i have a question

[hollowpointred]

how long is the hunting at the beach good after a storm? we had a noreaster Thursday hit us and i was meaning to get to the beach today, but it just didn't work out that way. i read in the paper that a lot of sand was stripped from the Delaware beaches in this storm. i am planning on going tomorrow, but i don't know how long it takes for that stripped sand to re-deposit itself. what do you experienced hunters think? should the beach still be the place to be on saturday?

 

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[Trez]

hollowpointred,

Good question...
your good as long as the sand stays off..........
and it coming back in depends on the direction of the winds........
something that I have found to work for me with pretty good success is, actually hunting when the sand is just starting to come back in and work from high tide to low.
I have found that if the erosion was quick to occur you have about the same time to hunt afterwards...
long and slow cut....you have about the same time to hunt before she fills back in.
Good hunting,

Trez

 

[ashleen]

beach still be the place to be on saturday?

Keith,

IMHO the beach is ALWAYS the place to be
Go for it!

 

[Jason in TN]

One or two tide changes can make a big difference. The low tide when it is still nasty out is usually the best. Beat the sand and the other treasure hunters. Nothing is more important than getting out on that first low tide and hunting for a couple of hours. One high tide and the treasures you seek may be gone until the next storm. I have hunted after storms and the first low tide find several rings and hundreds of coins some old and silver coins. Next day sanded in and very few signals. Get it while the getting is good.

 

[Sandman]

Get on the beach at anytime. It's different on all the beaches depending on the weather, tides, surf Gods, etc.

Visit www.thegoldenolde.com/ to learn more about when to hunt a beach.

HH,
Sandman

 

[stevemc]

Yes, I agree, get out as soon as you can when the cut is made. The low-low tide is the best of course. I have been to a beach while it was taking the sand away, on a beach that had'nt been edroded in many, many years, and there were older, but modern, corroded coins washing out and sliding down with each wave. I actually stopped and looked, they were popping out and about every couple waves, coins were exposed. I stayed all day, hoping for jewelry, but didnt find much else, but did get alot of coins. I have heard the same story from the Treasure Coast, about cobs sliding down and just looking for them pop out. The problem is the waves will hit you, it really rough when it cuts like that, and the tide will be high. So if you can get there before the low low tide and work it for a while, is the best. There is (around here anyway) 4 tides a day. A low tide, then 6 hours later a high tide, then a low, then a high. But one low will be higher than the other. Sometimes they dont even count it as a low tide, because it doesnt go below the mean tide level. The tide charts with the inches - or + are the ones to figure out which is the real low tide. It will say something like -20" and the other low will say -4". Go for the one with more-. That one is the tide that goes WAY out. Or a graph will do.