FINDING GOLD RINGS AT LOW TIDE

[earthsea]

When arriving at a new beach one afternoon for some meditative detecting for an hour or so, I noticed a sign attached to a power pole that announced " Lost, gold ring, reward. Lost at the low tide area directly out from here"
Well, the tide here goes out a long way, this made it difficult to dig a target with out the sides of the hole calapsing in while the hole filled rapidly with water as fast as I dug. Surly any gold ring would sink as fast as I dug. I had a strong target to start with and 10" down of mad fast digging the signal remained the same.
What ever that target was, it was heavy, going down as fast as I was digging. Knowing my luck it was a small lead sinker.
Any tips Guys?
Good hunting.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

I would imagine that gold ring could turn up anywhere along that coast line due to the tide currents and then again it may come in too deep to detect. Heard and read many theories on the movements of gold rings and basically like looking for a needle in a haystack kind of thing...Personally if not lost for any length of time might turn my attention a football field on either side and might get lucky..Another trick is to get down on one knee and look for the low areas and above all cuts as thats where the heavier object usually drop when tide rushes in..

 

[Cupajo]

The right digger can help and a good pin pointer to keep your digging on track.

Often I see hunters using small scoops at the waters edge at low tide where they should be using the same (hopefully larger) scoop they would use out in the water.

Your detector gave you the signal and after that it was about digging!

CJ