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California Beach Detecting
- Thread starter yufo68
- Start date
The only beaches which have had any ........ in practice ...... actual enforced prohibitions, are beaches which are federal. Fortunately, very few of the beaches in CA are federal parks run. Most are state, city, county, etc.... run. And those, in practice, haven't had any problems.
I say " ... in practice", because there is, at the state park system level for instance "cultural heritage" verbage/rules. But fortunately, it has never been applied, in actual practice, to the state beaches. There's no reason why it *couldn't* be (if you asked enough questions, of enough bureaucrats, far enough up the ladder). But, no one has, so they've just been detected, since the dawn of time, with no problems
What part of the state will you be hunting at? Good luck.
I say " ... in practice", because there is, at the state park system level for instance "cultural heritage" verbage/rules. But fortunately, it has never been applied, in actual practice, to the state beaches. There's no reason why it *couldn't* be (if you asked enough questions, of enough bureaucrats, far enough up the ladder). But, no one has, so they've just been detected, since the dawn of time, with no problems
What part of the state will you be hunting at? Good luck.
Goldstrike
Well-known member
I regularly detect the SoCal beaches and you'll see MANY detectorists enjoying this hobby every day of the week and I agree with Tom_in_CA's comments about the restrictions.
My concern is that you have a specialised expensive Minelab detector (GP3000) that I would not consider taking on any beach. The moment you get a drop of water in the electronic's, say goodbye to it. I would strongly recommend a detector that will handle the dry and wet sand without getting damaged and if your considering going anywhere near the water, a waterproof or submersible machine. The air on the beach is moist and carries fine sand which will find it's way everywhere, including your sandwiches!!! so expect your detector to accumulate particles of sand which need to be cleaned off after each hunt.
Welcome to the sport and I hope you have many years of fun as you discover those hidden treasures on the beaches!!!
My concern is that you have a specialised expensive Minelab detector (GP3000) that I would not consider taking on any beach. The moment you get a drop of water in the electronic's, say goodbye to it. I would strongly recommend a detector that will handle the dry and wet sand without getting damaged and if your considering going anywhere near the water, a waterproof or submersible machine. The air on the beach is moist and carries fine sand which will find it's way everywhere, including your sandwiches!!! so expect your detector to accumulate particles of sand which need to be cleaned off after each hunt.
Welcome to the sport and I hope you have many years of fun as you discover those hidden treasures on the beaches!!!
Well, you can probably wrap up ANY machine with enough plastic, and protect it from the elements. But gold-strike's input made me think of another item: You can certainly use a nugget machine for beach hunting, and ...... sure, you "won't miss anything". But you may also go bonkers if you are on a nail-riddled beach. I mean, you'll hear every single birdshot, staple, paperclip, etc... with a nugget machine. I suppose if the beach were clean enough (touristy with no industrial history of burned down wharves, beach bonfires, etc...) then you can do it. Some So. CA "baywatch" style beaches may fit that description. But up where I'm at (for instance), there are many beaches were anyone showing up with a pulse or nugget machine quickly leaves "for greener grounds" once they start finding oodles of teensy specks, nails, etc..... But, if that's all you have, and you don't have a standard coin/jewelry machine, it doesn't hurt to try.
blue dunbar
New member
A while back when getting started in detecting, I hit the net hard looking for all kinds of hints and advice for anything. One tip that stuck in my mind was about removing the knobs on your machine and installing appropriate sized O rings over the stems that the knobs go on. And then pushing the knobs back on making sure that they and the O rings fit without interfering with each other. Also, if your machine can handle a plastic baggie and still be manipulated, covering it while at the beach can only help. Works for desert dust as well and slightly misty days.