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Mexico 2011
We arrived in Mexico on February 6,
2011. We stayed in the same resort and even the same room as
last year.
I decided that I would detect smarter not harder this year. I
did spend less time detecting but I took advantage of low tides
for my afternoon hunting. I found two nice 14k gold rings, one
11.2 grams, the other 9.2 grams, about $435.00 in scrap gold
value alone. I found over 2,000 pesos, $170.00 Canadian. As our
dollar goes up I have to find more pesos to get a Canadian
dollar. When we started going to Mexico regularly six pesos made
up $1.00 Canadian. Now I have to find 12 pesos to make $1.00
Canadian.
I found 3 small silver rings, a half dozen toy cars, 2 pair of
needle nose pliers and a Swiss army knife, along with a working
watch.
I spent more time relaxing this year but my overall finds were
better than last year. I guess smarter not harder wins the race.
We enjoyed our month in Mexico and did not at any time feel
threatened or uncomfortable. We do stay in a smaller fishing
village, not in a large city. That does make a difference.
My Garrett’s Seahunter with the 10”x14” coil finds the good
stuff and gets excellent depth. It eliminates pull tabs and
bottle caps that plague other detectors on the beach. I even
sold a couple of Garrett detectors while I was there, to
Canadians no less.
We enjoyed time spent with friends and the Mexican people that
we find so friendly and helpful.
We booked again for next year!
MEXICO 2010
January 2nd found us
heading to Mexico. I am armed with my trusty Garrett’s Sea
Hunter Pulse Mark II complete with optional land headphones as
well as the 10 x 14 mono elliptical coil. I also have the new
CD I was given for Christmas that has the Zac Brown band singing
my theme song “Toes” [I got my toes in the water, ### in the
sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is
good today].
We went to the same place we have
gone to for several years now and really enjoy it. The weather
is great, the beach awesome, the detecting good and the Cervesa
inexpensive. There was some competition on the beach but there
seemed to be coins for everyone. I detected most days for a
couple of hours in the morning and a couple at low tide in the
afternoon. I did take a few days off to go fishing and when
friends came to visit. I caught my first Dorado about 15 lbs.
[once again thanks Art].
The results after 30 days:
COINS
- 1,464 Mexican yielding 3,601 Pesos approximate value
$300.00 CDN
- Some USA [including a year 2000 one dollar coin].
- I found several older Mexican coins
- One 1950 containing silver and one10 peso coin with a 925
silver center.
JEWELRY
- One 14k bangle Mexican gold
- One 14k bracelet Mexican gold
- One silver bracelet [Italian silver]
- Six silver rings [the largest was made in Israel]
- Three silver earrings and one silver charm
- Three watches one working, one questionable and one dead
MISCELLANEOUS
- Seven toy cars and one action figure
I am always amazed at how the
Garrett’s Sea Hunter performs with the large coil, not only does
it get great depth but it responds so well to small items. The
other big plus is it discriminates against bottle caps and pull
tabs but still gets the gold. I dig with a small shovel as
finds are deep but this year I also took a plastic sand scoop
with a magnet attached to the bottom. It saved me a lot of time
chasing small iron objects. Instead of going through the scoop
they wound up on the magnet.
Good friends, good weather, and good
detecting make for lots of fun and a great holiday. Yes we are
going back next year.
“LIFE IS GOOD TODAY!”
MEXICO 2009
A meeting in Chicago kept us
from going to Mexico in January so we went in February for a
month. Wireless internet and a Skye phone allowed us to run our
business from Mexico. In fact, it worked out so well that we
booked for the month of January 2010.
I took my Garrett’s Sea Hunter Mark 2 Pulse machine but with a
different twist this year. I had it equipped with the 10" × 14"
mono elliptical coil. Wow! Now I could not only eliminate bottle
caps and pull tabs but I could also pick up 10 peso coins at
least 14" in depth (measured) in wet salt water sand. The other
amazing part was that I also found very small coins like the
Mexican 10 cent coin and fine jewelry items. I may lose a fine
gold ring but I can still find the ones that count.
Unfortunately, I did not strike gold on this trip but did check
my machine on one gold ring that was found by Mike and was able
to pick it up no problem.
There were four people detecting the beaches where we stayed
(The same place for the last four years) so there was lots of
competition. I detected most days in the morning and in the
afternoon.
I also went fishing a couple of times. On one fishing trip I had
the fun of landing a 37 lb. Rooster fish on light tackle and 20
lb. test line. It took 45 minutes to land but what a fight! I
really enjoyed it. Thanks Art.
All my detecting was done on the wet and dry sand. Because of
the depth I was getting with my Garrett’s and the large coil, my
digging tool was a small short handled spade. The final tally
was: 1150 coins; Mexican, U.S. and Canadian, as well as a few
from other countries. The oldest coin was a 1945 Mexican 1 cent.
The value of current Mexican coinage was 2,683 pesos. Not a bad
hall for working a beach that was well worked by others.
I found 3 toy cars, a hunting knife and one action figure.
Jewelry wise I found 8 rings, some silver, no gold; 11 earrings,
the largest 3 ½" in diameter; 12 bangles; 1 silver bracelet; key
chains; quite a few keys and 1 tiara.
I did find a matching set of silver earrings. I was working my
way down the beach and found one earring, then did the typical
circle the find in ever increasing circles to see if the
matching one was lost as well. No luck, so I carried on. Later,
on my way back, quite some distance from the first one, I found
the mate. You just never know!
As always, I had a great holiday and great detecting.
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