Where do you detect on the beach?

[Jaichim24]

As a veteran of two beach hunts :clsoedeyes:, I am always wondering if I'm hitting the right area of the beach. I break up the beach into different "bands" of beach moving away from the ocean. The one closest to the ocean is the wet sand during all tides. The next band would be wet/semi wet sand that appears during low tides. The middle band is the band of sand that in my opinion would hold the most items as it mostly dry for all tides. It is the part of the beach that is the start of that "extra" slope towards the beach. The farthest one being the thick loose sand at the far end of the beach right on up to those wooden fences that block off the dunes.This part given how "fluffy" the sand is seems like the easiest place to loose something.

In both hunts so far, I had no problem finding clad, and kids toys. However, I have been skunked in regards to non-junk jewelry. I'm thinking about taking that hour trip over to the beach again today, and would like to give myself the best oppurtunity to find my first gold.

So, what "band" should I be paying more attention to? Each has its own merits as to why someone may drop a ring in it. I'd love to hear other peoples opinions.

I have an Explorer SE, so going totally submerged is out of the question, but I'm thinking about removing my X-1 probe and getting the SE a little wet.

Thanks in advance for the feedback,

Jai

 

[Mirco]

As a veteran of two beach hunts :clsoedeyes:, I am always wondering if I'm hitting the right area of the beach. I break up the beach into different "bands" of beach moving away from the ocean. The one closest to the ocean is the wet sand during all tides. The next band would be wet/semi wet sand that appears during low tides. The middle band is the band of sand that in my opinion would hold the most items as it mostly dry for all tides. It is the part of the beach that is the start of that "extra" slope towards the beach. The farthest one being the thick loose sand at the far end of the beach right on up to those wooden fences that block off the dunes.This part given how "fluffy" the sand is seems like the easiest place to loose something.

In both hunts so far, I had no problem finding clad, and kids toys. However, I have been skunked in regards to non-junk jewelry. I'm thinking about taking that hour trip over to the beach again today, and would like to give myself the best oppurtunity to find my first gold.

So, what "band" should I be paying more attention to? Each has its own merits as to why someone may drop a ring in it. I'd love to hear other peoples opinions.

I have an Explorer SE, so going totally submerged is out of the question, but I'm thinking about removing my X-1 probe and getting the SE a little wet.

Thanks in advance for the feedback,

Jai

Dry sand - mostly clad lost from their pockets.

Water (and adjacent wet sand) - gold that they lose when swimming and skin shrinks. They all are bad swimmers and afraid of water so they swim at chest deep (in different tides). There is your gold loot waiting.

More gold is found at night than in day light. Avoid humans as much as possible. Most of them hate us and throw stones.

 

[Bobbie]

That will give you a good indication as to what you will find.
Dry sand - AKA the towel line......sometimes gold is lost there when they remove it to go into the water
damp sand areas - AKA the mommy line .............mothers will loose their rings here watching the little ones
Wet sand..........depends on how far the tide goes out.....was it once chest deep waters at high tide?
Water........also depends on how far the tide goes out......may be well over their heads at high tide and not many venture there.

Family beaches.......not many wear gold to the water......they know better
Resort beaches.......plenty of show-offs..........check the chest deep waters

As long as you are finding something, you are on the right track.

 

[SK8CRIMINAL]

in my beach hunting experiences, no particular place is ideal. just follow your instincts & listen for the beeps. following a pattern is just not ideal in my opinion, as i've found rings scattered all about different parts of the beaches i've hunted. my best advice, hit the beach early when the crowds are still apparent & go where you see the most congestion. most important of all....get there before the beach kings sweep the sand. good luck!

 

[fieldboy]

n/t

 

[Terry SoCal]

In my opinion shallow water and wet sand detecting produces the best over all results. Low tide hunting will also greatly increase your fines depending on the season. Summer low tides your chances increase finding gold lost in prevent few days. Winner low tides are only good after a storm cut. Any storm cut any time is the place to be other than at high tide. Cuts are very dangerous! A vertical wall of sand standing 12 inch to 15 feet tall stands between you and the dry sand.
Good Luck $ Happy Hunting.
Terry

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

Had the best results there, signals can be few but the advantage is not digging 10lbs of foil and batterys, junk and the dreaded pulltab!!!!!! Wave action pushes/pulls the light stuff away

 

[Jaichim24]

Thanks all for your feedback, I'll have to try that the next time I hit the beach. As for my last outing, the beach was too busy during low tide, so I ended up hitting the dryer sandy section. By the time the water area was clearing out, high tide was coming in. Ahh well! Next time!

Jai