Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2011 6:00:14 GMT -5
This morning, Wolf and I, and John and Andy drove in separate cars to do some beach detecting, starting at Fishoek beach on the southern side of Table Mountain...
The following picture shows John already swinging away as Wolf and I arrived at Fishoek beach. If you look closely you can see Andy far back and waist deep in the water.
The following two pictures show Wolf and John detecting the wet sand – unfortunately with not much luck.
We then split up, Andy and John going to Muizenberg and Strandfontein beaches, and Wolf and I going over to the Atlantic Ocean side to Hout Bay beach.
Here at Hout Bay, Wolf and I also had some bare pickings – but what a beautiful part of the Cape Peninsula this is ...
We then moved on the Sea Point, probably Cape Town’s “oldest” beach that’s been frequented by picnic goers since the 1600s. This is not really a swimming beach (too rocky) so one tends to do more relic hunting than beach detecting here.
My first artefact was this huge nail from an old wooden ship – probably dating from the 1700 or 1800s?
Here Wolf is showing some of his finds – all smiles – don’t you think he looks cute in that scarecrow hat?
Here are my finds from this beach – the two coins on the left are both pre-decimal (Victorian or Edwardian) silvers still waiting to be cleaned up. .
Yours truly smiling at the camera – it was a perfect winters day for detecting – sunny and windless. We drove more than 160 kilometres (100+ miles) but what a nice day...
I later spoke to John on the cell phone and they had apparently found two goldies – but I was too scared to ask exactly where ...
Regards
Pierre
The following picture shows John already swinging away as Wolf and I arrived at Fishoek beach. If you look closely you can see Andy far back and waist deep in the water.
The following two pictures show Wolf and John detecting the wet sand – unfortunately with not much luck.
We then split up, Andy and John going to Muizenberg and Strandfontein beaches, and Wolf and I going over to the Atlantic Ocean side to Hout Bay beach.
Here at Hout Bay, Wolf and I also had some bare pickings – but what a beautiful part of the Cape Peninsula this is ...
We then moved on the Sea Point, probably Cape Town’s “oldest” beach that’s been frequented by picnic goers since the 1600s. This is not really a swimming beach (too rocky) so one tends to do more relic hunting than beach detecting here.
My first artefact was this huge nail from an old wooden ship – probably dating from the 1700 or 1800s?
Here Wolf is showing some of his finds – all smiles – don’t you think he looks cute in that scarecrow hat?
Here are my finds from this beach – the two coins on the left are both pre-decimal (Victorian or Edwardian) silvers still waiting to be cleaned up. .
Yours truly smiling at the camera – it was a perfect winters day for detecting – sunny and windless. We drove more than 160 kilometres (100+ miles) but what a nice day...
I later spoke to John on the cell phone and they had apparently found two goldies – but I was too scared to ask exactly where ...
Regards
Pierre
