beach

  1. When at the beach

    Keep your eyes down on the ground. I have found more coal then I need by doing this and a very good looking fossil. Hit the beaches after rain or a storm of any kind. Look for black or dark rocks. They could be coal or fossils and look for anything metal. This is a good time to find good shells...
  2. Noobie in Orlando

    Hi Everyone, New to the hunt and looking to learn. Needed a MD to find a lost item in my yard and found it to be fun. Very confused about Florida detecting laws and don't want to get into trouble, cause well I hate that when that happens :-). I had hoped to wade out a little into the surf so I...
  3. First time hunting at the beach

    I've had my GoldBug Pro a year or so now and haven't done much but hunt on my parents 80+ acre farm that's been in the family forever. Haven't found anything spectacular but fun nonetheless! I took my MD to the beach last year and never even used it because the Bluefish were biting too well...
  4. Mobile area beaches? Any chance to hunt ?

    I will be in Mobile next week for the bowl game. I won't have much time but would love to at least swing a coil on a beach before returning to the frozen North. My only chance will probably be Monday, January 6. I can't wonder too far from Mobile but wondered if there is a beach I could hit...
  5. Request Assistance IDing Rocks

    We realize that these rocks aren't "treasure", but we're hoping the community can help us identify them. My 11 year old daughter has a school assignment to identify 10 rocks - we randomly picked 10 rocks from the Pacific Coast (beach rocks). We both are having a hard time identifying them and...
  6. Today was my first time hunting - What a blast!

    View Profile Email Personal Message (Online) First Time MD'ing. I am HOOKED! « on: Today at 04:34:33 pm » Quote Modify Remove Been wanting a Garrett 250 or AT PRO but wasn't sure if I would like hunting. So I spent $46 and bought a cheap MD from Harbor Freight to...
  7. Beach Cut Yields Silver!

    For those new to beach hunting this video may be of help. Anytime there is a new "cut" in the sand as shown in this video there is a good possibility of finding nice targets with a metal detector. It means that some sand has been washed away, often taking the lightweight trash with it and...
  8. Interesting day at the beach

    2 videos of my beach finds::hello2::hello2::hello2: What do you guys think?
  9. First time metal detecting on the beach?

    Hi, this will be the first time I will metal detecting on the beach. I was wondering if any can give me some beginner tips. Thanks!
  10. AT Pro on the beach again -

    Spent an hour on a Florida Gulf Coast beach yesterday evening. Small beach, not many people there. As soon as I started detecting a man walked up and said, 'You won't find anything. A guy with a detector just left - he was here for hours and scoured the entire beach.' I thanked him and...
  11. how to revael the gold hidden inside quartz block? need some help

    hi there, i was prospecting last week end in an amazing beach containing various caves... looking for some hidden treasure, and found a lot of quartz blocks containing gold. iam using a fisher gold bug MD and was wondering how to reveal the gold? what are the easiest method? i have read about...
  12. wanting to buy waterproof detector

    Looking to buy a waterproof metal detector. Not looking for new. I Would be interested in an older unit that is not expensive. Prefer one owner who is looking to reduce his detectors numbers. Like I said reasonably Priced and not new.:headbang:
  13. Newbie needing some helpful pointers!

    Hi all, Just signed up to this forum after lurking, reading and doing some research! Thinking about getting into the hobby and need a little bit of guidance and thought this was the best place to come. I currently live in Puerto Rico which has a good history of natural gold being present on...
  14. Hello from NW Georgia!

    Hello to everyone on this wonderful site. I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and say hello. Being born and raised literally next door to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, I spent much of my childhood metal detecting, digging for bottles at old dump sites...
  15. "Lord of the Rings" by Cape Cod Times / Ocean finds - A MUST view

    Be sure to read the article and view the video! By popular demand I am posting the following links: Article Link: Yarmouth man finds class rings buried in Cape waters | CapeCodOnline.com Some of the items on the tray in the article are: 1773 8 reales, 1897 silver dollar, 1934 half dollar...
  16. What beaches are best?

    Im here on Oahu and looking for a good beach to find rings. Does anyone know what resort beaches allow metal detecting?
  17. Compac with SILVER coins inside !

    Today I met up with a couple friends. Been wanting to hit another site that was on my bucket list... Today it paid off bigtime... Walked straight down to the beach and bang... First item of the day was a Captain Midnight Badge.... Dates from 1941, and it's the first issue of the badge... I love...
  18. Compac with SILVER coins inside !

    Today I met up with a couple friends, Leprechaun & Plymouthonian. Been wanting to hit another site that was on my bucket list... Today it paid off bigtime... Walked straight down to the beach and bang... First item of the day was a Captain Midnight Badge.... Dates from 1941, and it's the first...
  19. Compac with SILVER coins inside !

    Today I met up with a couple friends, Leprechaun and Plymouthonian. Been wanting to hit another site that was on my bucket list... Today it paid off bigtime... Walked straight down to the beach and bang... First item of the day was a Captain Midnight Badge.... Dates from 1941, and it's the first...
  20. New Member intro and a question

    Hello everyone, name is Bill, First I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I live in the Space Coast area of Florida just across A1A from the beach. Just my wife and I and our two kids (the kind that walk on all fours and have problems enounciating). So far I have only been...
  21. 💵 FOR SALE Whites Beach Hunter I D 9.5 inch Coil first $500.00 owns it Pay Pal only Please

    First $500.00 owns it plus shipping... Lower 48 only Up for auction is a used White's Beach Hunter Id beach and surf metal detector. Water proof up to 25 feet. Works great either on the dry or wet sand and in the water. Beach Hunter ID has a 9.5 inch coil Recently sent it into White's for a...
  22. Specta V3 Salt Beach Program Suggestions Needed

    So, the background. I have a Spectra V3 that has limited miles on it. This is my second time taking it to the Outer Banks to hunt. The first time I took it only in dry sand. Now I'm venturing farther into the surf to try and find something a little older (perhaps). I know that the summer is not...
  23. Finds 8/30/12 Alki Beach Seattle...

