Beach "sanded in"

[Crunchyhippo]

I've heard this term on Youtube a lot with detectorists who hunt in the water. I assume they mean that the sand under their feet is rippled, meaning the sand has recently been laid down, tending to make jewelry sink too deep to find? I was out yesterday in perfect conditions and in water to my waist, and the sand was rippled under my feet. So, figuring it was sanded in, I went to the wet sand to detect, figuring it would be a better use of my time. I mean, it's always possible to find something in any conditions, but I want to go with the odds. Was it a good decision?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I've heard this term on Youtube a lot with detectorists who hunt in the water. I assume they mean that the sand under their feet is rippled, meaning the sand has recently been laid down, tending to make jewelry sink too deep to find? I was out yesterday in perfect conditions and in water to my waist, and the sand was rippled under my feet. So, figuring it was sanded in, I went to the wet sand to detect, figuring it would be a better use of my time. I mean, it's always possible to find something in any conditions, but I want to go with the odds. Was it a good decision?

Rippling is caused from the waves action going ashore after they broke, sanded in is when your feet sink in sand several inches deep when walking.

Sanding in is caused by storms and the gulf stream, magnified by beach renourishment. I have sank 4-6 inches at times when walking. Remember, wet sand was under water at high tide so if sanded in waist deep you also have sanding in on the wet sand.

Gold is denser than Florida sand so it sinks on its on. A good way to witness this is take a gold ring, tie 12-14" piece of dental floss on one end, on other end tie a float like a cork or something and drop the ring in the wet sand at edge of water, wait 30 mins and check ring.

 

[Crunchyhippo]

Rippling is caused from the waves going ashore after they broke, sanded in is when your feet sink in sand several inches when walking. Sanding is caused by storms and gulf stream.

Gold is denser than Florida sand so it sinks on its on. A good way to witness this is take a gold ring, tie 12-14" piece of dental floss on one end, on other end tie a float like a cork or something and drop the ring in the wet sand at edge of water, wait 30 mins and check ring.

Ah. So as long as my feet aren't sinking in the sand, even though it's rippled, I should be good to hunt in the water.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Ah. So as long as my feet aren't sinking in the sand, even though it's rippled, I should be good to hunt in the water.

Yes, you can still hunt sanded in, just depends on, how sanded in it is, and how you have tuned your detector for sensitivity. If you walk for couple hours with no hits at all then move to different area of beach or different beach.