Raining and Blowing 40 kts, Might as well go Hunting!

[bdahunter]

It's an ugly day to be at the beach if you're a tourist so that means it's perfect for a Pirate. Nobody around to bother me and the rain will give me a little extra depth by stripping out the salt from the sand and packing the sand tighter.
Going to do some wet and dry sanding today if the waves are too rough and they almost certainly will be on the Southshore Beaches since the winds are out of the SW and have been blowing steady 40kts with gusts to 50 kts for the last 24 hours. It's also a good chance to test the repairs I did to the Excal's coil the other day.

Cheers,

BDA

[ERnurse]

Sounds good, don't get blown away!!

[SHICKS]

Take a flotation device....Good luck

[MinelabMan]

Good luck, that wind oughta give your repairs a fair test!

[pris]

That sounds like it would be a great time to hunt. Enjoy the solitude, buddy. I'm sure you'll be in the zone for major finds today.

[rip]

I guess it might be ok but with there not being any bikinis on the beach and all I dont know if it would be worth the trip. Sounds like a great time to be at the beach,well mabey not great but cool anyhow. Good luck bud !

[bdahunter]

I hit Elbow Beach on the South Shore at 1pm this afternoon for the start of my whirlwind beach excursion today. Elbow Beach has a steep drop off and even though there are two exclusive hotels on this beach it has never managed to give up the goods. Today was no different with the wet and dry sand giving up a gold plated earring and 67 cents in clad, this in spite of the fact that there was a huge cut on this beach 4' high.
Next I moved up the South Shore to Chaplin Bay which is where the Canada Day celebrations are always held in Bermuda, wall to wall Canadians drinking Canadian Beer and eating Canadian Back Bacon on a Bun, Great Party but lots of bottle tops. This hunt gave up $3.16 in clad plus a Sacquajewea $1.00 US coin (My 1st) for a total of $4.16.(One of which was a Canadian Penny - Go Figure) The wet sand was really soft and I didn't take my wet suit with me which is just as well since the surf was breaking hard and the undertow at this beach is dangerous. I also found 3 lead 3ringer bullets and 1 live round, full metal jacket. This is the beach where I found the unexploded 2" British Mortar so I'm always hesitant about digging large targets on this beach now.
My final stop on the South Shore was my faithful Horseshoe Bay Beach and it delivered the goods. There was a 12" cut at one end of the beach so i focussed all of my energy there. In the course of an hour I pulled out of the wetsand: a Timex watch that has been in the water since at least last August based on the date displayed on the face, a .925 Claddaugh ring with what I assume is a CZ stone, a .925 earring with mother of pearl inlay plus $1.07 in clad which brought my total clad take today to $5.90.
Pics are placed in the order of the beaches visited.

Cheers,

BDA

[bbqcook]

Looks like a pretty good hunt to me. Does the watch work?

Earl

[prizm-pal]

Bda does Elbow Bay always have that 2foot cut at high tide mark ...or is that because of the storm...you did well indeed and I bet the timex only needs new batt and she will be a ticking again Talk soon bud!

[EBCIII]

Hey BDA that is some good hunting to me! Congrats on the finds, Beale.