Beach hunting strategy?

[Scottdavid]

Where would you detect first? What would your beach hunting top 2 priorities be, if you are most interested in shipwreck stuff and not dropped rings/jewelry? Assuming there hasn’t been a big storm or hurricane recently . . .

1. Around rock jetties
2. Part of the beach that is nearest an inlet, on either side, one with a long history of ship traffic and wrecks (tides possibly washing coins and artifacts in there)
3. Dry sand in front of the dune line
4. At the high tide line - just above or just below
5. Wet sand at low tide
6. Other

 

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[CASPER-2]

some of these might help you
https://www.flickr.com/photos/casper-2

some times you just dont know - you may kill it at dry sand on beach near you and then travel to another state
and do horrible in the dry
A lot of guys fish around jetties - so you will get tons of sinkers - I know guys that hate digging sinker after sinker
Ive gotten some nice gold digging all those sinkers - my theory is because Ive seen many people throw rocks from those jetties
and Ive heard stories through the yrs of people throwing their rings from them after a divorce
but hitting these fishing jetties - I do get a lot of lead
this is just like 4 yrs worth - I have about 300 lbs. plus now - lost count
and thats not counting what i had from my first 25 yrs of detecting

 

[CASPER-2]

this is one yrs lead hunting near jetties - I got a large mans claddagh and a nice 1 carat diamond engagement ring off jetties amoungst other gold

 

[Scottdavid]

Wow that’s a lot of lead - good to know about jetties

 

[RTR]

Casper-2
The state should give you an award for cleaning up the beaches

 

[OBN]

I think your answer lies below Mr Caspers answers..

Motto = "I try to hit where others cant or others wont "

 

[CASPER-2]

and then you have an icon like OBN that uses research, skill, time and persistence = treasure

 

[sonnar28]

If looking for shipwreck items on a beach that has not been disrupted by storms, I would do a wide W from top of beach to low tide line in attempt to find an iron line. Then follow the iron line or slightly above.

 

[A2coins]

Great info

 

[Irishgoldhound]

I love finding lead sinkers at the beach. Let’s you know you’re right in the gold zone.

 

[6mmslayer]

Ditto what Casper and Obn said. And sometimes a little luck helps.

 

[stavr]

lead sinkers are a good sign!
for 2 reasons:
1) no one was here before you ...
2) if this is an old sinkers you have reached a layer / zone of heavy metals

 

[RustyGold]

lead sinkers are a good sign!
for 2 reasons:
1) no one was here before you ...
2) if this is an old sinkers you have reached a layer / zone of heavy metals

Exactly!

 

[islamoradamark]

Diamond rings at the jetty's sounds good to me