Metal Detecting Beaches - Sports

Perhaps its the roar of the waves as they roll onto the shore. Maybe it's the sound of the seagulls flying overhead. Soft white level smooth sands gently sloping up the beach, hiding lost money and jewelry. All these attractions can be fulfilled in an exciting and unique hobby experience; metal detecting on beaches. Because of its growing popularity, any tips or sectrets gathered along the way can mean making the great find while metal detecting on beaches.

Gridding a beach is a successful search method. Methodically searching small areas as with the gridding the beach method can increase finds. Random searching is different from gridding as with a random search vast areas can try to be covered in a matter of hours. Gridding requires the selecting of small well used areas or grids and searching using a fixed pattern. Search patterns can be as simple as starting from the top or high beach searching down to the shoreline, then moving to the side and searching back up the beach in parallel with the previous searches. Searches can be in any parallel pattern, but each sweep of the target area should be approx. 1 foot (300mm) apart. Circular search patterns are also used with the start being in the centre and the search working outwards in increasingly larger circles. Gridding the beach allows you to create lines in the sand with your feet in order to mark where you've searched -- eliminating the possibility that you'll re-trace yo ur steps.

A way of metal detecting on beaches, which can be particularly rewarding, and is often ignored is saltwater hunting. A purpose made metal detector which is waterproof is needed for this. Valuable finds may be discovered in the areas missed by other detectors, so the saltwater hunting of areas still submerged but only accessible at low tide can be rewarding. Locating the exact position of saltwater hunting targets can be challenging. Less trash is found in the water when hunting further from the shoreline. Trash or rubbish such as ring pulls, pull tabs bottle tops etc. tend to keep being churned by the waves on the edge of the sea at the shoreline. To avoid large amounts of trash being detected, hunts should move to deeper water. Small weak signals are often ignored by some hunters, but can be worthwhile, particularly underwater, so they may be worth following. Not finding too much should not be aworry. The tide is always moving the sand and might give you a better chance a nother day.

Beaches are best search by metal detectors in the summer. Many people are swimming, surfing, and visiting the beaches in general, which replenishes their store of treasures and creates plenty of targets for you to find. The most popular beaches are the best place to start. Less busy times like early mornings and late evening are the best time to metal detect on beaches.

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