shallow beach hunting.. snorkel or stand?

[re-tek]

do you shallow water beach guys walk along and swing the MD'er underwater or do you snorkel with the MD'er? i'm talking 4 feet of water or less.

 

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[Marty-Graw]

i normally wade....it seems like it would be easier to know where you have been....so you can try to make overlapping passes

 

[Sandman]

Wading uses less energy and is more efficient. Plus you can see the babes better cause if you snorkel you miss to much.

 

[erikk]

The dark polarized sun glasses are important too-they cant tell you are watching

 

[kevino1960]

erikk, my tongue hanging out is a dead giveaway :P

 

[wailinmacs]

I'm new to md's . my long scoop has a 5'' bucket. the sand here is soft and silty. if i miss the target on the first try it takes me a lot of work to get threw the fill in . then any little current pulls me off balance. so i started getting in there with snorkel gear and a hand scoop. it's been allot easy er to handle the current and picking up targets faster. I've try-ed it in up to 2' ft. surf . I'm working on getting a bigger, deeper long handle scoop for when it gets rough.

 

[sailrunner]

I have a not so good back some days , so I also have snorkeled to find the goodies. Usually on a not so calm gulf, when the waves are beating on me
IF anyone would have a used wade scoop they want to sell I would be interested.
Thanks

 

[FLauthor]

If you are using a hookha rig then that's a good method but snorkling in 4 foot of water is tiresome. I wade in water as deep as 5.5 feet, I'm 6'4" and use a long handled scoop and pull a floating sifting box to dig and dump, dig and dump. Broken shells can hide a good target and the sifting box makes it easier to go through the overburden for a recovery. It also acts as a marker buoy in case any jet skiers/boaters are in the area. I cordone off a spot in the box to keep the junk in and wear a belt pouch for coins and jewelry away from the eyes of the curious. Out of sight/out of mind, I always say. Box works great in Gulf but sucks at the Atlantic.