River Beds

[dark_ale]

I live nearby the Trinity River, It runs from Dallas area down to the gulf. Several times a year this river will come up to flood stage and decrease rapidly leaving beautiful sand bars on the shallow side. I thought it may be a good place to search for metal objects? Do you think its a good place to search? I thought I would At least get a fishing lure or lead weight. I went for a couple of hours today, with no luck. I went to the little league fields found a tun of aluminum can tops and one canadian coin and a penney. If I go down to the beach should I stay close to the wet packed sand? Any tips would be helpful.

 

[Ed SW Fla]

... pattern, working rather fast to check for hot spots. Sometimes river banks can be quite productive, usually when the water is VERY low revealing scoured sandy / muddy places where some history may have been dropped or washed there. Good luck.

 

[Craig in Alabama]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Jigflipper]

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[MK_(MO)]

[size=large]River Bed flood bars will usually be a total waste of time unless you want to find old beer cans ... .. however ...... anywhere that you can see a cut with larger rocks stuck in the mud on the bottom of the river bed is well worth a try... often items get caught up in these rocks and settle in the mud. --- Of course this only applies if it's in an area where items may have been deposited in the first place ... such as just below an old swimming hole or picnic area. .... research , research, research.


As far as the beach... look at the areas where people are laying their blankets at normal high tide .... people are creatures of habit and often if a specific area suits one person it has also been the spot of choice for many others in the past..... work a fast grid in the dry sand in those areas and you should kick up some good stuff... if you are not finding much move down the beach ..... .... often with dry sand beach hunting covering a lot of ground improves your odds of finding that big diamond ring..
If there are sand dunes look for secluded areas where people can be nasty without being easily seen.... .... these areas will give up just about anything.

The zero tide to high tide area is critical ... .. why you ask ? ...... this is because people usually do not lay out their blankets on the damp sand and if something is dropped it is easily found because the sand is firm and the item won't sink....SO -- with that said ---- the wet sand will not be productive unless the beach is very shallow or you have a water detecter and can work the surf line for items lost while in the water.


good luck... go find stuff !! ......

Mike[/size]

 

[therick]

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[Elson(La)]

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