Detecting during high tide

[Crunchyhippo]

Do you still go in the water to detect during high tide, or is it more advantageous to just hunt in the surf and/or dry sand? After all, where you could hunt in the water during high tide is where most detectorists have already hunted on land when it was low tide.

 

[Crunchyhippo]

I've been thinking - during high tide, where the water's edge is at, is close to where the towel line used to be during low tide. I think I'd have better results detecting from ankle-deep water up to the top edge of the wet sand. I'd find what's washed up and buried as well as anything good that people dropped near the towel line during low tide. Seems like this would be the better high tide strategy. Any thoughts?

 

[mjb Mike]

go every were let the targets guide you

 

[cudamark]

Except for very recent drops, hunting at high tide is a total waste of time IMO. Wait until low tide and hunt that area then. You can swing a coil faster and easier in the air than you can in the water. That said, I agree with mjb Mike, hunt where the targets are.

 

[Crunchyhippo]

Except for very recent drops, hunting at high tide is a total waste of time IMO. Wait until low tide and hunt that area then. You can swing a coil faster and easier in the air than you can in the water. That said, I agree with mjb Mike, hunt where the targets are.

Due to the local tide cycle, I can't wait until low tide unless I want to only detect on the weekend or the middle of the night on a weekday. Even on the weekend right now, because I'm in such a heavily-visited vacation area, I won't be able to get to the beach because low tide is currently during mid-day, when all the available parking is snapped up.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

There is very little tidal changes in the gulf, Clearwater averages about 1 foot difference between high and low tides, Daytona, New Smyrna averages about 3 foot difference high to low.

The vast majority of lost jewelry at beach is lost in the water, go where the gold is lost the most if you want the best chance to find gold.

 

[Crunchyhippo]

There is very little tidal changes in the gulf, Clearwater averages about 1 foot difference between high and low tides, Daytona, New Smyrna averages about 3 foot difference high to low.

The vast majority of lost jewelry at beach is lost in the water, go where the gold is lost the most if you want the best chance to find gold.

I found a gold chain in the wet sand yesterday. Admittedly fake gold, but gold nevertheless!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I found a gold chain in the wet sand yesterday. Admittedly fake gold, but gold nevertheless!

Wet sand was underwater at high tide. Congrats on the find. Not sure vwhat you mean by "fake gold, but gold never the less"? Do you mean gold plated?

 

[Crunchyhippo]

Wet sand was underwater at high tide. Congrats on the find. Not sure vwhat you mean by "fake gold, but gold never the less"? Do you mean gold plated?

Gold-painted, probably.

 

[Crunchyhippo]

Two bracelets I found Tuesday in the packed, surf sand at high tide

. The one on the left is .925 silver, and the one on the right is fake gold.

 

[Sand Swinger]

Two bracelets I found Tuesday in the packed, surf sand at high tideView attachment 2221032. The one on the left is .925 silver, and the one on the right is fake gold.

There ya go CH, .925 silver, you finally jumped over that initial bar we all have to jump over. Now that you've found real silver, you've ended your streak of hunts without finding anything decent, your wait is now over so you can now focus on getting some more!

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

If you go to

Tide Times and Tide Chart for Clearwater Beach

Clearwater Beach tide times and tide charts showing high tide and low tide heights and accurate times out to 30 days.

www.tide-forecast.com

for Clearwater tide info, you will see Clearwater has about 3ft variation between low and high tides. And, during Spring tides the variation is much more. FYI