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"Middle of the sand channel somewhat close to the boat ramp" covers a whole lot of area, especially since I don't normally think of "sand channel" as starting until you get out to the worm patch. OTOH, Christophe's description of where he lost his is specific enough that I'm actually organizing a search to go look for it later this week. He's given me a real challenge!