Detecting after BP spill?

[BDL69]

Hey guys,

Will be heading down to Gulf Shores, AL area this coming March. With all the beach cleaning that was done by BP and others, is it even worth taking my detector with?

Thanks,
Brad

 

[Jason in Enid]

Huh? What does one have to do with the other?

 

[BDL69]

I've heard with all the cleaning they did to the beaches it's hardly worth detecting.....I could be totally wrong however. Don't have a lot of experience detecting yet.

 

[Jason in Enid]

They didn't strip-mine the beaches, they basically just raked the oil soaked sand off. There have been a lot of people back on the beaches since then, but as with ALL beaches, there are a lot of variables at play.

 

[Tackleberry]

I personally worked on a team for the beach clean up after the spill. Gulf shores got hit the hardest. They would take the first couple feet of sand and filter every bit of it.
However, there has been plenty of time and people back on the beaches to replenish the goodies. Pensacola area did not see as much oil and not as much clean up.

 

[lookindown]

Yeah, they were saying the effects of the spill would last for years and years...either they didn't know what they were talking about or they were lying.

 

[Normsel]

I was in Biloxi back in May and hunted about 1/2 mile of beach from shore to road and I have to say it wasn't worth the effort. I was told they haul in sand for the beach so if that was true i know why

 

[BDL69]

Thanks for the input guys.