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[UtahRich]

I've noticed a decrease in the refill rate of coins and jewelry in public areas the last few years. I've been attributing it to our society transitioning from cash and coin to debit and credit cards. I am finding more tungsten rings as well as they become an acceptable alternative to gold and silver.

I imagine this will continue as we move towards electronic exchanges over hand held currency.


Rich -

 

[dewcon4414]

Change is now annoying to most. You put it in a jar and cant even take it to the bank...... they dont want it. So you take it to a change machine and get what 90% of its worth? Another good reason for a credit/debit card. Not much of the change is collectable anymore either. To me its free money to pay for repairs and thats the ONLY reason i pick some of it up. RARELY do i find silver/gold coins on the beach. Couple of silver dollars i think. I know when i used to dirt hunt.........id come home with a silver coin and mention to my wife how much the red book said it might be worth. Her response was....... aint worth nothing because you never get rid of it lol. You know ....... i still have that silver. Greedy pirate i guess because i still do it with a lot of gold i find.

 

[lytle78]

Parking meters take credit cards now.....

 

[Elton]

Quote DEW...……..


i still have that silver. Greedy pirate i guess because i still do it with a lot of gold i find.
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Your kids will spend it............ LOL ....

 

[ewtaylor]

I've noticed a decrease in the refill rate of coins and jewelry in public areas the last few years. I've been attributing it to our society transitioning from cash and coin to debit and credit cards. I am finding more tungsten rings as well as they become an acceptable alternative to gold and silver.

I imagine this will continue as we move towards electronic exchanges over hand held currency.


Rich -

You nailed it! My son wears a SILICON wedding band. I know a lot of young men his age wearing everything but gold. I hit the local freshwater lake about once a week and have found 1 silver ring and about a dozen stainless rings.

Went to Mexico last year. We stayed at an all-inclusive resort for 5 days. I took the PI machine. I was worried I would be digging junk continuously, but no. Cleanest beach I'd ever been to. I was so desperate to find something I started digging bobby pins 8" deep. Finished the week with 2 US quarters, 8 bobby pins, 1 junk ring, and a pocketful of trash.

We recently joined the Facebook group for this resort, which has about 18,000 members. There was a very long post with women saying NOT to wear your jewelry to the beach because you'll lose it. Many went on to say they have decided not to take their jewelry with them on vacation, or if they do, leave it in the safe.

Ive noticed at Wal-Mart, and other places, some of these stainless rings are becoming more elaborate and expensive.

 

[Hotrod65]

Are we looking at a potential future of no more change, rubber wedding bands and people who don't wear jewelry to the beach.....UGH! Unless they come out with a detector that goes 6" deeper everything will be hunted out in short order.....Say it isn't so!!!!

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Are we looking at a potential future of no more change, rubber wedding bands and people who don't wear jewelry to the beach.....UGH! Unless they come out with a detector that goes 6" deeper everything will be hunted out in short order.....Say it isn't so!!!!

For east coast beaches I have hunted its not so not by a long shot. There are unimaginable amounts of targets in reserve waiting to be released. The beach flips itself end over end, old targets pushed up onto the beach over the top of more recently lost targets so you have an old layer on top of a new layer. FEET of sand and targets are pushed from out in the water up onto the beach by the ocean acting like a giant bull dozer. Another storm then with the right wave action drags the sand and targets back down from the beach into the water. They tend to sit in a trough between the beach and the outer sand bar. This trough moves in, out, and sideways. The ocean digs deep holes and spits targets long buried up onto the beach, its incredible it will spit gold rings even pretty heavy fishing sinkers up onto the top of the sand. These honey holes can last for a single low tide or several before they close up. Breaks in the outer sand bar under the water (this is where rip tides come from) allow waves to charge up onto the beach at full strength vs losing some of their energy on the outer sand bar and scoop out section of the beach, a valley or bowl.

Beach hunting is NOT like hunting a park or inland site at all. Beaches unlike dirt in a park are constantly changing, flipping, moving and its feet at times 10 feet of sand gets washed out. No need for a detector that can go 6" deeper just wait for the ocean to remove that 6" of sand for you.

 

[BigTony]

Dewcon4144, good post! We all are creating our own cashe and I would bet that some of us have buried the stuff so others might find it later. There are some who bury it so no one will find it.

I think it is a cycle, but I am in this crazy hobby and love it.

Tony

 

[Mark kus]

Are we looking at a potential future of no more change, rubber wedding bands and people who don't wear jewelry to the beach.....UGH! Unless they come out with a detector that goes 6" deeper everything will be hunted out in short order.....Say it isn't so!!!!

