a Cat digger, which i definitely found on the weekend, but left at the beach for a kid to enjoy.  My boys have way too many toys that they don’t play with as it is!  It was also kind of large and i didn’t fancy filling my pouch with it

I ended up with $19.45, which for a few hours of digging on the beach isn’t too bad.  It was definitely worth the time, just for the stress relief if nothing else.  This was made up with $2 x 10, $8 x 1, $0.50 x 1, $0.20 x 3, $0.10 x 3 and $0.05 x 1.  I also picked up 3 fishing weights, a car key and a Volcom tag.

First Beach Hunt of the New Year ~ 02-01-2017

Had an evening spare and work on the horizon so decided to head out on to the local beach to see what was about.  New Years seemed really busy down my local beach so thought there would be some rich pickings.

I started fairly late and the beach was starting to empty when i got there, but over the next hour more people started to arrive.  I’m guessing it was to see the sunset.  I had to move out of the towel line which really impacted the results.

I did grid an area completely near the main exit, but with little success.  I’m guessing as it had been in use by a group who never seem to drop anything.

This was the first time i really detected on in to dark with a headlamp.  It was easy enough on the beach, but i’m guessing would be much harder if you were were working in the bush.  Hats of to you guys who do early and late hunts!

I finished off with $6.85 (2 x $2, 2 x $1, 1 x 50c, 1 x 20c, 1 x 10c 1 x 5c) and 2 x 1c coins.  Also picked up a few fishing weights as normal.

Evening beach hunt ~ 28-12-2016

Decided to head out after work for a few hours to my local beach last night.  It has been packed over the festive period and I thought there should be some goodies having been left behind.  It was very warm, so it was nice to be by the ocean with a nice breeze coming in.

The hunt started well picking up $1.50 in a spill on the entry way.  I worked my way around the soft sand checking the other entrances.  Not much doing, picked up a further $3.20

Quite a few people came over and asked some questions.  There is a lot of foreign people on this beach for some reason they all ask whether i need a license or such, or if i’m employed by the government?!?  I even got asked one time if i was security looking for bombs…  the mind boggles as the places people have come from that makes them think such things.  I guess the camo shirt and shorts doesn’t help 🙂

The beach was fairly empty when i got there about 6pm, but started to fill up again for sunset, so I wasn’t really able to work the towel line.  High tide was late morning so i wasn’t able to hit that, and the low tide wasn’t that low either.

As it got dark I headed back to the foreshore, but has left it to late and it was getting too dark to see.  I picked up another 70c on the foreshore and called it quits about 8:45pm.

I’ll probably get back down there after the new year when I have a bit more time and hopefully it’s not as busy