There were 30 to 40 other people on the shoreline, some to the west, around the 'Rand' and the rest to the east, where the shore curves outwards into the sea. I went for a spot just west of the latter, which turned out to be very productive.
I decided to try out an idea I've had for a while now where, if you find a spot that's producing, look even harder. It seemed to pay off because, even though I never left a 3 metre square that day, I found 159 fossils.
It's very tempting when I'm collecting to go with the easy wins and move on when they dry up but, in this case, I thought, if I've found several already in a small area, there are probably more, only a little less obvious. This seemed to be the case: I slowed my scanning down and focused a bit more, and they started turning up. Here, a suspicious looking point sticking out of the sand, there, the familiar 'U' or 'V' of a root.
Finds: 115 S.striata (21 complete); 24 G.heinzelini (3 complete); 4 S.teretidens (all complete); 7 P.rutoti; 2 O.winkleri; 2 Otodus (1 complete); 2 Eagle ray partials; 3 Rabbit fish partials. Total = 159