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Tomo
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question for beach searcher's

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just trying to get an idea how long your average sessions are on a typical beach hunt.
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I take a nice slow stroll down the beach takes between 3-4 hours average X:) , the greedy metal detectorists do the whole beach in 1 hour lmao =))
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About 3hrs normaly :D
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I try and stay as long as I can, nice slow pace, you'll see others belting about but they miss loads.
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Anywhere from 2 - 4 hours.

Normally had enough after 4 hours of digging :D
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Anubis wrote:I try and stay as long as I can, nice slow pace, you'll see others belting about but they miss loads.
Totally agree mate ::g
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I'm down there between 3 to 5 hours ::g
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3 - 4 hours for me...
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good good. Average so far is around 4 hours. I put around the same amount of time into it per session. Hopefully this Will answer a few question's to those new to beach detecting to give an idea of the time put in and Sometimes come away with nothing but junk but Can Sometimes hit a hot spot after 3 hours. I've seen a few people come onto the beach tectin and within half an hour are gone lol.
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If i wish to search the wet sand i get there one hour before the mean low water and work the tide up to half tide.If on the dry sand can stay there all day depends on the amount of people about.I have been know to spend eight hours at night on the dry sand. (:| (:| (:| (:| ::g
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As long as I can; wife permitting! :))

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2 Hours after high tide. Follow the sea out and in 8 hours ish ;)
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4 to 5 hours usually, try to get out 2 hrs before low and follow it down or into any interesting looking spots that appear.
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Post by RichieH »

Hi,

I spend on average about 6 hours.. But I have done 10!

Last beach outing was a funny one for finds.. 5 hours good hunting and I found nothing but a big ouch of junk! So... Time for a coffee and some food... Marked up where I had got to, 45mins later I was back... Within 1hour I had over 50 coins... 3 old dimes, a lovely gold ring and a 925 big earring!

It shows you, put the time in and be patient and you'll get the finds :-)

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