Now beaches are closed in Florida I have turned my attention to inspecting my metal detecting equipment and researching more sites to search when the beaches are back open for business.
Many sites I intend to research and search were spotted on the way to search other sites over the previous few months.
Many sites I intend to research and search were spotted on the way to search other sites over the previous few months.
You may be surprised how many potentially good sites you pass on the drive to an intended search site as long as you recognize their potential.
For example, driving along a beach road and stopping at a pedestrian cross walk could mean you have stopped at a private beach access crossing, especially if a hotel or condo is located across from the beach.
A recently cleared lot for a construction project is another pull over to investigate situation.
One of my favorite sites to see close to the beach is a dilapidated run down hotel or motel that has been that way for a long time, I bet it wasn't always that way?
Ive had some of my best old gold rings and old silver coin days in front of run down motels and hotels, while other beach hunters flock to the sexier parts of town with posh hotels.
Any beachside community with older buildings close to the beach has plenty of old jewelry and coins waiting to be mined.
It is not just untapped beach sites waiting for the person willing to spend the research and metal detecting time, many sites just inland from the beach are gold mines if you know what to look for.
Children's (Tot lots) play areas and parks are all areas parents wearing jewelry with coins in pockets play with children who also wear jewelry and lose coins from pockets.
Some people may just see an old run down house driving to the beach, I put myself back in the day, seeing a clothes line in the yard, steps people sit on outside the front door and a back yard with families playing.
If you can locate the owners and secure permission, you often have a chance of finding a little history.
If you can locate the owners and secure permission, you often have a chance of finding a little history.
Get in the habit of reading street signs on the way to go beach hunting, galleon way, wreck lane, old wharf road, landing lane, ever wonder how those places got their names?
If you can't go beach hunting you have time to take a closer look at what you may be driving past and potentially leaving behind for other detectorists willing to step outside the box.
I have recovered thousands of pieces of jewelry and coins beach hunting, most of it at the beach but plenty of bobby dazzlers on the way to or returning from the beach.
Here is a photo of todays beach hunting finds now the beaches in my area are closed, motivation to research the sites I took notice of on my travels and scribbled in my day book for further investigation.
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