A question on the beach

[Roper]

Lately I have noticed a line of quarters and nickels about 6'-8' from the high tide line in the damp sand parallel to the water. 4" to 8" deep and corroded as if they had been there awhile. Then, about another thirty or forty feet toward the water a line of zinc and dimes still parallel to the water. There is usually nothing in between. These lines do not seem to change any where on the beach and continue for blocks.
This is east coast Fl with a low wide and flat beach and is generally calm.

Question is if you had these two lines running for blocks and knowing the beach seldom gave up any jewelry, where would you look for it without going out neck deep? Is there something about weight and sink rate and such that I have forgotten?

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

The jewelry is there, without a doubt. There fact is there are far more coins lost than there are rings. If you have lines of deep crusty coins running for blocks, you're wasting your time going in the water...stay in the wet sand and dig the coins and the jewelry. Which will generally be somewhere near or just beyond the heaviest coins, in my experience.

Two questions:

1) Are you carefully and slowly gridding these areas from somewhere below where the coin lines start to somwhere above where they end? The answer should be "Yes". And expect that the deep gold rings will be much less prominent signals than the coins.

2) Are you discriminating out ANYTHING? The answer should be "No". If you are, that would be why you're not finding any stuff there. I'm sure you probably realize that gold and aluminum trash fall into exactly the same range but in case not, I mention it.

 

[Roper]

Hi, thank you for your response.

It is possible or likely I am not griding correctly. Generally, I find the quarter/nickel line and go four blocks which is 10/20 coins. Then, go back the same four blocks on the water side. Then back and forth until I hit the water. I have not been going above the quarter/nickel line to the high tide line. Four blocks is about all I can do as I get tired.
It seems I should start at the high tide line and work down to the coin line. Perhaps instead of four blocks limit myself to two blocks per day.

I am in AM all the time and dig everything I can get too. After a foot in depth I figure it is a large target. Generally everything is above or on the gravel layer under the damp sand.

Thanks again, I know the better stuff is here and digging forty or fifty coins a day and almost no trash I have hopes. On the good side I am making gas money.

Thanks again, Roper

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

Well it takes a good bit of surge to put quarters and nickels up that high. And gold rings usually weigh a little more than they do. And because you're "going back in time" a little with these crusty coins which have been buried in a strata that apprently the tides and currents have uncovered, I would say that your thought of searching a little higher might pay off. Around here, when we find "coin beds" like that the rings are usually right in there with them.

Did you see this post from me a couple weekends back? My coin line was much more limited than yours, only stretching for a block or two, but the goodies were there. Probably my best hunt this summer.

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?26,593082,593082#msg-593082

 

[Roper]

Hi, my quarter/nickel line is like 25 quarters and 15 nickels. The zinc/dime line is 30 zinc (both newer and crusted) and 8 dimes much like your post. Trash is almost non-existent and is usually one ounce and two ounce sinkers. But zero jewelry. I'll try higher on the high tide line and see what happens. The beach is detected hard but only in certain small areas. Otherwise no holes or traces. I can not imagine other folks not not taking quarters/nickels/dimes.

Thanks and I'll let you know how it goes. Roper

 

[Roper]

sinus cannot handle this much rotting seaweed. We need a storm.