My apologies for getting behind on updates. Many things have kept me busy and away from my computer, but I am doing my best to catch up. Monday Night I went to a beach where I have already found 2 gold rings before. And week 2 being the week where I concentrate on finding gold, it only made sense to go back and search for more. But it wasn't until I arrived at this beach at high tide I realised I am just waisting my time. At the high tide line, there was absolutely nothing...so I decided to hunt the dry sand, killing some hours until the tide began to subside. While hunting the dry sand I pulled out $11.35 in currency. It was very slow going at this particular beach. The tide was still not as low as I would have liked it to be, but I decided to bust out the underwater metal detector and start searching anyway. After a couple of hours hunting, I was totally exhausted. I am beginning to realise there is no way I am fit enough to sustain 7 plus hours of solid water hunting. What is the difference between dry sand and water hunting you may ask?? Well first the Excal II Under Water Metal Detector is a heavy machine. Secondly, digging up targets from the wet sand is very laborious. My long handled scoop itself would way close to 10 kilos, and buy the time you add a scoop full of wet sand you can start to understand how much weight you are constantly moving. (Ok, I realise I just need to man up a little and stop making excuses!) Anyway after about 2 hours in the wet I was done. I did manage to find one junk ring, and a nice gold pendant. I am not sure what carrot gold the pendant is, but it weighed in at 2 grams. It tested positive with my gold tester kit, but unfortunately this does not indicate what gold percentage. I am going to be optimistic and guesstimate it is 14 CT gold. Using the bullion calculator, this would equal $42.91 worth of gold. So total for the night is $11.35 in coins, plus $42.91 in gold totalling $54.26 I reallise the gold calculations are not spot on, that pendant could be 9CT, or 18CT...but a ballpark figure is good enough for this Challenge. I doubt the ring would be worth anything so I have left this out of the equation.
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