Metal Detecting Beaches A good Comparison

A few days ago I made a post and at the bottom of the post, I showed a picture of a large cut at the beach. Those cuts have already been filled back in. It does not take long for the beach to rebuild itself.

It is true that when the beach does erode in such a way that your odds of finding treasures increases significantly. All of that sand has been removed and it exposes an under layer of sand that has not seen the light for quite some time. Heavier objects like fishing weights, gold rings and platinum rings are often so far in the soft sand that your metal detector will not reach them. When all of that sand gets swept away, all of that jewelry that has been secretly hiding for years  is no longer beyond your metal detectors reach and it really wants YOU to find it.

Objects of like density will always gather at the beach. If you start finding lots of lead fishing weights make sure that you really hit that area hard.

I have said this quite a few times. The beach is always changing and here is a great example.  This beach had nice three to four foot cuts that were created by large waves and strong winds.

Notice the little cliffs? Those were around three feet high. Now, just a few days later these cuts are long gone. Any old heavier objects are now buried under three feet of sand. That is not always a bad thing because there are still lighter treasures that are note worthy and they might be completely exposed now that all of that sand has been sifted and re-arranged. Here is a picture of that same beach now.

No more cliffs. You just have to be in the right place at the right time.