Question for the surf experts:surrender:

[Woods Walker]

I have a question for the surf hunting experts on this forum...I assume (yeah, I know...) that most of the booty..."nut" is found in the surf itself. I did not have luck there this past weekend, but I did find a line parallel to the surf, in the wet sand, where coins were showing up. My question is, will rings and such tend to be found in this same line as where the coins are showing up? are their locations related? or do the gold and rings tend to be further out in the surf?
Thanks for your answers and thanks for all the wonderful pics and experience you add to this forum!!!!

 

[Craig-PI]

I find most of my rings out in waist to neck deep water in troughs, where you find coins, you will find rings.

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

I have found the vast majority of the gold rings and other jewelry that I've found in that very area of the wet sand near the water's edge. Best at low tide. I have found FAR more there than I ever found in the water. And I have found a lot. Many diamond rings, gold bands, class rings, chains, etc. Now that's not to say that there isn't stuff in the water. There always will be. But at some beaches there is more in the wet sand and at some beaches there's more in the water. It depends on the lay or the beach, the prevailing tides and surf, the type of traffic the beach gets, and many other factors. If you are finding concentrations of coins in the wet sand, that's where you will find rings. If you're discriminating out ANY trash, you can forget the gold because you will not find it. You probably know this already but if not, gold and aluminum trash are in the same range. If you want the gold you have to dig the trash.

 

[Anonymous]

The action of water flowing up and down the beach naturally classifies items due to their mass. Many coins will get deposited in a line. You can find this line by doing a zig-zag in the wet sand, then once you find it, walk it.

Since I'm a fresh-water hunter, I don't know for sure if the heavier targets are in the coin line, closer to the surf, or further from the surf than the coin line. I have heard that if you are finding shells and heavy lead sinkers, there ought to be gold there, especially as lead and gold are both heavy objects.

 

[bdahunter]

When I am working the knee to neck deep water (I only hunt the water, no wet sand)and I run into an area with groupings of coins I grid the area extensively. Often I find that I will find coins grouped by denomination. Pennies and dimes are closest to shore and then nickels and quarters as I move deeper and finally sinkers and gold. This only happens where the current has pulled material in or out, typically a wierd ripple pattern 5 to 20 feet wide.
Last night for example, I pulled up five dimes from one hole that was no more than a foot wide and a foot deep, unfortunately that grouping only held dimes.
I can't say if the same thing applies to the wet sand but it seems likely.

Cheers,

BDA

 

[newtohunting]

Mike,
Have some qts about using Excal. Any way I can leave a number where I can talk with you in person.

Thanks,


Gary

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

You can click on where it says "Send a PM" right above these words right here and send me a Private Message.

 

[newtohunting]

Great!, When I get a chance at work I will do that. It deals with the tones on Excal.


Thanks