Beach Hunting with my AT Pro

[Lenmcgold]

Planning on going to Pacific Ocean soon with my AT PRO. I feel like dry sand is worked over in this area, so want to focus on the water line and in the water. Anyone have any thoughts on how deep to try? Another notion - low tide, high tide, in between, or does it matter?
Any advice always appreciated. Best to all. Len

 

[mudpuppy]

Doesn't matter much..most fellows go at Low tide, but by dang I'd go anytime there was a chance.. you can get good "reading" a beach, looking for troughs, shells and whatnot...unless you get good at reading a beach, its just a matter of covering real estate and paying attention so you will keep getting better the more you do it...if you happen to be into a lot of lead sinkers and nickles, you are in the right spot. Dig EVERYTHING! Its pretty brutal, miles and miles of wading and swinging with nary a peep...in chest deep water, you can crouch down up to your neck and really get a very wide comfortable swing pattern going...when your elbow joint wears out, (and they will if you are forcing it) try a herringbone swing pattern, where you are not swinging, but sort of pushing and pulling the detector out in front of you at 45 degrees and from side to side. Good Luck!
Mud

 

[Lenmcgold]

Mud - terrific advice! Thanks and again the Find forums are great!! Len

 

[mudpuppy]

Sure..no prob...when I roll up on an unknown beach, I sort of just have a look around at the sidelines especially the ones on the "downstream" side of the beach...thats the side off of the main beach and usually down wind and down current...folks that study traffic patterns for stores will tell you most people enter an area and go to the right...I look for the segment of beach that is sort of private with dune grass or some sort of structure that would attract humans..I think like you, the main is swept clean, so a guy has to observe and get creative...if a fellow is hitting bobby pins, GOOD! Any kind of foil or even the cigarrette butts tell you whats been going on there and who most likely was there...we are sort of hunting for areas where the girls were you know..so it might not be too far from the trail leading down to the beach, if all you are hitting is bud light aluminum caps and marlboro reds, you are in the wrong spot! You want to be seeing any kind of light cigarette filters and coronas, or michelob ultras. By gosh if you find Virginia Slims and Wine Coolers...slow down and work that area good! All kidding aside, its a tough venture sweeping any kind of sand, but when you do hit, and you will if you keep at it, its pretty dang spectacular! (thats my wifes hand in the picture by the way)
Mud

 

[Lenmcgold]

Awesome Mud !! Ya gotta love it! Me and everybody else. Sure I want to go where the girls were, and maybe are? I'll watch for those clues. Great necklace find. Len

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Listen to Mud! He is the man!