Getting Close On Ring Return...

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

Struck out on the first one but the most recent is looking good. Finally got a response from the Alumni coordinator at the high school in Indiana where the 1983 ring came from. She tells me she's on the case and working on contacting who she believes to be the owner. I'm dying to know WHEN it was lost. It came from a honey hole of deeper clad, so could be 1983 even??? That would be too cool.

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[Erik]

n/t

 

[bdahunter]

n/t

 

[newtohunting]

Mike, I noticed your a guru at hunting and I am really impressed. Would you mind giving me a few pointers on beach hunting, atleast, how you find so many rings? Do you always find your rings in deep water up to the neck? I really dont like going out further than waist deep especially during high tide. I do hunt early morning when tide is low. Buy I was curious if you find most of your loot (good stuff) out in deep water, or do you do just as well in damp sand?


Please respond if you dont mind,

Thanks,

Gary

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

I do much better in the wet sand than I do in the water. I spend very little time in the water, actually. My routine is simple...hunt the wet sand at low tide, at night, 2 hours before low tide until 2 hours after low tide. Work the wet sand from the water to the top of the wet sand...sometimes in an "S" pattern, sometimes in an up and down grid...look for the "target line" and when I find it, grid it hard until it's all gone. Swing low and slow and listen for the deep ones. Discriminate out nothing...listen to it all, dig what sounds good. That's it. And put in the swing time. And if at first you don't succeed, try try again. I get skunked too. All I found in two nights this weekend was a bunch of clad. It happens. You have to love the hobby, win or lose.

Good luck!

 

[newtohunting]

Mike, I greatly appreciate the help and feedback. Looks like I need to start night hunting. Thanks again for help.



Gary