What Could be Worse than a Pulltab?? - These Bloody Things!!

[bdahunter]

I've been hunting one of the old beaches at the Luxury Hotel next door. This beach is on a sheltered bay but when a CAT 4 or 5 Hurricane blows through, what's really sheltered?? Lots of boats have pulled free of their moorings in these hurricanes and been tossed up onto this beach and smashed to smithereens so when hunting there I find a lot of boat parts which are easy to identify as trash and remove to clear the field. The nasty item that comes up in my scoop is the brass grommet from tarps and dodgers and biminis. These buggers sound just like a fat gold ring, same volume, shape and conductivity, I Hate Them!! (gold rings shown for scale)







So far this old beach has produced the 'Godless Quarter and a 1912 King George V Half Penny as well as a ton of junk but I'm not complaining, Much!









Each layer of junk I strip out brings me closer to the old gold and hopefully my holy grail, A GOLD COIN! A lot of history off this beach, before it was a hotel, there were worker's barracks for the Royal Naval Dockyard and before that a Cat House to service the seaman who ran contraband through this bay because the Customs House was at the other end of the island, it would also be a safe haven for Spanish Treasure Ships making the turn towards Spain from the New World as well as a Pirate Haven for pirates waiting on those same treasure ships. Hopefully, I'll get lucky and find my gold coin.

Cheers,

BDA

[EPC Guy]

Man! I can see where those things would give you fits! I'm sure with your determination the gold is not far off! Good luck, Mate!

[MinelabMan]

They're tough, you have to dig them though , ya never know. I only remember finding one and that was on land, boy, they really do sound nice.

[ObMiT]

Once you get thru all the "modern" stuff, I'm sure there is some pirate loot blown in there from years ago.

[pris]

I know they give you fits, but are they really worse than pull tabs? I mean, they're much prettier to look at than the run of the mill pull tab. There's a bit more history and connection with someone else than a pull tab. It worked for its owner lots longer than a pull tab...

Don't hate them, they're just lost little grommets!!

[bdahunter]

Originally Posted by pris

Don't hate them, they're just lost little grommets!!

You are so right, Pris, as always. I'm going to give those little lost grommets a new home for their family at the island landfill.
At least a pulltab has a scratchiness to its' tone so you're pretty sure that it's not a ring but a pulltab. Brass grommets ring-in loud and clear like a ring with exactly the same tone as a 14k gold band.

Bugger,

BDA

[EPC Guy]

Originally Posted by pris

I know they give you fits, but are they really worse than pull tabs? I mean, they're much prettier to look at than the run of the mill pull tab. There's a bit more history and connection with someone else than a pull tab. It worked for its owner lots longer than a pull tab...

Don't hate them, they're just lost little grommets!!

Count on Pris to always be a ray of sunshine!

[pris]

Hehe I'm not full of sunshine...full of somethin', but not sunshine.

[EPC Guy]

Originally Posted by pris

Hehe I'm not full of sunshine...full of somethin', but not sunshine.

I prefer to think of you as being full of sunshine...I deal with people who are full of "something else" every day!

[pris]

Originally Posted by EPC Guy

I prefer to think of you as being full of sunshine...I deal with people who are full of "something else" every day!

Fair enough. I'll be your delusion of the day.