Breaking the rules of the beach

You'd be surprised how many "Bobby Dazzlers" you can find at the beach in areas people are not supposed to be in or around, for example under piers, in water sports rental areas and on lifeguard towers to name a few.
After normal beach hours people are free to hang where they please even if the beach signs say otherwise, sitting on lifeguard tower steps, swimming in roped off areas and walking close to and under piers.  
I have eye balled many a pair of designer sunglasses on lifeguard tower steps early in the morning, Ive also found my share of watches laying on towels along with alcohol containers left behind by night time partiers.
Heck you don't even need a metal detector to find good stuff in some out of bounds areas at the beach, just the beach hunting sense to search them. 
The early worm gets the gold at many tourist type beaches with beachside bars and restaurants.
Any area off limits to people during regular hours at the beach can be a potential gold mine if you bother to search those types of sites.
This sweet 18K gold chain and silver cross was recovered in an area off limits to people during regular beach hours. 

Even at the most heavily hunted beaches any person metal detecting during regular beach hours has to adhere to the same rules as anyone else using the beach, leaving jewelry where it is lost.
Jet ski rental sites are a perfect example of an area out of bounds for most of the beach day, imagine how many pieces of jewelry are lost in these areas every year.
Anchored opes leading out into the water attract swimmers like a moth to a lightbulb, resting on ropes and diving under ropes help remove earrings, chains, rings and watches from unlucky people losing jewelry at the beach. 
You just have to make sure you hit these type of sites before or after regular beach hours.
Many fishing piers at popular beaches have signs saying no swimming close to the pier for obvious safety reasons, but people love to snorkel and swim under fishing piers because they do attract fish and other marine life. 
I don't think there is a pier in South Florida I haven't found a platinum or gold wedding band underneath, early mornings and evenings are the best times to search under and around fishing piers.
Be prepared to find a lot of lead fishing weights and tackle, another good reason to wear dive booties when beach hunting!
As you may have already figured out the reoccurring solution to searching off limits beach areas is searching those areas after normal beach hours. 
They say rules are made to be broken, sometimes the price is a nice gold chain or a diamond ring!

   

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