bigscoop
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- Jun 4, 2010
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- Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
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Ah, here comes that cool northern air, that first hint that better beach hunting conditions are close at hand. Very soon now the breezes will gradually start to shift from the south to the north and with this so will the wave action. For the last several months those waves have been rolling straight in but over the next few months we'll see a gradual shift in the angle of their approach,these being not so straight in and no so subdued.
Shoreline currents will also start to form, some of these being very strong. And of course, in all of this the sand is going to be gradually rearranged and gradually removed, deeply buried items will start getting exposed and even redistributed whenever these northern winter seas generate enough force. So, “Don't put those beach detectors away!”
Imagine if you could go to the beach right now and strip an entire foot of sand off the beach. How bout two-feet, or even three-feet. By January this might even be four-feet or more in some locations. Once this winter stripping action begins you'll start to encounter more fishing sinkers, hunks of iron and pieces of heavy metal crap. You'll also start to see more shell and chunks of coral,all of these denser items having been in total hibernation in their deep sand haunts throughout most of the summer. These same deep sand haunts are where a lot of your gold and silver has laid in hibernation as well.
Think of this winter transition as a “two steps forward and one step back” proposition. Each time a winter front passes through sand is removed and redistributed, a little of it returning during the lull between fronts, just how much depending on the length of the lull and the building of those shoreline currents.Now is the time to be on the beach, even taking pictures if you must just so you'll have a visual reference to compare these gradual transitions against. The best hunting of the entire year is on the way if you can just dial yourself in on those locations where the sand is being gradually removed.
Think of the beach as being several thin layers of sand, the potential that new items are going to be exposed with every layer removed. It's much the same effect as a fierce storm only this winter transition doesn't happen all at once, but rather it comes about slowly over an extended period of time. Very slowly you're going to see the wet sand transition from shades of tans and light browns to shades dark brown and gray. Before this winter is over you're going to be able to stand on the beach at low tide and you're going to be able to see a scattering of chunky shell, a scattering of chunky shell that you just don't see right now. So, “Don't put those beach detectors away.” On my area beaches, it tis the season to start getting serious about finding gold and silver.
Shoreline currents will also start to form, some of these being very strong. And of course, in all of this the sand is going to be gradually rearranged and gradually removed, deeply buried items will start getting exposed and even redistributed whenever these northern winter seas generate enough force. So, “Don't put those beach detectors away!”
Imagine if you could go to the beach right now and strip an entire foot of sand off the beach. How bout two-feet, or even three-feet. By January this might even be four-feet or more in some locations. Once this winter stripping action begins you'll start to encounter more fishing sinkers, hunks of iron and pieces of heavy metal crap. You'll also start to see more shell and chunks of coral,all of these denser items having been in total hibernation in their deep sand haunts throughout most of the summer. These same deep sand haunts are where a lot of your gold and silver has laid in hibernation as well.
Think of this winter transition as a “two steps forward and one step back” proposition. Each time a winter front passes through sand is removed and redistributed, a little of it returning during the lull between fronts, just how much depending on the length of the lull and the building of those shoreline currents.Now is the time to be on the beach, even taking pictures if you must just so you'll have a visual reference to compare these gradual transitions against. The best hunting of the entire year is on the way if you can just dial yourself in on those locations where the sand is being gradually removed.
Think of the beach as being several thin layers of sand, the potential that new items are going to be exposed with every layer removed. It's much the same effect as a fierce storm only this winter transition doesn't happen all at once, but rather it comes about slowly over an extended period of time. Very slowly you're going to see the wet sand transition from shades of tans and light browns to shades dark brown and gray. Before this winter is over you're going to be able to stand on the beach at low tide and you're going to be able to see a scattering of chunky shell, a scattering of chunky shell that you just don't see right now. So, “Don't put those beach detectors away.” On my area beaches, it tis the season to start getting serious about finding gold and silver.
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Gonna have to do some serious shopping!
