We have learned that when you get the low tides that you have to take advantage of them, like it or not! I have been working hard to get things done here and have worked myself too much so that I really don’t feel up to hunting in the evening. Yesterday was one more […]
Keen observation with comprehension combines to aid the hunter where nothing else can. It is not enough to “see” something. Everyone can do that but how few people can actually see and comprehend the changes or take note of the time worn evidence of old times. If you do not practice this yet then start […]
Learning from experience Ever plan the perfect hunt? Ever commit the resources, the time, and everything to make sure it comes off just right? Then everything comes together…. The weather is good, the big crowds are there dripping with gold, they wear it into the surf and then lay around in the water and do […]
Springtime on the beach Finally the winter is fading away and springtime is here. Our normal weather in spring is high SE winds and high tides and very heavy humidity, but this weekend was one of those exceptional weekends. The sun was bright in a beautiful blue sky, the humidity was low and the temperature […]
Not a walk in the park “Notice, there are several big pictures and they will take a while to load” We prepared for Memorial day this year and loaded all our gear into the motorhome and when the time came we made the trip to the beach. In this article I hope to express the […]
There are times when normal detecting practices will not function. One case like this is when there are loads of metal trash covering the area you wish to hunt. In these cases you will find that detecting in reverse will be the cure. Yesterday I stopped at an old house site and took the […]
Beach Erosion finds It has been a strange year and the winter has been warm with only a night or two where we built a fire in the fireplace. This spring reacted differently also. Generally after the spring equinox the beach here is piled high with new sand and it feels like Jell-O to […]
Increasing your gold finds For beach hunters there is only one thing on their minds. That is increasing the gold finds. There is so many things that ruin a good beach. Either the wind is out of the wrong direction or too strong or too weak. Either the tides are wrong or just about anything […]
Hot Pockets Now and then something wonderful happens in the edge of the surf. You must learn that when you see it that it is your best shot for gold. It seems to depend on the little things like wind direction and a low wind speed. Normally the configuration at the seashore is one of […]
Beach Sanding This picture shows what was the shoreline, a cut full of water and then the first sandbar. In the picture it is easy to see that the first sandbar is washed down considerably while the sand was moved back near the shore to fill in the cut to make one broad shoreline. The […]
