DOES GRIDDING A BEACH OR ZIG ZAGING PRODUCE MORE FINDS ?

[streetglide]

I have tried gridding beach areas but it gets boring after a while. I rather zig zag around ? What do others prefer to do ? Thanks Joe

 

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[jeepGold]

It's a large percentage of luck. . Plain and simple

 

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[frogmaster-riviera]

Always try to cover twice the area with a 90° angle difference. Will increase the DFTR*

* DDFTR= Digg & Find-through rate

 

[lookindown]

It's a large percentage of luck. . Plain and simple

More than once Ive had to change my line to go around someone in the water and hit a gold ring as I went around them...lucky they were in my line or I would have missed the gold...so luck does play a role.

 

[Native Floridian]

Zig zag to establish a find line. Then grid both sides of the line.

When i first started beach hunting i was taught this method. I said to myself, yeah right! But as i zig zagged down the beach hitting on clad, pennies, junk etc, sure enough more times than not it formed a line.

There is also the circle method. if you hit on a heavy target grid in a spiraling circle around it. Doing that got me my one and only two gold ring hunt. Ring two about ten feet from ring one.

 

[Bumpstick]

I Zig Zag until a good hit; then I spiral around until the next hit; then again and again jumping from target to target and spinning around until I can't see straight.

I look in my goodie bag and decide to take a break, After enjoying some eye candy its back to the sun crazed dance back to my ride. What a wonderful day in paradise.

 

[SeabeeRon]

In the dry I will grid. In the wet I do more of a zig zag until I hit a pocket of targets, then grid it real tight.