Dry beach vs. wet vs. water

[landman]

Like to hear your take on dry vs. wet vs. in the water. Now I know the wet beach was underwater during high tide but look at low tide and beyond the wet into the water as the standard here for all you ocean hunters.
For me and lakes its dry and water. Books will tell you that ankle deep produces woman's wedding rings due to them playing with children in that depth. I have not found that to be true for me and I've found over 400 rings.
I like knee to neck and yes I do find the mens rings in the chest to neck depths. Someone who specializes in the dry sand give us your take if you would. I do not hunt it anymore myself, but there must be gold somewhere in the dry.

 

[ashmonkey]

i lived a 100 yards from the beach for 3 years , so got out most days all year round. never did well for gold on the dry sand, just the odd ring, but quite a few gold ear rings. found most of my gold at the low tide mark, but in winter all the gold finds come from cuts higher up the beach. worth pointing out though that i detect english Beach's, and in the last 10 years have mainly detected busy resorts but full of economy holiday makers, so mainly thin lightweight 9 carat gold. the 20 years before i spent detecting the richer southern Beach's, finding more 18/22 carat, plus a lot heavier. the rings i dig now are often 2-3 gram , on the better Beach's 15-25 gram were not uncommon. so much depends on the not only your skill plus the time you put in. but your choice of beach

 

[labeachbum]

You know the saying ......... 1 Ring found in the Dry sand, 5 Rings are waiting to be found in the water......... wait till Low tide and I do my PI walk down the surf line ...... But I do have pretty good luck on Dry sand to.

 

[treasure_hunter]

I have found a diamond ring in the sand by the steps leaving the beach, most likely dropped by someone going to the showers to get dressed, have also found a couple on the wet sand, but by far most of my jewelry finds are in the water ankle to chest deep...

 

[Cupajo]

Watch people in the water and you will see many women, young and older, taking a nature break from shoulder depth to waist deep.

Anywhere in the area from four feet of depth at low tide to shore makes sense for womens jewelry.

Men will go farther out and sometimes actually swim and will often play around in water from six feet deep to shore.

It would seem that the greatest concentration of goodies will be from five feet at low tide to the waters edge.

Swim platforms are a noteable exception!

Heavy surf and water currents can alter these findings and each beach must be studied to determine what works best for that beach.

GL&HH Friends,

Cupajo

 

[scrooge]

I've been hitting the beaches of Florida east coast for 25 years and have found gold rings in all three places. My best find was a diamond tennis bracelet in dry sand....on 4-16-09 1/4 carat diamond earring dry sand .If the surf is to rough I search the beach in a grid pattern down to the water and back to the dune line over the years this had paid off with hundreds of rings .