    I hit Alki beach again as part of my continued learning. I dug about 30 holes and only came up with a few interesting things - lots of junk. But it is good to get the junk off the beach. All this was dug around the volleyball courts and down to the water line. I am using an ACE 250 and I...
  24. Newbie Needs a Hug :(

    Well... Maybe just an ear to pout a little. Had my best target yet on Humarock Beach this morning. Went out for a super low tide at sunrise. I had the sensitivity dial maxed LOW and the trash dial maxed HIGH (what I call my "lazy/quality" setting) over a hole I was digging to try to zero in...
  25. Question reguarding Beach Hunter 300 vs Surf PI

    I am asking this question here as I asked this question on the white's forum in the talk to whites area and for some reason it got removed? I do not understand why but maybe some one here could help me. I live in AZ and going to move somewhere back south-southeast not sure where could be...
  26. Need Advice

    All of the videos and reports of beach hunting I have seen have shown people finding all of their jewelry in the water. My Fisher's display box isn't waterproof but the coil is. Should I take the risk and go out in the water for the goods? If so, how deep should my limit be? Remember, my display...
  27. Headphones

    I'm going to the beach and am planning to get some headphones for my MD to not disturb people trying to have fun an all. My budget is very tight because of the short notice, so I need something $30 or under. I don't want such low quality that is breaks after a couple of trips but it needs to do...
  28. Beach hunt

    I'm bringing my Fisher F2 to the beach next week and I have some questions about beach hunting. Is a sand scoop really all that good? Also, where am I going to find the most jewelry? I have seen a lot of people waste deep finding rings and such. Is that the only place on the beach where jewelry...
  29. Anyone interested in a 6 month old Garrett Sea Hunter with 3 coils and original box?

    Hello, I bought the Garrett Sea Hunter Brand New back in January with the intention of doing alot of chest deep ocean hunting. I used it about 25 times and decided that I liked hunting up on the shoreline better, after an encounter with about 10 bull sharks at Fort Desota Beach (chest deep). I...
  30. Couple questions about relic hunting?

    Hey everyone im moving to ringgold ga and i want to know of some stuff... 1) what are good number id signals for relics for the at pro? 2) When are good and bad times to metal detect in farmers fields? 3) how would you ground balence properly in the field with the at pro? 4) the garrett at pro...
  31. WOT coil on Sovereign GT and Sovereign Elite falses way to much in salt water?

    WOT coil on Sovereign GT and Sovereign Elite false's way to much in salt water? Hello, I just bought a NEW WOT for my Sovereign GT and Elite and it not only is so hard to pinpoint with the gigantic coil it false's alot even with the sensitivity turned as far clockwise. It also loses alot of...
  32. Whites Surf PI Dual Coil, Any insight?

    Just bought the White Surf PI Dual Coil and am really excited to start using it. the weekend cant get here quick enough! any tips from the White PI crowd will be much appreciated! TIA :occasion14:
  33. Silver uMax and 11" widescan in wet salt sand

    I have read that the 11" widescan Tesoro coil will give me wider scanning coverage and about the same depth as the 8" concentric coil that comes with the Silver uMax. That's good for me and might be enough reason to buy it. However, I also would like to scan the wet, salty sand at my Southern...
  34. Western Australian Nor West Coastal Treasure hunt.

    Mywife & I just completed a 3 week 3661 kilometres (almost 2275 miles)Western Australian coastal camping trip from Gosnells to Exmouth (Home of theWorld Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef and Whale Sharks) and back. Although I didnot discover shipwreck treasure, by the end of the trip I had 177...
  35. New Guy

    I am new to beach and shallow-water hunting. I live in Fort Worth, Texas, I swing a Garrett Acer Pro and I'm looking for a hunting buddy to introduce me to the fine art of this firm of detecting...
  36. Best PI machine for Salt beach

    I'm thinking about buying a PI machine for hunting the wet sand and shallow water(up to chest deep) of a salt water beach. I'm wondering what the opinions of everyone here are as to what PI machine is best for this application. I currently use an Excal II for the beach and it's been great, but...
  37. Customising your Beach Detector...

    OK'' call me different, but I can't stand looking like everybody else, My detector has got tobe 1 of a kind"" I've re-couped 7 of these so far...its EZ, anybody can do it. I got the Idea from a guy in Southern Cal. Goodluck All,,See you on the beach'' HH. PS....Food for thought :-)
  38. Sovereign GT in wet mineralized sand in Southwest Florida

    Hello, I now hunt the beaches of South West Florida with a Sovereign GT and the Sea Hunter. I should of listened to all of your advice, because now after 4 metal detectors I believe I have the best 2 for my usage. First of ALL the Sovereign is awesome!!! How it NULL's iron on the beaches from...
  39. Need some advice for hunting virgin beaches in Africa...

    Hello all... I am in need of some advice. I am an American living and working in Africa and I have access to lots of virgin beaches here in Mozambique. I have never seen any detectorists on the beaches I frequent so I brought my Garrett GTAx 550 w/ DD coil over to check it out. I have been...
  40. Submerging a wreck??

    How does 1 bring up a sunken boat ? What kind of permit do I need? for freash water recovery? does anybody know? Can anybody recover abandon boats? I know of 2 abandoned sunken boats....big suckers too'' How do I recover??
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