Waiting for a North Easter

It is December and this time of year metal detecting on the east coast of the united stated can be fairly slow. If you live in any of the northern states you do not have the huge flow of people to the beach. Much like the tides the summer season has come and gone.  South Florida is still busy and the hunting there is good all year around.  Many people come from up north and spend their winter in sunny south Florida and when they do they wear gold and silver jewelry.

So if you live in the northern states and you like to metal detect at the beach do not retire your metal detecting gear for the year. There are still some huge opportunities to find buried treasures but you will have to wait patiently for mother nature to work her magic.

You see all summer long the wind has been from one direction. The waves have also been from the same direction, it is just part of the season. When this happens it pushes tons of sand onto the beach. It might not seem like it but it does. So in summer most of the treasures that you find are what metal detectorists refer to as fresh drops.  They make up the bulk of the summer finds.

People do not realize how easy it is for the ocean to remove their precious jewelry. Most of the times everyone is playing and having fun. Just about everyone becomes a kid again when they are at the beach and kids just do not think about loosing things, they are too busy playing and having fun. The same goes for adults.

What every treasure hunter needs this time of year is a North Easter. These are storms that are created by cold fronts that move into the coastal areas. When they do the wind direction changes to the north northeast and the waves follow. The storm brings powerful winds that remove a good but if not all of the summer sand deposit. When this happens you had better make sure your detector is fully charged because there be gold on that there beach and if you do not act quick the sand will soon cover it back up.

Check out this video from a recent storm.