Metal Detector Challenge Day (night) 2

Ok I will admit it, my body is taking a while to adjust to these night shifts. But I am hoping as the Challenge continues my sleeping patterns will be back to normal.

Ok, grabbed my dog and detectors and departed around 8:30pm. First stop is a sandy beach area near a Marina not far from where I live. I have never hunted this spot before, and decided to give it a try. The tide was low so once again I pulled out the Excal and began my hunt. I would be suprised if this place has ever been hunted before. Non stop signals, mostly rubbish, but the occasional old predecimal coin. After about an hour and a half of detecting the wet sand/shallow water, I was lucky to have a dollar in modern currency. Much like yesterday, I put the Excal back in the car and busted out the DFX. I started hunting the dry sand starting from the wall down. After about 2 hours of searching through the dry sand, I had accumulated what I estimate to be around $12. Not a great start considering I was almost 4 hours into the night. I decided to leave this spot and try a different beach just around the corner. This is a beach I have hunted once before, but only in the water. When I arrived, I noticed a huge kids playground with a sandy surface. I figured this would be a great place to increase my coin count. After a solid hour of detecting the playground, I was only about $3 richer. A little disappointing. I then moved down to a netted swimming area and hunted the sand. After about 40 minutes of this and not a single target, I gave up in frustration. Night 1, I had some luck hunting the picnic area, so decided to give it a try at this location. This turned out to be a good move! Because I only had a little over an hour left, I decided to only dig if I believed the signal to be a $1 or $2 coins. It felt like I was constantly pulling these gold coloured coins out of the ground! I was actually a little surprised when I returned home for the coin count. I totalled $53.05 for the night, and a handful of predecimal coins. I actually thought at the time I would have had close to $100 in coins...but not to worry, still a good night overall, and looking forward to night 3!