Metal Detecting on Beaches - How to Score Great Finds

ByMax Wagner

Metal detecting on beaches is a popular hobby shared by many people. It is fun and easy, and your chances of finding some treasure are good. Treasure hunting happens in all types of environment, but beach metal detecting is one of the more common locations for people who enjoy this activity. Many people lose something when they go to a beach. You could be lucky enough to reap the rewards. A coin, ring or other small object dropped in the sand disappears quickly. People can drop coins, keys or other items while lounging around or playing in the sand. Someone can easily lose things playing in the water after applying slippery sunscreen. Although you may not find something every time you go out, imagine the excitement of finding a piece of gold jewelry or a hundred year old coin.

Great finds, easy recovery and pleasant surroundings make the beach a perfect location for finding lost treasure. Finding a buried coin or piece of jewelry in the clean sand found on most beaches makes detecting fun for beginners and experienced hunters. Make sure you have the right kind of metal detector for the area you are hunting. Stay out of the water if your detector is not water-rated, or it can be quickly destroyed.

Location is important in metal detecting. You can learn about spots that haven't been hunted if you do some research. To increase your chance of finding treasure, choose a beach that is used by lots of people or was used a lot in the past. You can search several zones at a beach, such as dry sand, wet sand and shallow water. Water offers the best chance of finding jewelry for several reasons. People lose chains and bracelets when they splash around or rings become lose and fall off because the cold water shrinks their fingers. Besides ocean beaches, riverbanks are prime locations for metal detecting because they were highly traveled by early settlers and are still high traffic areas today.

As this hobby is growing so quickly, metal detecting on the beach is becoming more competitive. There are several things you can do to insure coming home with more than just trash. Think about where to find the untapped resource of the beach. Obviously you are bound to find lost treasures where more people congregate. Find a beach area that is visited by many people but not yet popular with metal detectorists. There could be a less popular beach a short distance away. Areas of beaches without lifeguards are probably not visited by people who go in the water; however, these areas may be frequented by joggers, fishermen, surfers or even dog walkers.

A good time to go metal detecting at the beach is on a Friday night. You can score treasures lost by anyone visiting the beach during the week and before other metal detectorists show up Saturday morning. You may also try a Sunday night after a busy weekend.

No matter where you hunt, you cannot avoid finding trash. Don't waste your time trying to decide if an item is worthless or not. Dig up everything and take it home to sort out later. What you thought was junk could actually be valuable treasure. The key to scoring while metal detecting is not based on how fancy your detector is; it depends on you and how fast you can recover your targets. Basically, your chances of finding something valuable are better if your recover more targets.

Metal detecting on the beach is a good way to find amazing treasures, such as lost jewelry, change or other lost treasures. It also lets you enjoy the outdoors and get a little exercise. Don't try to cover the entire beach in one hunt. Take your time and go slow. Part of metal detecting is being courteous, so remember to fill in your holes when you're done digging. People walking or jogging on the beach rarely look where they're going.

Max Wagner has always enjoyed beachcombing and has been avidly metal detecting for several years. For more information and tips for successful beach treasure hunting, visit his website at www.TreasureMetalDetecting.com.

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Metal Detecting - The Healthy Hobby

Every where you look these days you see ads on how important having a proper diet and exercising are. It is true everyone could use some exercise but finding a fun way to exercise can be difficult. I found what I believe to be a very fun way, It is so fun in fact that you might not even know that your getting exercise.

Metal detecting is a great way to do this. You might be thinking to yourself how is that possible? Your just standing there moving the coil from side to side. That is not exercise. But there is more to it than that.

Take me for instance when I go out combing the beach, I go for three to four hours. Now that whole time I am walking. It might be a slow walk or it could be a fast walk depending on the beach conditions but none the less I am on my feet for several hours at a time. That alone is more than most people do in a day.

Secondly, my beach detector is not exactly as light as a feather. While it does not weigh a ton it can get tiring swinging it for three to four hours straight. I also carry a backpack. In my backpack I have my wallet, cell phone, camera, two bottles of water and some other miscellaneous things but my point is extra weight that I carry around with me and I have not even gotten to recovering your items. That is where you will get the most work.

For beach hunting I use a long handled stainless steel scoop to help me recover lost treasures. It slices through that sand like a hot knife through butter. It weighs in at around seven pounds on it's own. With the scoop full of wet sand you can easily add another ten pounds to the total and that does not even factor in the suction of the wet sand itself. On average I might dig anywhere from fifteen to one hundred holes in one outing with this scoop. That alone is one heck of a work-out. Now if you squat down every time you have found something that is fifteen to one hundred squat thrusts that you have just done with the extra weight of the back pack and metal detector. So if you think that metal detecting is not a form of exercise, My legs and arms would beg to differ.

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A Number of Tips on Finding Coins With a Metal Detector

For many metal detecting for coins can be a very profitable hobby and hopefully the tips on finding coins that we provide below will help you to not only find more but also better coins as well.
1.
Searching Previously Metal Detected Areas
Although these types of areas can prove very challenging and there may be finds few and far between there will always be something good left behind. Below are some tips for searching these types of sites.
Before you commence your hunt take a look in the area and come up with a plan for hunting it. Note areas that seem un-obvious to others as most people will often head for the easiest and obvious areas first. Head towards areas where there are bushes, shrubs or areas that are over grown as these are places that most people will avoid when they are out metal detecting.My video here is a prime example  of what I am talking aboutAlso go to areas where you think that have seen less metal detecting traffic such as round by fence lines or side walk strips.
Also dig in areas even if you only get a whisper or hint of something being there. Many people when out searching for coins or any form of treasure will move away from those areas where the signal is not strong.
2. Finding Deep Coins
This is completely different from finding coins that are on the surface (within 1-5 inches of the surface) and will generally give a strong signal. However deep coins are to be found in the 5-10 inch range and the response you get when you sweep the coil over them will be different. Often these coins will not sound solid and repeatable and instead will offer a whisper or jumpy signal that will in a lot of cases sound similar to the signal for rubbish that is located with a metal detector.
The easiest way in order to train your ears so that they become accustomed to detecting deep coins is to dig deep. So any time you pick up a signal that is deep and iffy then dig.
Hopefully the tips on finding coins provided above will help you when you are metal detecting in the future.
J C Christian is an avid follower of metal detectors and how they work. He runs an informational site that follows Garrett Metal Detectors, Fisher Metal Detectors, Tesoro Metal Detectors, and Kellyco Metal Detectors just to name a few.

HYVIS Motor oil token

I was Metal detecting a friends property today and unearthed this cool token

Has anyone ever found one of these? If so let me know what information you have on this.All I know is that the company was in business from 1920 to 1938.I was very happy to have found this as you can tell.