I got to hunt a small beach here in ia today for a half hour could only dig down about 2 inch everything is froze under the loose sand with some snow on the ground i think it was still a good hunt i found 7 pen 1dime 1 quarter and a cool ring i dont get to hunt until april after are ground thaws in IA .Got out 1 other time 2 weeks ago we had a warm spell its tryn to give us huntn weather found 2 rings that day a ind head and 2 wheat pen come on spring