I need some tips from the pros!

[Markram]

Hey there everyone!
My name is Mark and I'm new to this forum community and I have taken a great interest in treasure hunting ever since I watched youtube videos of people finding rings, rare coins, and jewelry. I'm particularly interested in shallow water treasure hunting. I don't have any metal detectors because I'm still new to this
I currently attend the University of Toronto Scarborough and there's a fantastic forest, parks, and a creek next to the campus. First off, yes people are allowed to wade in the creek and are allowed to do mild digging. I'm planning on doing some basic scanning and scraping at the creek. Any suggestions on which places in particular in creeks have goodies? I'm pretty sure I won't find any gold nuggets, but the parks along the creek are a good sign of potential rings and coins in the creek! There's also a big park with a baseball diamond and some tennis courts. I have absolutely no intention of digging in this area (after all it's not allowed there) but are there other ways of scanning the surface to find treasures?

Any input, advice, tips or tricks will be gratefully appreciated!
I'll be hanging out on these forums a lot now as I begin my adventures of being a novice treasure hunter!

Cheers!

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Welcome from White Plains, New York! You need a waterproof machine good in fresh water. The Garrett AT Pro comes to mind immediately in your case. When hunting creeks, look for areas where people dive in, or use ropes to swing out over the water. Hunt inside curves of the creek for gold rings as well. - Good Luck!

 

[redcobra8u]

Welcome from White Plains, New York! You need a waterproof machine good in fresh water. The Garrett AT Pro comes to mind immediately in your case. When hunting creeks, look for areas where people dive in, or use ropes to swing out over the water. Hunt inside curves of the creek for gold rings as well. - Good Luck!

Terry is spot on for his machine recommendation. Love mine. The best places to hunt are those with the highest concentration of people.

Good luck and welcome!

 

[Sandman]

Since you aren't going to use the AT Pro in salt water that is one of the options. Myself I'd rather use a Tesoro Tiger Shark, it has a lifetime warrantee. Excellent discrimination and depth, but no visual display.

 

[Mackaydon]

You might join a local club and get in on their agenda. Are any of these in your area?
Sponsored Club’s of the 2015 Southern Ontario Beach Hunt:
Chatham-Kent Metal Detecting Clubwww.ckmetaldetecting.comPresidentRick PearceRpearce5@cogeco.ca
Simcoe County Metal Detecting ClubPresidentJohn Lajnerjlajner@distribel.net
Thames Valley Metal DetectingAssociationPresident Kim Desjarlaiskimd@senton.com
Canadian Heritage Seekerswww.chs.8k.comPresidentDennis McMullenchs1detectingguy@sympatico.ca
Rainbow’s End Metal DetectingAssociationwww.rainbowsendclub.caPresidentEugene Whitelawrelichunters@cogeco.ca
Don......

 

[stephenscool]

forget the scarborough creek. you will never find anything worthwhile there except the odd skunk. you can try an hour north or so for cellar hunting or possibly find some old abandoned farms still in your area. some spots in your area are well off.... wouldn't hurt to hit the tot lots once in a while.

 

[Loco-Digger]

First off, be prepared to dig at least a 55 gal barrel worth of trash before you pull your 1st notable treasure. That's about how much trash I dug prior to pulling my 1st gold item. Being relatively new to the hobby that has been my experience. I put in almost 800 hours of swinging the coil prior to pulling a gold pocket watch. So many want to get into this hobby with unrealistic expectations and soon tire of digging pull tabs and other trash. MDers have been active for 40 years in my area, so most of the shallow treasure (6" or less deep) was dug 30 to 40 years ago on the properties of the few Elite businessmen that resided in town. I luckily dug a key date IHP after 14 months of swinging the coil. Another gentleman detected for 43 years before he dug one.

 

[flgliderpilot]

AT Gold or AT Pro. AT Pro works fine in salt water (depending on location) but depth of small gold items is no more than 9" at best. Iron or Aluminum will can very deep depending on size, but only useful if you are interesting in digging up eye glasses If you aren't digging in a foot or two of liquid sand (you probably are not in a creek) then it would be fine.