wheres the jewellery

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hi guys &gals, in november i was detecting on Oliva beach in Spain, when i arrived there was such high seas that it was coming over the harbour wall, and on the main beach it was washing a when i didway the sand dunes! it took a couple of days before i could even get on the beach. when i did the sea had calmed a bit but a wave still pulled the sand from under my feet Ha! i was detecting the wet sand with my Whites p.i and within 4 hours i had found over 100 coin -euros aplenty and a lot of pre euro pesetas . i was wondering why no jewellery - junk or otherwise-not one peice. would it have still been in the water which was still way to rough to venture? had to leave 2 days later. veiws please--thanks Steve

 

[S.S.Tupperware]

I hit a spot like that a few times, all nickles and quarters, minimal trash, 5 foot wide line tight to the sea wall. i believe that the wave action separates them for ya. I also was surprised that there was no gold. I do know that in the canes of 04 many feet were ripped off the shore and this was a place that no longer allows driving for some 20 years or so. So since the sand is back up, they had to wash back in... not enough people to lose that many now a days.

 

[worthy]

thanks for that tuppers!

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

it might be that everyone is selling off there gold now for a few bucks,its thin out there now..
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john

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I've seen beach erosion days, where ....... all the targets are coins (or coin-like targets, like keys, etc...). And no gold jewelry. I believe this is because mother nature sometimes "groups" targets by weight, density, shape, etc... when turning the beach into a natural sluice-box. And coins are not only lighter and less dense that gold rings, but they also "flip" in and out on the receding or incoming surf differently, than a gold ring will react. Thus, sometimes the dense items will have their own little pocket, away from the coins. When you start getting lead fishing sinkers, slow down, since gold and lead have similar density!

I have even seen the "grouping" effect so well pronounced after some storms, where: all the dimes are up top on the wet band. Then the pennies are a little lower, then the quarters and nickels are lower yet. And then all the way out at the water's edge, might be the sinkers, lead, halves, etc... But this is rare to be that "grouped". Most of the time, the targets are jumbled, with the exception, perhaps, of the very light stuff (foil, tabs, etc...) being taken out to sea, leaving only heavier items.

So sometimes, if I find myself in a band of recurring coin types (like, all dimes and thin 60's pennies), but NO iron, and no lead or quarters or whatever, I'll sometimes explore to the fringes of the pocket, to see if the heavier items might be grouped somewhere else on the beach.

 

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thanks for the advice Tom, i wish i could have had more time on the beach that week, when the sea had calmed down enough to get in there-- way to rough! sadly it was holiday over. dont see too many big seas like that in spain , half the beach was on the road!!