Back to the beach

[jimbo1878]

Going back to Crosby beach first thing tomorrow to see if I can better my first ever finds of 1 pound coin and a penny Still got no permissions so the oly place I can go.

If I find anything I'll try to post my first pictures on the forum.

[Tomo]

good luck Jimbo. Look for low spots or were sand looks like its been washed out by the sea.

[jimbo1878]

Thaks for the tips Tomo.

I have an Ace 150 will it be ok on the wet sand? I've read that it's not really any good on the beach. I did find loads of bottle tops, ring pulls and lumps of what looked like lead last time out so it must be working ok right?

[Tomo]

on the wet take a few coins with ya (Not 2p's) and bury a few as a test bed at diff depths to Get an idea of What your listening for. Turn the sense down, alot of people with the 250 turn down to 3 notches. If possible take a gold ring, tie some string to it ( so you Dont lose it) and bury that as a test too.

[jimbo1878]

I would never had thought to do these tests. Thanks again Tomo!!

last time I had the machine on Jewelery mode and mid sensitivity as the Iron signals were almost constant and I got tired of digging every beep only to find rust coloured sand.

[jimbo1878]

[beepdig]

Hi folks im a newbi here from ireland i have the acer 150 as well and a viking 5 me and my uncle went to the beach last week (as we cant use them anywere else in this country) i found the acer no good you would be going along next thing a beep then scan over it again and again no beep just disapears
tried all the settings and when you do get a stable beep you just cant find the item just drive ye mad.
found the viking 5 more stable and able to recover a few coins with it.

[craghopper]

I might cause a little unrest here but this hobby has No regulation!!!!...what so ever...scary stuff

What do you mean?

[craghopper]

Hi Jimbo take a walk from coastguard station towards leisure centre about 2mtrs out from sea wall sand is quite dry there when tide is out ,follow footsteps in sand might find some modern coins especially if it's cold people pull out their handkerchiefs to wipe their runny noses and bingo pull out some coins as well good luck.going there next week leave some for me .
Chris

[ground-hog]

i think pauld is a little drunk a few nonsensical posts and one containing nothing but a 4 letter word which i had to report , but he is right there is no regulating body but what would they regulate anyway?

[kiwisouth]

Hi peeps

Some words from the Antipodes.

Great words of wisdom relating to setting up a test bed at the beach,you will get to know the sounds but also put some junk in the sand as well. I have one set up in my garden and I keep going back to it as, as my little buried treasures stay longer in the ground, the target response can change especially after it has been raining and a larger halo is produced.

Regulation?

Our detector club has what we call the Code of the Coil. Very simple. Respect other people's property, fill in all holes and try to keep the scene tidy. If someone asks what you are doing, be truthful (to a point if you have some unsavoury looking characters observing you). Wear headphones when you have the public about as beeping can drive people potty.

If you are finding junk, there is probably good stuff around somewhere, just persevere.

Enjoy the hobby

[nonmotion]

I agree with kiwisouth. if there are ring pulls and bottle caps there will usualy be coins too as its a sign that someone has been there.

[jimbo1878]

Just got back after 3 hours on the beach. I found another pound coin a 2p and 2 5p's also lots of ring pulls and some general metal lumps. Tried the wet sand and was getting some good signals one in paticular turned out to be a metal fragment about 3" wide and 4" long this was at about 9 inches deep. Pretty poor by some peoples standards on here but for my second outing I'm glad to be finding anything

Cheers

Jimbo

[Harry Digger]

Hi Jimbo
Have they finished moving all the sand dunes yet?

[jimbo1878]

Hi Jimbo
Have they finished moving all the sand dunes yet?

It all looked very quiet down there with only a couple of trucks knocking about.