Clean beach :ranting:

[Goldburn]

I've hunted our local beach off of Lake Saint Clair (MetroPark Michigan) several times.

I've never ran into another detectorist there, and I think I now know why! This beach is as clean as a whistle!
I can hunt in all metal mode, with sensitivity on high and not hear a peep from my Ace250 for quite some time between hits.

Very few pull tabs, virtually free of can slaw and clad is few and far between! My last hunt was about my best, with 0.22 in clad over 2.5 hours.

I've even tried the late Friday / early Saturday timeslot hoping that the weekend rush had deposited some new targets. Nope.

Either:
A: Michigan's economy is gotten bad to the point that people just do not have any change to lose anymore.
B. There is another super-detectorist that covers the entire beach while I'm not there
C. The beach cleaners they use are thwarting my hunts!

So far, my own backyard has been 50x better than the entire beach!

Can any other Metro Detroit hunters offer some tips to some more fruitful sites?

 

[Boris]

Man that is kinda odd, I live and hunt near a lake Michigan beach that it frequented by tourists and do quite well. I agree that the trash is at a minimum but the clad is good here. Well good luck in the future.

 

[zeekeys]

Hi Goldburn. I do the beaches here on Lake Michigan, live only a few blocks from lake. Have trouble getting up and down now so don't dig in ground any more.
Some days hunt for hours for 3 pennies. Other days are much better. How I hunt: in the beginning of the season when not too many people at the beach I do the blanket line in the busiest section of the beach. I go from east to west, line my self up with a marker in the west and follow my sand scoop line going east. I section the beach off and work the sections one by one.
I watch most beach hunters using a zig zag. They usually aren't there more than a half an hour and they are gone. Usually go from one end of beach and back.
I am just saying maybe it is your style of hunting? I don't know? But will tell you a beach in never hunted out like any other site. You have to be a better hunter it is there, look for it differently if your not getting any results. Do not give up, your probably standing on a 1900 Morgan dollar saying there is nothing here.
I am not criticizing you. Maybe, just find a better way or different way to hunt....Thanks for reading and please don't take it the wrong way....Jer

 

[robert roy]

Are you sure you had your detector turned on?
RR