Ring Pulls on the Beach

[SickOfRingPulls]

Morning all, I have done a lot of reading about different types of beach sand, black sand etc... however have read some conflicting advice. OK so one tip was '' You gotta dig the ring pulls to get the gold'' and the other tip was '' if you're digging nothing but ring pulls....move on ''
We hit stacks of ring pulls the other day on our usual beach after a storm, the old beaver tail ring pulls, and I was quite excited thinking that the beach was ready to give up some bling.. however nothing. So my question is..... would you carry on digging through the ring pulls or move on? any advice welcomed

[fred]

There are a number of different issues here.

Firstly ringpulls are light and will generally not end up in the same place as heavier items after a storm. If I started to find only ringpulls then in an area below the tideline I would probably seek richer pickings elsewhere. The exception might be at the top of the beach where waves run out of steam when washing over areas of normally dry sand.

Discriminating against rigpulls to find gold is fraught with difficulties. The problem is that 'gold' covers a wide variety of size, shapes and purity and because of this the signals fall into a fairly wide band which just happens to be where the many different types of ringpulls also fall. If you have a spot on target ID you might be able to ignore some of the more common ringpulls and still find all but the occasional goldie. Even then you will still dig all the oddities and broken ones.

Finally older ringpulls trapped in compacted areas or black sand might indicate areas which haven't been detected properly and are worth further attention. During normal wet sand detecting I simply dig everything.

[oldartefact]

I am guessing that the original advice of "if you are finding nothing but ring pulls .... move on" was borne out of an equal mix of desperation and frustration, okay there may be gold rings dotted here and there ... but who wants to spend a whole day digging nothing but ring pulls? At some point commonsense takes over and either the pub or the pawn shop will beckon.

[Koala]

Morning all, I have done a lot of reading about different types of beach sand, black sand etc... however have read some conflicting advice. OK so one tip was '' You gotta dig the ring pulls to get the gold'' and the other tip was '' if you're digging nothing but ring pulls....move on ''
We hit stacks of ring pulls the other day on our usual beach after a storm, the old beaver tail ring pulls, and I was quite excited thinking that the beach was ready to give up some bling.. however nothing. So my question is..... would you carry on digging through the ring pulls or move on? any advice welcomed

Both are right.
Every beach is different.
Generally the beach gets sorted by weight. Higher up the lighter.
But this isn't always the case.
Also fresh dropped don't have time to be sorted.
The area with fishing weights is normally a good area

Still make me smile when I dig the old style pull off type already 27 years old.

[Phil2401]

There are a number of different issues here.

I simply dig everything.

Taking Fred's last comment out of context, that's my general philosophy regardless of the location We're all schizophrenic - the 'good' part of our brains says we're just out metal detecting, enjoying the fresh air and the scenery but the other (human) part is the treasure hunter - which half of your brain is predominant dictates how pissed off, or elated, you will be at the end of the day.

My limited experience of beach detecting is digging 10 ring pulls, getting another similar signal and saying to myself 'nah - just another ring pull' and walking on, then the other half of the brain takes over and curiosity forces me to walk back and investigate that signal. I then talk to myself - 'told you so - another ring pull'. Maybe I need help! Wouldn't it be a different world if aluminium had never been discovered?

Very interesting and informative words from you guys re. the action of the tides, likely location of heavier objects, etc. I know that all those years of detecting have given you a wealth of good finds, Fred - as I see it it basically all comes down to knowing what to expect from the environment you're detecting in and knowing your machine - distinguishing the good signals from the iffy ones.

Since I'm too old to gain that experience I'll carry on pretending I like a good day out in the fresh air

Phil

[SickOfRingPulls]

words of wisdom Phil, couldn't agree more

[king of the swingers]

it a tricky one,
get to no the beach and there will be a coin line thats were the goodys are.
I no people will b looking at my answer thinking wtf coin line but it true the sea drops most items of similar weight in one place.
If u finding coins u will find rings,
ringpulls are two near the dry sand