Overkill Overkill
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- Feb 18, 2010
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5 Questions; Don't View if Easily Annoyed
1) Roughly how deep is the 'standard' beach? For example, Clearwater Beach: at the shoreline, could one dig 30 feet down?, 50 feet down?, 3 feet down? I think it would be a neat experiment to section off a 4' X 4' section of the wet sand and go down 5-6 feet and metal detect. The reason I say this is because it seems that a primary limiting factor to us finding more stuff at the beach is that it's simply too deep for our detectors to reach. So, if it were theoretically possible to skim off the top 4-6 feet of sand, could more be found? (A young lady posted this same sort of post about 2 months ago about bringing a shovel to the beach.).
2) It seeemed like I was getting the most targets (coins, etc.) at almost low tide in the wet sand just a few inches inland of where the surf broke on the sand. Is this area of what I call 'shore disturbance' generally considered to be a good area to hunt? But on another night in the same area I wasn't getting nearly the same results, perhaps because there was a wind coming off the land toward the water, thereby minimizing the crashing of waves on the sand.
3) Can someone perhaps post a picture of how to mount a magnet in your water scoop. Also, I guess the point of a magnet is to try to run the sand you've scooped up over the magnet to have the iron worthless object stick to the magnet, thereby saving time?
4) I've recently read about gold being found in 3 different locations: waist deep water, in the wet sand, and also toward the dry part of the wet/dry sand. So, is this evidence that gold is usually found very close to where it is dropped due to its weight, or I guess it depends on the strength of the current, etc.?
5) I had several wet sand targets 'escape.' In other words, I think they slipped through the holes of my scoop. So, I guess I need to perhaps getting a scoop with smaller holes, or consider using a second strainer or whatever they are called? Along these lines, how does one avoid the problem of earrings or small bracelets slipping through the holes of your scoop and then getting swept away by the water?
1) Roughly how deep is the 'standard' beach? For example, Clearwater Beach: at the shoreline, could one dig 30 feet down?, 50 feet down?, 3 feet down? I think it would be a neat experiment to section off a 4' X 4' section of the wet sand and go down 5-6 feet and metal detect. The reason I say this is because it seems that a primary limiting factor to us finding more stuff at the beach is that it's simply too deep for our detectors to reach. So, if it were theoretically possible to skim off the top 4-6 feet of sand, could more be found? (A young lady posted this same sort of post about 2 months ago about bringing a shovel to the beach.).
2) It seeemed like I was getting the most targets (coins, etc.) at almost low tide in the wet sand just a few inches inland of where the surf broke on the sand. Is this area of what I call 'shore disturbance' generally considered to be a good area to hunt? But on another night in the same area I wasn't getting nearly the same results, perhaps because there was a wind coming off the land toward the water, thereby minimizing the crashing of waves on the sand.
3) Can someone perhaps post a picture of how to mount a magnet in your water scoop. Also, I guess the point of a magnet is to try to run the sand you've scooped up over the magnet to have the iron worthless object stick to the magnet, thereby saving time?
4) I've recently read about gold being found in 3 different locations: waist deep water, in the wet sand, and also toward the dry part of the wet/dry sand. So, is this evidence that gold is usually found very close to where it is dropped due to its weight, or I guess it depends on the strength of the current, etc.?
5) I had several wet sand targets 'escape.' In other words, I think they slipped through the holes of my scoop. So, I guess I need to perhaps getting a scoop with smaller holes, or consider using a second strainer or whatever they are called? Along these lines, how does one avoid the problem of earrings or small bracelets slipping through the holes of your scoop and then getting swept away by the water?
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