For east coast beaches I have hunted its not so not by a long shot. There are unimaginable amounts of targets in reserve waiting to be released. The beach flips itself end over end, old targets pushed up onto the beach over the top of more recently lost targets so you have an old layer on top of a new layer. FEET of sand and targets are pushed from out in the water up onto the beach by the ocean acting like a giant bull dozer. Another storm then with the right wave action drags the sand and targets back down from the beach into the water. They tend to sit in a trough between the beach and the outer sand bar. This trough moves in, out, and sideways. The ocean digs deep holes and spits targets long buried up onto the beach, its incredible it will spit gold rings even pretty heavy fishing sinkers up onto the top of the sand. These honey holes can last for a single low tide or several before they close up. Breaks in the outer sand bar under the water (this is where rip tides come from) allow waves to charge up onto the beach at full strength vs losing some of their energy on the outer sand bar and scoop out section of the beach, a valley or bowl.

Beach hunting is NOT like hunting a park or inland site at all. Beaches unlike dirt in a park are constantly changing, flipping, moving and its feet at times 10 feet of sand gets washed out. No need for a detector that can go 6" deeper just wait for the ocean to remove that 6" of sand for you.

your absolutely right beaches near me always give up the goods and the private ones that don't get machined cleaned are killer I go out after a big nor easter find the washed out drop offs and the coins are laying right on the surface with foot prints on top of them! I found a 1923 merc just laying on the surface after one such storm..

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Are we looking at a potential future of no more change, rubber wedding bands and people who don't wear jewelry to the beach.....UGH! Unless they come out with a detector that goes 6" deeper everything will be hunted out in short order.....Say it isn't so!!!!

For east coast beaches I have hunted its not so not by a long shot. There are unimaginable amounts of targets in reserve waiting to be released. The beach flips itself end over end, old targets pushed up onto the beach over the top of more recently lost targets so you have an old layer on top of a new layer. FEET of sand and targets are pushed from out in the water up onto the beach by the ocean acting like a giant bull dozer. Another storm then with the right wave action drags the sand and targets back down from the beach into the water. They tend to sit in a trough between the beach and the outer sand bar. This trough moves in, out, and sideways. The ocean digs deep holes and spits targets long buried up onto the beach, its incredible it will spit gold rings even pretty heavy fishing sinkers up onto the top of the sand. These honey holes can last for a single low tide or several before they close up. Breaks in the outer sand bar under the water (this is where rip tides come from) allow waves to charge up onto the beach at full strength vs losing some of their energy on the outer sand bar and scoop out section of the beach, a valley or bowl.

Beach hunting is NOT like hunting a park or inland site at all. Beaches unlike dirt in a park are constantly changing, flipping, moving and its feet at times 10 feet of sand gets washed out. No need for a detector that can go 6" deeper just wait for the ocean to remove that 6" of sand for you.
your absolutely right beaches near me always give up the goods and the private ones that don't get machined cleaned are killer I go out after a big nor easter find the washed out drop offs and the coins are laying right on the surface with foot prints on top of them! I found a 1923 merc just laying on the surface after one such storm..

If you know where to go after a storm, you can find 1700's Spanish 8 reales laying on the surface.

 

[Mark kus]

Are we looking at a potential future of no more change, rubber wedding bands and people who don't wear jewelry to the beach.....UGH! Unless they come out with a detector that goes 6" deeper everything will be hunted out in short order.....Say it isn't so!!!!

For east coast beaches I have hunted its not so not by a long shot. There are unimaginable amounts of targets in reserve waiting to be released. The beach flips itself end over end, old targets pushed up onto the beach over the top of more recently lost targets so you have an old layer on top of a new layer. FEET of sand and targets are pushed from out in the water up onto the beach by the ocean acting like a giant bull dozer. Another storm then with the right wave action drags the sand and targets back down from the beach into the water. They tend to sit in a trough between the beach and the outer sand bar. This trough moves in, out, and sideways. The ocean digs deep holes and spits targets long buried up onto the beach, its incredible it will spit gold rings even pretty heavy fishing sinkers up onto the top of the sand. These honey holes can last for a single low tide or several before they close up. Breaks in the outer sand bar under the water (this is where rip tides come from) allow waves to charge up onto the beach at full strength vs losing some of their energy on the outer sand bar and scoop out section of the beach, a valley or bowl.

Beach hunting is NOT like hunting a park or inland site at all. Beaches unlike dirt in a park are constantly changing, flipping, moving and its feet at times 10 feet of sand gets washed out. No need

for a detector that can go 6" deeper just wait for the ocean to remove that 6" of sand for you.

your absolutely right beaches near me always give up the goods and the private ones that don't get machined cleaned are killer I go out after a big nor easter find the washed out drop offs and the coins are laying right on the surface with foot prints on top of them! I found a 1923 merc just laying on the surface after one such storm..

If you know where to go after a storm, you can find 1700's Spanish 8 reales laying on the surface.

http://www.coolidgeamps.com/pics/8reale.jpg

Sweet!