First real find - 18ct on the surface

[CaptainClaw]

Just walking along the beach with my garrett 250 and found a nice 18ct gold earring

Was just lying on the surface..


Weighs up at just over 3g

This is pretty much my first actual find, other than ring pulls and these weird blobs of metal (anyone know what these are?)

[stephenbeetleman]

Welcome to the forum CaptainClaw,

You seem to have got off to a good start with the Garrett, long may it continue.
The pieces in your bottom picture appear to be lead, what they are from is another question.
I know i have had several similar blobs of lead from beaches i have searched. Be careful when handling them if they are lead as the white oxidation on the surface can often be toxic.

Cheers
Stephen

[former member]

Hi Captain,nice find ...I've never found a gold earring,quite a few silver ones though.
If the 'blobs' are light then they're aluminium,probably cans that are either burnt on beach bonfires or just broken up in the sea...they're everywhere Being light could be a sign that you're not quite in the right spot and are searching material that's been moved around and the heavier coins/rings will be left in low spots or troughs,if they're lead then I would definitely keep searching that area

[CaptainClaw]

Thanks for the info, turns out it's lead because its not magnetic - and some of them had a white powder on the outside, so I'm going to bin it.

Loads and loads of these things around, I've gotten about 20 so far 0.o

It was in leysdown beach incase anyone wanted to know.

[nonmotion]

the aluminium blobs are non magnet too.

[hihosilver]

The aluminium with white bits is most likely shrapnel from ww2 incendiary bombs dumped at sea. You'll find loads of that over most beaches. Best to bin it as its white phosphorus.