what does the term " sanded in "mean?

miket · Jul 20, 2009

what does the term " sanded in "mean?

i see this phrase a lot and just wondering what you mean exactly..the beaches are sand!!!!!!!! so when i read the beaches are "sanded in" it is just a little confusing. :icon_scratch:

thanks early for the clarification, mike

Mackaydon · Jul 20, 2009

Re: what does the term " sanded in "mean?

To fill up with sand, as in a depression.
Similarly, the term applies to a sunken vessel, for example, that has been 'sanded in'.
BTW, cool avatar.

PhipsFolly · Jul 20, 2009

Re: what does the term " sanded in "mean?

Sand on the beaches are in a constant state of change... moving up and down/on and off the beach due to both Mother Nature/natural beach erosion and unfortunately man's interference by beach "renourishment" projects. Typically when th'ers refer to the beaches being "sanded in", it means that the tidal and weather condtions have brought sand back up onto the beach from the trough (water) and thus the treasure "goodies" are buried much deeper than the average detector can find them so it's not advantagious to go beach hunting at that time. Hope that answers your question... happy hunting.

txkickergirl · Jul 20, 2009

Re: what does the term " sanded in "mean?

There are times when you get in the water to detect and everything is buried really really deep, under the sand. The tides and winds have either hit the shore and pulled the sand off of it and covered up everything with 2-3ft of sand or has pushed the sand from way in the water up to the shore again several feet. Hunting in these conditions are difficult because targets are few and far between. When the tide and the winds are right the bottom is moving and pockets or guts are being created and things get uncovered. This is prime hunting time. Objects generally get washed into these guts, or holes and hunting is good. Even outside the guts hunting is good, because layers of sand have been removed, thus leaving targets that are detectable.

I have been out detecting and not finding a single thing, and then along comes the tide change and the bottom starts rolling, and then targets are everywhere, even though I had just spent 2 hours in the same area and not finding anything, the sands shift and the targets surface.

Treasure_Hunter · Jul 20, 2009

Re: what does the term " sanded in "mean?

Storms, tides, surf, and rip currents change the beach bottom. Usually if someone says the beach is sanded in, it means there is more sand then normal in that area, detectors will only go so deep, the deeper the targets are the slower you have move, and the fainter the signals will be. It can vary as much as many feet. I have seen storms fill the beach up with new sand, and remove all the sand almost down to the hard bottom......

The more sanded in a beach is the harder is is to find targets.....

billinstuart · Jul 20, 2009

Re: what does the term " sanded in "mean?

On the "treasure coast" (sic) it means that the beaches have been heavily "renourished" with crap from borrow pits or the ocean floor. This extraneous material is nasty and buries the natural beach for several feet. There is nothing of value in it, and it destroys the beach environment.