Well I have finally made the halfway point of the Metal Detector Challenge. Due to family commitments I was unable to hunt last night, so I made up for it tonight (being Friday night) here in the land downunder. I usually avoid hunting Friday and Sat nights because there are more drunks out and about...but I am determined to keep this challenge on course. I had a good friend Tony join me for tonight's hunt, which is always nice to have some company. We decided to try a beach we call Piggy Bank beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The beach earned its name after a storm which washed in many many coins and rings, resulting in our best treasure hunt to date. Anyway the plan was to hunt the wet sand but once again this plan was foiled. The wind had literally blown in thousands of Blue Bottles (like jelly fish with long stingers)...and Wilson my poor little dog managed to get one tangled around his foot. I heard him crying even with my ear phones on, so decided it was best to get away from the wet sand before he tried to eat one.
Wilson limped around for about an hour but he back to his normal self pretty fast. Anyway to conclude the nights hunt, I took home $32.20 in modern currency, and a beautiful 925 Sterling silver ring with a pretty rock embedded. In the past I have been valuing rings based on their scrap metal value, but this is such a nice ring that I know I could sell it for at least $20 on eBay. So I am going to bend my own rules and round off tonight's haul at $32.20 (coins) + $20 Silver Ring = $52.20
Well I have finally made the halfway point of the Metal Detector Challenge. Due to family commitments I was unable to hunt last night, so I made up for it tonight (being Friday night) here in the land downunder. I usually avoid hunting Friday and Sat nights because there are more drunks out and about...but I am determined to keep this challenge on course. I had a good friend Tony join me for tonight's hunt, which is always nice to have some company. We decided to try a beach we call Piggy Bank beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The beach earned its name after a storm which washed in many many coins and rings, resulting in our best treasure hunt to date. Anyway the plan was to hunt the wet sand but once again this plan was foiled. The wind had literally blown in thousands of Blue Bottles (like jelly fish with long stingers)...and Wilson my poor little dog managed to get one tangled around his foot. I heard him crying even with my ear phones on, so decided it was best to get away from the wet sand before he tried to eat one. 
Wilson limped around for about an hour but he back to his normal self pretty fast. Anyway to conclude the nights hunt, I took home $32.20 in modern currency, and a beautiful 925 Sterling silver ring with a pretty rock embedded. In the past I have been valuing rings based on their scrap metal value, but this is such a nice ring that I know I could sell it for at least $20 on eBay. So I am going to bend my own rules and round off tonight's haul at $32.20 (coins) + $20 Silver Ring = $52.20
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