How Many Hours Per Week Do You Spend Mding Your Beaches?

Sandman

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Aug 6, 2005
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Excal 1000, Excal II, Sovereign GT, CZ-20, Tiger Shark, Tejon, GTI 1500, Surfmaster Pulse, CZ6a, DFX, AT PRO, Fisher 1235, Surf PI Pro, 1280-X, many more because I enjoy learning them. New Garrett Ca
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Between Memorial Day and Labor Day when our county beaches are open I personally log about 2 hours a day on average to clean the swim areas and dry sand with the group of beach cleaners I manage. This is not a real hobby though now. More like a job that we are paid to do.

When I am able to hunt for fun I manage to get out once or twice a week for about 2 hours at a time anywhere I want to go and usually in the water. Once fall gets here I try to get out four times a week for some land hunting if the knees will let me.
I am retired and have no wife to tell me what to do and waste no time watching her shop in fabric stores.
 

S.S.Tupperware

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Jul 18, 2009
798
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Orlando
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PI Dual/Coinmaster 5500d/DFX/BHID
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All Treasure Hunting
Sandman has the Bachelor Pad!!! I manage 15-20 hours, when the wife and I head to the condo, usually 3-4 hours every morn and afternoon/eve. We usually make it out there thurs. eve, and leave sun afternoon.
 

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digum smacks

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8-18hrs a week.once in a blue moon 5 hrs. during the week day
 

surfnturf

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Feb 28, 2010
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East/West Coast
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Stealth 720i hybrd
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12 to 20 depending on tide times and the conditions of the beach! The conditions will sometimes make me pull double sessions!! :icon_pirat:
 

ron lord

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Apr 2, 2007
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Zephyrhills Fl
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excel 1000 with 8 inch coil, Garrett AT MAX and a silver U MAX
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4 to 6 hours per day, 6 Days a week. :walk:
 

Smudge

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Jul 9, 2010
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Central Florida
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I'm stuck in the 9-5, M-F rut, but I'm putting in about 5-6 hours a week at the beach.

It'll probably go up once things cool down here in Florida a little.
 

Sandman

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Aug 6, 2005
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Excal 1000, Excal II, Sovereign GT, CZ-20, Tiger Shark, Tejon, GTI 1500, Surfmaster Pulse, CZ6a, DFX, AT PRO, Fisher 1235, Surf PI Pro, 1280-X, many more because I enjoy learning them. New Garrett Ca
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All Treasure Hunting
It is important to just get out when you feel like it as this is supposed to be fun remember. I am cutting back on the clean ups for the county and going to do some of my own fun.
 

erikk

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Jan 6, 2007
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Punta Gorda FL
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EX2',CZ7a pro,Excaliburs 1000 & 2, F-75's ,Garrett Sea Hunter & Infinium LS PI , 1235X
4-5 hrs a day 4-6 days week
 

petersra

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Apr 26, 2006
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a few miles from the ocean
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Tesoro Tiger Shark + Cheap Radio Shack + Whites DF PI + Aquasound
Not near often enough for my taste. Depends largely on family commitments and "other duties as assigned". Although I am retired, I am still active in other things and people. Some summer weeks I may go 4 times 4-6 hours at a time. However, if you take the whole summer into account, probably once a week on average, 4-6 hours. Outside of summer, I may go 4-6 hours per week or less.
 

tnt-k9

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Mar 28, 2010
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Dutch Caribbean
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Generally an hour every other day when I have to work and 4 -5 hours on my days off. In a whole I'd say 15 hours a week. What's funny is when I tell my coworkers about my finds they tell me I'm wasting time working and I should just metal detect full time.
 

seeker41

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Feb 18, 2007
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spacecoast florida
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usually 3 hours per trip. twice during the week and two to four times each weekend
so........12 to 18 hours per week from june to september.
 

mlayers

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Oct 29, 2007
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Northern, OH
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Right now I only get out one day one the weekend. So when I get out it is normally 3 hours on a beach and then I hunt a few hours in tot lots.....Matt
 

LiquidAsset

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Sep 8, 2010
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Somewhere Beautiful......
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A couple hours a few times a week. I go in the evenings when the coast is clear. Still looking for a couple honey holes that can produce more than bottle caps and beer cans.

One or two days I venture off to more remote destinations and spend the day.
 

urdaboss

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Nov 15, 2009
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kissimmee fl
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white's classic lll SL minelab excalibur II Explorer-s
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Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
:coffee2:
when i worked full time i made it to the east coast 5-10 hrs a week.
now that i am retired i do not have enough time. :help:
does that make any sense?
 

beachboy

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May 26, 2008
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Well, in the summer from mid-June to August about 20 hours a week, I have the summer off, so I have a lot of time. Now, about 6 hours a week, only on the weekend.
 

Cr4zyH0rs3

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Mar 3, 2007
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MA.
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seeker41 said:
usually 3 hours per trip. twice during the week and two to four times each weekend
so........12 to 18 hours per week from june to september.


Same here also.
 

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