Pebble beach

[Tincan Kev]

Hi all
Newbie here, can you tell me if i should detect a Stoney/pebble beach or travel further to a sandy beach, my nearest beach is a pebble beach ,
many thanks

[beachboy70]

Nothing wrong with a pebble beach ,you just need the right tools it can also be hard work but always worth a try.

[oldartefact]

Hi all
Newbie here, can you tell me if i should detect a Stoney/pebble beach or travel further to a sandy beach, my nearest beach is a pebble beach ,
many thanks

I would go for it ... unless the pebbles are the size of rocks.. Be careful not the crack your coil against any hard lumps..

[Koala]

very, very hard work

thing I have learnt

pointy spade

gentle wiggle rather than brute force

one of the few places a pin-pointer is a must

I take a plastic tray. Tied by string to my shovel

scoop some pebbles into it throw away and keep. going I till the target in the tray


flat pebbles aren't too bad. Round ones have loads of voids which allow targets to sink down hence the tray.

[Rivers rat]

very, very hard work

thing I have learnt

pointy spade

gentle wiggle rather than brute force

one of the few places a pin-pointer is a must

I take a plastic tray. Tied by string to my shovel

scoop some pebbles into it throw away and keep. going I till the target in the tray


flat pebbles aren't too bad. Round ones have loads of voids which allow targets to sink down hence the tray.

Cant agree more!!!!!!


RR

[Koala]

missed quite an obvious thing out

if the targets appears to be near the surface hand move a few pebbles and try the pinpointer

You will probably find you own way of working.


but if you are too rough you will be surprised just how far the target will move. I pebble moves a pebble that pushes the target

[Saffron]

If depth indicator on the detector suggests the target is shallow just run a pinpointer over the area and if it detects i carefully remove pebbles by hand and keep checking wiht the pinpointer.

If pebbles are fairly large and you are a bit clumsy and go straight in with a spade what starts as a shallow target and finish up much deeper!.

Koala said about taking a tray, a new one on me but a great idea. As if you dig a small target out and just put the spadefull down on the surface it might slip between the pebbles meaning you have to start again

However what I do on pebbles to avoid the problem above is not to tip the spade over after digging but lay it flat with the pebbles still on it, check hole again with pinpointer or detector and if the signal has gone the target must be on the spade with the last spadeful of pebbles.

Evan

[Debs]

I know I didn't post the original question, but thank you to everyone, I have learnt a lot from the replies.