Question about detecting in smaller lake swimming areas

[Wallhangers]

Hi, I am pretty new at detecting and have been doing well on land and now heading for water. Most of the lakes in my area range from 40 acres upwards of 200 acres. I have some sites located that I believe have not been searched and I was wondering how far do targets move over the years. Will coins and jewelry continue sinking or will most of them stay within a few inches down. Also, with average wave action in a small lake, should I work on the down wind side of a swim area or do the targets not really move too much to the side over time. One of my spots has been a hidden resort since the late 1800's and the current owner has had it for the last 40 years. To his knowledge, no one has metal detected the property before. I hit the "grassy" beach with my land machine and found clad and a few wheaties in a short amount of time. I am waiting for some much needed rain before I hit all of the yard on this large lot. Anyway, thanks for any information.

 

[The.Boomer]

Pretty sure you'll be getting some responses here in the general questions forum but you might wanna ask the mods to move this to the shallow water beach forum for more expertise. My experience in water hunting which isn't really all that extensive although I have ocassionally sunk my coils a few time every year is that the targets it fresh water lakes don't move around that much. Of course I say that ith the proviso that it can, I suppose, depend allot upon the type of bottom you have. some lakes have a hardpan bottom with just a little silt layer on top while others are complete mud holes with very soft soggy bottoms. In northern climes I would also think that the freeze thaw action might play a part as well. But first I think it's safe to assume it would take some sizeable force to move even a small 10k ladies ring any great distance under these conditions and without great wave action. But such things that are lighter like say aluminum pop tops etc... might easily be disloged and floated in the slightest of currents. Keep in mind that the forces in play on land are also present in the water such as masking so removal of junk and trash may be the order of the day before consistent deep seeking can commence. Also a water machine might still be the best for this type of hunting rather than a conventional land maching, not only for the water proofing capabilities but also for the depth. Some water machines are PI machines which can penetrate 12 inches of mud where your average Ace 250 might falter. Well those are my thoughts on the subject, hope I've helped if only a little. HH