I am declaring the "winter deposit" theory officially debunked. As you'll see from the counts below (and my previous post), it all depends on the conditions that day. We've had great days and days that were just okay. Beautiful and fun, though, they all were.
8/8: 185 pieces (47 and 46 by the kids)! Insane catch. We came down within two days of a storm and what a difference that makes. There were several pebble mounds scattered on the beach. Sifting through the pebbles revealed many peices. They were along the beach and in the water, too. Out of the total, only a handful were what I would call "jewelry quality" -- and small at that.
I would love to see a time-lapsed film of the storm and the waves depositing all those pebbles.
8/14: 63 pieces. Less than a week later and the pebble mounds were gone. It was a bit less frenzied, though, which was nice. I took my time on the way back and found the piece of a lifetime -- see the pictures. Its larger than most we find, and completely, evenly worn. The pitting on the "outside" is quite deep; several grains of sand are embedded. For me, its an exciting find.
8/16: 32 pieces. We hit the beach at a bad time in the tide cycle. The waves weren't right, either. We all knew there was more, but not to be found that day. The nicest piece that day was part of a brown bottle-top ring -- maybe 20% of the circle, and nicely frosted.
Vacation is coming. We'll be on the beach for days. We'll be able to easily go at unusual times of day. It will be interesting to see what we find.
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