Most top notch metal detectors feature waterproof searchcoils. This will allow you to search for treasure in shallow water at a depth of about two feet, perfect for the edges of fresh water lakes or beach metal detecting. When searching around water, be careful not to get the electronics housing of your metal detector wet.
Tip 1.When beach metal detecting at the ocean, avoid salt spray, because it will work its way into the control housing and damage the electronics of your metal detector. This salt water damage could affect your warranty.
Tip 2.When searching on a beach, it is best to either search in your detectors All Metal mode, or to search with the discrimination level set just high enough to eliminate iron, this is because the value of beach finds is largely in the jewelry rather than in the coins.
Tip 3.The electrical conductivity of the water itself can pose some challenges. You may get false signals when going into and coming out of the water, making it necessary to pay careful attention to keep the coil either in or out of the water, but not to touch the surface. This effect may be observed in either fresh or salt water.
Both fresh and salt water beaches are popular places for metal detecting. Beachcombers lose money and jewelry while doing activities in the sand and water.
It is usually easy to dig in a beach environment, and metal detecting is permitted on most beaches. Occasionally you may be able to help someone recover a piece of jewelry that they have lost, which is cool.
You will dig a lot of aluminum trash at the beach, but the digging is easy, and you can tell people that you are helping the environment by cleaning up the beach and making it safer for people's feet.
You should carry a trash bag with you so you can properly discard any junk you might dig up. Most metal detector retailers sell a special sand scoop for recovering valuables from the sand quickly, but a common garden trowel will work just fine.
As long a people keep going to the beach, they will keep losing valuables. Enjoy the sand and sun and good luck treasure hunting at the beach with your metal detector.
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