Calif Beach Detecting - Coins in the Can Slaw, Black Sand Globulites!

I went to San Diego for 3 weekdays to escape the 110°-118° temperatures at home. My hotel has a 4pm check-in so I detected a nearby beach where my vehicle (which contained my luggage & electronics) could remain in sight.
The location wasn’t ideal for detecting because of wind, black iron sand and lots of trash, particularly aluminum can slaw (globulites). Still, I enjoyed the fresh air & surprisingly warm water.
I was skunked on jewelry, again! But the usual clad and some fun odds & ends were found. These weren’t fresh drops which leads me to believe that other detectorists choose easier, more productive sites.
Detectors: Minelab Manticore, Minelab Equinox 600
Pinpointer: Garrett Pro-Pointer AT (carrot)
Scoop: CKG 6x9 with carbon fiber pole
Cameras: GoPro Hero 12 Black (x2)

[@raydigsdetecting]

Keep having fun, Brother 👍😎 IT will keep you young...

[@OLdweeb]

Will do! Though I'm huffing & puffing, I'm having great fun chasing whatever might be in the next scoop! 😛 (Next video: I found some good stuff.)

[@raydigsdetecting]

@OLdweeb always the anticipation of a great treasure. That's what keeps us going...we're hooked 🙄

[@blingkingmetaldetecting]

You always go to awesome places, I’m jealous. Nice video.

[@OLdweeb]

Thank you, Oscar. I go to uncrowded beaches. Good scenery but mostly clad coins and some odds & ends, with very little silver or gold. 🤪 I'm a recreational detectorist, not a treasure hunter.

[@tommychew6544]

Hate to say it but, what you described as black sand early in the video looked more like Tijuana River sludge the way it dissipated in the water. I like that you search areas that most wouldn't think to, you never know how hot of an area that may have been in the past. During WWII those areas could have been popular with troops getting ready to ship out. I was a Marine and spent as much free time I could at the beaches around Pendleton, though that was in the 80's.

[@OLdweeb]

Hey Tommy: My Manticore beeped like crazy on every swing at default sensitivity 20. Turning it to 18 reduced that to mostly usable levels. Extreme black areas needed 16 or even 15 to quiet the beeps. It's weird how the black sand looks gray as it washes away. I’ll bring a magnet next time to verify if it's iron. The TJ outflow is 10+miles S and the current goes from N to S. So, I HOPE the contaminants aren’t being deposited where I detected. 😮

[@EastCoastDigs]

Looks nice out there! Happy hunting !

[@OLdweeb]

Thank you. It was good detecting weather! 😃

[@IraBLiss-xp1le]

Fiesta Island……former trash dump…..

[@OLdweeb]

I'm a former local. As far as I know the "island" was formed by the sand dredged & deposited to create Mission Bay. There was industrial dumping before my time, not trash, outside the SE fringe of the bay. It's still undeveloped (probably contaminated) there, brush-filled & in recent years populated by the homeless. 😵‍💫

[@brianjones8751]

Gotta keep an eye on your car in calif. Car burglary is no longer a crime

[@OLdweeb]

Oh, it's still a crime. The problem is that for low $ value offenses, the consequences are usually trivial. / Where I was didn't look like a bad area. But having my vehicle broken into & losing my laptop would've ruined my mini vacation. 😵‍💫

[@scottp7587]

i hate that word globulites reminds me of that fake metal detectorist fun with jim.

[@OLdweeb]

@scottp7587 - I think he's very entertaining. He says, "BLOB-EE-RITE." In Dweebian dialect, it's "GLOB-YOO-LITE." I know that it's those partying sea lions that burn their used beer cans. 🤪