Beach Metal Detecting

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First Article:

Beach Metal Detecting – 7 Surefire Places to Find Treasure at the Beach

Beach Metal Detecting is not only a fun, exciting and enjoyable hobby, but it can also reward you with more than a few extra bucks to spend. In fact beach metal detecting would have to be one of the few hobbies that can and does pay for itself very quickly.

There are countless examples of novice detectorists paying for their new detector within hours of their first beach metal detecting experience. Like the guy who found a $2500 diamond ring on his very first day out on a beach in Queensland, Australia.

So, armed with your metal detector, where exactly would you find coins and valuables at the beach?

I have come up with at least 7 good places to start. There are many more.

Before we look at the list I would strongly recommend that you make it your policy that with any notable finds you make, like the guy with the ring, you do all you can to find the owner first before keeping it for yourself.

That should be your first priority. You don’t want be known as a scavenger who preys on other people’s misfortune.

If the owner is found you never know, there might be a decent reward for finding the item! Your reputation will be enhanced and such actions may even lead to a profitable finding service which you can advertise.

7 Surefire Places to Find Treasure at the Beach:

1. Tracks to and from the beach – in a lot of places people have to carry all their gear down to the beach. Dropping some coin or other valuables is not uncommon.

2. Dressing sheds – normally there is a lot of sand around dressing/shower sheds which can easily hide dropped items.

3. Under shady trees and bushes – on some beaches you see many people on their day out to the beach taking shade under the small trees and bushes amongst the dunes. These are often good places to find lost items.

4. Sun-baking areas – these are mostly between the lifeguard flags and is the most obvious place to start you search at the end of the day.

5. High water mark right down to the low water mark – some items may have shifted with tide throughout the day which could be missed.

6. Storm water pipes that partly run out to sea – many detectorists neglect this kind of area but after a good storm it can be a great place to find valuable items swept to the sea from the inland.

7. Boat launch ramps – people launching their boats can have loose coin drop from their pockets.

By Doug Smithers
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Second Article:

Beach Metal Detecting – 3 Tips to Make it a Pleasant Experience

Most top notch metal detectors feature waterproof search coils. This will allow you to search for treasure in shallow water at a depth of about two feet, perfect for the edges of fresh water lakes or beach metal detecting. When searching around water, be careful not to get the electronics housing of your metal detector wet.

Tip 1.When beach metal detecting at the ocean, avoid salt spray, because it will work its way into the control housing and damage the electronics of your metal detector. This salt water damage could affect your warranty.

Tip 2.When searching on a beach, it is best to either search in your detectors All Metal mode, or to search with the discrimination level set just high enough to eliminate iron, this is because the value of beach finds is largely in the jewelry rather than in the coins.

Tip 3.The electrical conductivity of the water itself can pose some challenges. You may get false signals when going into and coming out of the water, making it necessary to pay careful attention to keep the coil either in or out of the water, but not to touch the surface. This effect may be observed in either fresh or salt water.

Both fresh and salt water beaches are popular places for metal detecting. Beachcombers lose money and jewelry while doing activities in the sand and water.

It is usually easy to dig in a beach environment, and metal detecting is permitted on most beaches. Occasionally you may be able to help someone recover a piece of jewelry that they have lost, which is cool.

You will dig a lot of aluminum trash at the beach, but the digging is easy, and you can tell people that you are helping the environment by cleaning up the beach and making it safer for people’s feet.

You should carry a trash bag with you so you can properly discard any junk you might dig up. Most metal detector retailers sell a special sand scoop for recovering valuables from the sand quickly, but a common garden trowel will work just fine.

As long a people keep going to the beach, they will keep losing valuables. Enjoy the sand and sun and good luck treasure hunting at the beach with your metal detector.

By James Claysee
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