Where to Hunt in New Smyrna Beach?

[Treasure_Hunter]

Any members here hunting the New Smyrna Beach area? I am trying to find out what areas are best to hunt there. I went there Friday night, got there after dark, was late due to traffic jam on I-4. Have never hunted there, I found a parking area off of A1A and 27th st and hunted along the beach there in front of some time shares.

I found a total of 1 penny (new), and some iron, so it obvious that isnt the best location. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I know they brought in a lot of sand after the hurricanes in some areas which is where I probably was hunting.

 

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[gldhntr]

between new smyrna and daytona, in the strip of jungle between the water and highway 95, over 50 military planes were crashed/lost/abandonded during ww2, most being on training runs...one was found around 1985-1990..there was a television show about the plane they found and telling of the others..i think it was 54 in all.......gldhntr

 

[MadMorgan]

I lived at this beach for several summers as a kid, and it was my chosen destination as a teen for those hot summer days of "sand surf suds & sex". (that was actually my motto back in '81, lol)

I was reading a beach guide at http://thegoldenolde.com/ and he mentioned one thing that seriously stuck out to me.

If the only areas to sit down are hard packed, the chance of losing something becomes quite slim.
Since the 04 hurricanes, New Symrna is nothing but hard pack from what I've seen. I'm sure there's still some sand at the jetties, but by and large, the high tide comes all the way to the seawalls / dunes.
So, there are a few large rental places that have a decent setback on the seawall that might allow for some dry sand sunning areas. But afaik, it's mostly all underwater at high tide now leaving a solid pack behind on the low.
Even most of the dumped sand has already washed out.
I'm sure there's plenty of old stuff still there, but how deep is it?

IMO, we are way too overdeveloped. Most of the Florida coastline is by nature an everchanging environment, and our efforts to stop that will ultimately fail.