Metal Detectors

I can well believe that. The kid I gave the Walmart cheapy to also finds coins and lots and lots of other stuff. One thing found was a brand new looking watch where the strap must have broke and no one missed it. Parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, beaches, lake fronts and lots of other places to look around here.
Worst problem of a big city is so much metal piping underground. Even the best metal detector in the world would be going nuts in some of our areas.

 

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I've heard and read loads of stuff about metal detecting in beaches and all the things found there. But, I thougt that beach sand was the one that moved more and got replaced more often, so, isin't it difficault to something to go under the sand with all the waves? I kno nothing abut this so srry for my lack of info.

Thanks.

 

I think you are partly right. It would probably be difficult to find something on a beach that was dropped there 50 years ago. But my guess is that more things are lost on the beach than just about any other place people gather, so it's a good place to look for coins, watches, jewelry and things that frequently look like boat parts. It's also easier to dig in the sand.

 

with the storm surge from hurricanes the water seems to rise, due to a hurricane being a low pressure system and therefore washes farther up the beach the waves increase significantly pounding further up the beach and washing the sand back out into the gulf of mexico so there are better times to detect than others and some of the better time is after spring break in Panama City Beach, in a 5 week period there are between 30000 and 50000 spring breakers and you know that are only two things they want to do 1. party or 2. go to the beach, mostly #'s 1 & 2 at the same time

 

Hmm, ok. Yeah, I suppose loads of jewlery is lost by the beach, and it is the easiest place to dig. So counting both things, i't may well be a really good place to hunt. And another thing I was trying to find out was places that are nearly always not needed of authorization to hunt there, so like the sort of places that i can go to without having to get worried abut permission. Thanks so much for all the info.

Have a nice day.

 

You do have to be carefull where you metal detect. Doing it in national parks, and some state parks can get you into some legal trouble.

 

check with a county office, they might be able to tell you, if not maybe they can direct you to those that can

 

Ok, thnx, i'll give that a try. I think that metal detecting in places where there has been wars isin't aloud either. Great help, thanks all of you.