Show and tell ?

As any avid beach hunter will tell you, it is a heck of a feeling pulling a really nice find out of your scoop basket.

The thrill of the find and holding something special you just recovered, but do you share news of the discovery?

I have not posted any recently recovered Spanish treasure coins, artifacts or modern mega bling for several years now.

The main reason being to protect the locations finds were recovered, giving me a chance to continue recovering other good stuff from the same areas.

Another reason for not posting finds was being followed by people assuming I was leaving the house to go metal detecting.

One local beach hunter followed me through a McDonalds drive thru another followed me to the ice rink dropping my youngest off for a 6 am coaching lesson.

It was also no coincidence that two out of town beach hunters showed up within thirty minutes of me searching sites for over a month.

I’m pretty sure either my cell phone or vehicle was being tracked, definitely no coincidence.

I consider these unfortunate events as payback for posting good finds on social media the day I recovered them and lazy beach hunters doing what they do best, chasing down other beach hunters.

Posting finds on social media is a double edged sword, it feels good to share your success and inspire others but it can come back to bite you in the treasure hunting butt if you are not careful.

There are simple ways to take the heat off yourself if you like posting and inspiring other beach hunters.

Avoid going into too many details of traveling to the beach and where you always like to park.

That makes it easy for people trying to track you down, once they know your parking habits it does not take long to deduce where you are finding stuff.

Detailing the search area next to the lifeguard tower etc is asking for metal detecting company at tourist beaches.

Of course naming the beach will put you on all the local beach hunters radar, I only name a beach when I want people to go there lol 

Posting photos of eroded (cut) beaches you are searching will always guarantee you have company the same day or the morning after you post the photos.

Time delay your posts, wait a month or two or better still an end of summer or year finds post.

You can still show the finds you are proud of detecting and recovering, but you are less likely to get followed immediately. 

After all these years of pounding beaches and plundering Davy Jones locker I still remain an elusive sight at the beach, giving Bigfoot a run for the hide and seek championship. 

Which reminds me I have to work on not breaking out the gold dance! 

I prefer my finds pouch pocket to glow and swell than to show and tell.