First time beach detecting in Newquay Cornwall

[Fester4810]

In the area with work and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to do some beach detecting for the first time.
Recieved a Garrett Ace 250 for Xmas which i've used for a few hours on a friends horse field so far with nothing but rusty old nails and pieces of farm machinery found.
Only managed a couple of hours before work and found detecting on a beach posed different challenges than what i've experienced before. I started away from the waters edge on the area i'd expect people to be during the summer and couldn't believe how much rubbish there was on what looked a clean beach. After using all metal mode and finding a number tent pegs, pieces of foil, screws, bottle tops and my favourite-nails, i used the discrimination and started to find some coins. I later went down to where the tide had recently gone out and found if i scraped the coil on the wet sand it would give an indication every time (is this a normal occurence?). The only thing i found in this area was a remote key fob for a Mazda that no doubt cost an unlucky tourist a few quid to replace to get them home! Sadly it looked like it had been in the water a while and not worth handing in to the police.
To dig the sand i was using a horse feed scoop which i picked up for about £10 less than the Garrett one i'd seen, and drilled some holes in it to allow me to sieve the sand through and leave the find. In total i found 16p in modern, not exactly a massive haul but still enjoyable all the same. Fingers crossed the rain clears and i'll get a few more chances to detect this week.

[karld]

Hi Fester4810, just thought id let you know that the use of metal detectors is banned on Cornish beaches at present, a couple of the beaches are privately owned but cant remember off the top of my head which ones they are, my mum knows and will ask her as she lives in Newquay.

Karl

[timesearch]

Ring the number in my previous post

http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... p114693ost" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ring the number and ask for Jolyon Sharpe, tell him what you want to do and he can give you permission on County owned beaches.
Cheers, John

[Doogman]

They do false on wet sand a lot especialy if you bump the coil a little.
Turning the sensetivity down to three bars helps a lot with this.

[staffy]

I live in Newquay and detect on most beaches. the only one i do not use is Lusty Glaze as it is privately owned.

[mole trapper]

I live in Newquay and detect on most beaches. the only one i do not use is Lusty Glaze as it is privately owned.

Funny thing is i have the contract for lusty glaze beach, while i was there with the owner the other day i was looking out the window and commented on the old boy out on the beach detecting, he was having a field day i said to her, she replied oh, we do not allow detecting here and then went on chatting, completley ignored the bloke!

[liamnolan]

Ring the number in my previous post

http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... p114693ost" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ring the number and ask for Jolyon Sharpe, tell him what you want to do and he can give you permission on County owned beaches.
Cheers, John

That sounds like top class help and advice, well done John, Liam

[karld]

Thanks timesearch, ill give that a go, glad I joined this forum full off positives B-)

[Fester4810]

Thanks fot the posts. Permission sorted. Bumped in to another detectorist today who'd been doing it for over 40 years. Told me anyone can find stuff with a kids toy in the summer, the winter is a different matter, and i'd need a a detector that could go deeper.
Total now at £1.16!