Good books for finding jewelry?

[Daniel Tn]

Hey guys. I've seen a bunch of books so far on helpful guides and hints for finding jewelry/beach hunting. I was wondering if you guys had a common favorite(s) that I could look into getting a copy of for myself.

I'll only be freshwater beach hunting but I'm sure the same principles will apply from ocean beach hunting. Thanks!

 

[rarysgaard]

Buy all of the water hunting books by Clive Clynick. Although some are detector specific like Minelab Sovereign & Excaliber or White's Dual Field pulse all of his books are extremely informative and helpful in getting mind set and details you wouldn't ordinarily think of, plus a lot of helpful hints.The site reading for gold & silver is especially good. Good luck!

 

[Daniel Tn]

Just ordered two of his books, the one you suggested and one called "water hunting: secrets of the pros".

 

[Florida Keys Pirate]

I just ordered a couple about the Excal . Hope they help as much as everyone says they will !

 

[Gerry]

I have bought Clive's books and have been more than pleased, I noticed in a very short time my ring intake ratio verses hours spent greatly improved, I have on numerous occasions found rings using Clive's techniques, the key is to read his books at the beginning of the season and midway through to keep your yourselve refreshed.
I keep a log on hours spent, beach, conditions and gold / silver / junk and as time goes on after a number of readings some of his techniques become instinctive.
Another learning tool I found to be useful is Tony Dana's Excalibur sound CD, can be bought from Kellyco. Each brand of metal detector I believe has their own distinctive sound, what Tony's CD does is helps you train your ear to the nuances that you may hear through your headset.
IMHO

Gerry

 

[cuzzi25]

I dont do much freshwater hunting but id think fresh and salt would be very different. Alot of units that work great in fresh would be useless in salt. Id think you would have more old junk in fresh since salt will eventually eat away most metals. Again, I dont get into fresh much so im no expert

 

[cjc]

Thanks kindly for your feedback, Raysgaard. Especially good to hear someone who likes ( or bought!) the Sites book--one of my faves too. After all it starts with "where" and everything else follows. Michael Chapman talks about "treasure awareness" in his book--"Urban Treasure Hunter" --a key ingredient to sucess with a detector.
HH
clive