I have recovered many large gold and platinum rings at the beach using my trusty Minelab metal detectors and many of these large monster rings came from the same area of the beach.
The area known in beach hunting circles as the "Towel line" the dry area on the lower beach where people lay their towels down.
If you are going to the beach the safest place to lay a towel down is above the previous high water mark where it will not get wet.
We have all done it, walked towards the lower beach and put our beach towel down for a relaxing time at the beach, then watched other people arrive on the lower beach and put their towels down not far away along the same line on the beach.
Call it a little base of beach operations, a place you staked out with your towel for your time at the beach.
People leave their towels to go swim, walk along the beach and return to base until they pick up their towel to got home.
From a beach treasure hunters prospective the towel line is an awesome area to score a big ring, the bigger the ring the more likely it is for a person to take it off before going for a dip in the water.
Big gold rings are easier to remove and put back on than thin gold bands, people are more likely to worry about losing a big gold ring playing in the wet sand with kids or taking a dip in the water.
The same applies to big gold or silver chains, people are more inclined to take them off for safety and put them in a shoe or cover them with an item of clothing before playing in the sand or swimming.
The towel line everyone has created on the crest of the lower beach becomes a jewelry hot spot if you assume distracted or forgetful people will pick up and shake the sand off their towels when it is time to leave the beach.
If you want any further proof how potentially productive a towel line can be just go to a tourist beach to metal detect when rain is predicted to hit the area at some time in the day.
It does not matter if people are in the water yapping or swimming, the minute rain starts they rush to grab their towels and bags and head to the beach exits.
The heavier the shower, the more big gold rings tumble into the deserted towel line for a beach hunter to find.
Out of the pound of gold I at least averaged every year beach jewelry hunting, Id say eight ounces of that gold came out of the towel line in the form of big gold rings taken off by people afraid they were going to lose their big gold ring in the water.
I have recovered many jumbo sized modern silver rings and chains along towel lines at remote Spanish shipwreck beaches where just a few sunbathers visit every day.
If you want to find big rings at the beach you have to reason where and why, in other words why would someone remove a big gold ring and where would it not be safely returned to a finger.
The towel line at any beach visited by people is often the place I find big gold rings.
Other reasons why big gold bobby dazzlers are lost along towel lines include drinky winky and kissy kissy, especially after normal beach hours at busy tourist beaches.
This 3/4 ounce platinum and gold Bobby Dazzler was a couple of inches deep in the dry sand, gotta love the towel line right?
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