beach finds

I just bought the Garrett AT Max for a week of vacation at Virginia Beach. Well Worth it! I am coming from the 250 and had about 2 days prior to vacation to get acquainted with it. I spent about 6 hours [of vaca detecting I ended up with plenty of change lead weights, trash, match box cars...

Hello! Found this in the surf while looking for shells and beach glass... thought it was glass at first, but looking at it more it has structure and is probably a quartz crystal. Am I right? And if so, is it a good find?

This surface find was out of my league as a detectorist and beachcomber. When i saw this sitting in the surf on the sand and approached it I was shocked to realize I knew what it was right away. This comes from someone who has never been able to find a complete point of any sort in my 65 yrs of...

Well Folks, I have done it! On my second time detecting the beach I have struck gold. It has been a long road (insert sarcasm here) to get to this point. I figured on being about 20+ hours until I hit a big score like a gold wedding ring, but only too about 3.5 hours of detecting. I am beyond...

Hello. I recently found several "coins" encrusted on a large stone at the beach, but I haven't been able to identify them though I have tried. Please help. This is the first one.

Florida beach metal detector finds from Jan – Feb 2015, totaling 105 hours of metal detecting, included 32 pieces of jewelry including 4 gold pieces (white gold and red stone ring, large Gent’s wedding ring, toe ring, crucifix), 6 silver rings including a Pandora ring with cubic zirconium...

Apologies if there is a thread I should be following more so, but I searched on here and nothing stood out directly relating to my question(s). Feel free to point me in the right direction to avoid multiple threads... My question is how to clean relics washed ashore from the ocean and salt...