Beaches - Best Advice to Hunt Effectively

[Cuts]

This is a typical beach in my area and one frequently filled with bikinis, bottles, bottle caps, fish hooks, lead weights and pretty much anything else you can think of. I have been out several occassions sweeping tight patterns from the curb to waters edge only to find pull tabs, bottle caps, and the occassional lead weight. Being a newbie, I am using all metal mode on Ace 250 along with Garrett PinPointer.

PS: I really like detecting!

How would you hunt this and what settings would you recommnd? Would an equipment upgrade, such as AT PRo, be in order?

Thank you for your help - Cuts.

 

[mudpuppy]

Great shot...I'd go all the way down by those trees at the end of the parking lot..perhaps theres a trail going out through them where the skinny dipping goes on at night? I'd also hunt where all the young mothers set up with their kids...most likely in the shallow and safe area close to the front of the parking area and nearest a bathroom...yes, if you want to really get gold hunting areas like that, you should get a Pro...set of waders, good scoop, and get in the water...you can and will find it up on the dry, but from waters edge to waist deep is the primo gold zone...If you have several of these beaches in your area, you should establish a route to hit each one every morning early...like in the dark...you should also observe the kind of people that frequent them, sure the trash they leave behind tells a lot, but you want to know what the status of the gold and silver situation is.

Hitting beaches consistently gives you an idea of the crowds ebb and flow and pattern and changes...definitely there will be guys sweeping every weekend, maybe every day...so you have to try to figure out their patterns and beat them as well..the trash will tell you a lot about your competition..you should also get a copy of Clive Clynicks new book..The Gold Jewelry Hunters Handbook...its packed with what you need to know to get good at this fast, and its easier to learn from somebody else than to learn all this on your own.....that said, I'd hunt that place hard and often if the right people were hanging there....

Yeah, just out of curiosity, head on down into those trees..that may have been where the "old" swimming hole was before this place was developed into a park...
Mud

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

Found that while sand and sandy bottom areas of lakes and oceans things get on end and don't give clear or good signals! Good luck!

 

[Cuts]

Having hunted this beach several different times over the last 10 days, I am finding nails where there should be quarters. Ace 250 set to jewlery mode, 2 bars down on sensitivty.

Hunting zone nearest the water line, I got over a dozen readings that showed a quarter at 6", only to find a nail. Is that because the nail has a similar diameter to the edge of a quarter? Is it to do with angle? All the nails were horizontal in the hole.

Also finding a lot of bottle caps, foil and general trash.

Tips?

 

[Orion42]

If the nails are rusted, they will sound off as a good find. Not much you can do about it.

John

 

[Dancer]

Cuts, you gotta take some change to the beach with you. Bury theml a little in the sand and check out how your machine is reading them. Change modes incase there'll backwards. At home check out where a gold & silver ring comes in at. Plenty of people have cleaned up with the Ace. It's a good one. Don't go off and buy something else until you've mastered what you got.
My rule of thumb , when you've found the amount you paid for it. Once you get the hang of it, won't take too long. Try some other areas also.
Hope this is a help.

 

[fongu]

Good luck & happy hunting. Looks like a great spot.

 

[dahut]

- Traffic funnels are also a great place to hit.
People come and go, getting to the beach. Work out from these.
- If it's got a dirt or sand parking apron, check that.
Folks loading and unloading beach gear always leave something behind.
- Spend some time there NOT detecting.
Watch where people congregate, play, and set up beach towels.
Often this is concentrated near the traffic funnels.
- Ask park personnel or anyone who is there regularly where impromptu volleyball and other such activities are usually held.
These aren't obvious, unless such facilities are permanently sited.
- If there are permanent facilities for such games, search them.
- Look for anomalies, like fences, low dividing walls, grills, trash cans etc
These things funnel and focus peoples actions. Many good finds have come from people sitting on and hanging around low dividing walls.

Learn to grid search and be patient.

If your detector isn't waterproof, wrap it in multiple layers of plastic to get it as water resistant as you can.
Then get a beach scoop and get off the beach.
You'd be surprised how many finds are recovered in shallow water. One of the nicest ring I've ever found came out of ankle deep water - I found it using a non-waterproof GTP1350.
Just be careful of your depth and err on the side of caution.