Help In Myrtle Beach

MBDigger

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Feb 23, 2016
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Myrtle Beach,SC
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro
Hopefully Excalibur 2 soon
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I am not sure I am posting in correct location if not I apologize I am newbie.
I had a question for one of the more experienced Hunters.

I have read many post here and I realize when hunting the beach in summer the towel line is important. now since its cold and few people on the beach. I have been wondering where the priorities fall ? I read with many saying about water line hunting and this may come across dumb but I don't know. I want to learn. The water line does that mean where the wet sand meets the ocean at low tide or does it mean where the wet sand meets the dry sand?...................are both worth while hunting? Found a 10K mothers ring in August (towel line)....my first ring so really got the fever.
 

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I personally would hunt the sluies at low tide what I mean by sluies are the area between the ocean and the beach that has a shallow flow of water in it .Targets in the ocean are washed into these low areas during ultra high tides ans storms. Also in the summer that is where the adults play with there children an lose a lot of jewelry.
Good Luck
 

Thank you I appreciate your thoughts
 

watch out for the detectorists there who find Zincolns, etc. and just leave them on the beach. I was on vacation there a couple years ago (not detecting) and saw a wonderful fellow doing that.
 

Sample the towel line, wet sand, and the water. Sand is always moving and with it targets. I see you are swinging an AT Pro which is beach friendly however, remember to ground balance once you get in the water and adjust the sensitivity so the chatter calms down. There is no correct answer here, however, with regard to wet sand...analyze the beach and see where rocks and stones are visible on the slope (more recognizable during low tide). Digging sinkers and grey matter will be a good indicator you're in an area where heavier metal is gathering (gold may be there too). Have fun with it, if you find a heavy target, spiral around it to see if anything else is near, this will also give you a demographic visual of where you are finding your targets, often you'll see a pattern. Good Luck friend and Happy Hunting.
 

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One good thing to remember about treasure hunting is to always think out of the box. All the other locations you have mentioned are great and they regularly produce some good finds but make sure you think you check places that often get overlooked. Check hard around the areas where walkways and paths lead to the beach and especially where they enter onto the beach. If there is a wooden walkway leading to the beach with a side rail, get off the walkway and walk below it. People coming and going often drop items as they pass down the walkway. These items manage to fall off the side of the walkway and into the sand beside it. If you get down beside the walkway and check, you will find items there. Watch for signs that say you can't do this though. Some beaches have signs posted to protect vegetation if there is any along the walkway. Also it pays to check around sandy areas near parking places and on the side of the road if the location you are hunting only has pull offs or roadside parking. These are places where people are either unloading or loading their stuff. Lots of things get dropped there including coins and jewelry. If you can talk to any old timers that are familiar with the history of the beach, they may be able to tell you where old concession stands, dance halls, volley ball courts, and much more may have been high on the beach and away from the surf. These are often good places too. I look at it this way, the reason we find more stuff in the water than on dry sand is because there are a ton of people hunting the dry sand and fewer people in the water with water detectors. If you apply that principal to the beach and hunt where fewer people have hunted, you stand a very good chance of hunting sand that has never had a detector run over it. The beach has been there forever and any location from the road to the water has probably seen some activity over all those years. Take your time searching and use good technique and make a mental note of the areas you have hunted and try not to duplicate a location. I have pulled some of my best finds from locations on beaches well away from the active locations of today and up nearer to the road or entry areas. Good luck!
 

Thank you so much for your imput. you mentioned some very good points....................I will use those hints next time I hunt
 

Don't forget the very back of the beach along the sand dunes. Coins, particularly quarters, will be washed-up into the back beach and, importantly, this is also where blanket throws end-up. A blanket or towel throw happens when someone hides valuables in a blanket or towel and then forgets and flicks the blanket or towel to get sand off and the valuables fly across the beach to be lost until one of us finds it.
 

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