So many weekend warriors get off to a frustrating weekend of beach hunting by hitting the sand too early and missing opportunities crowded summer beaches bring.
If you only have the weekend to scratch your metal detecting itch patience is a virtue for a beach treasure hunter, especially for beach hunters trying to take advantage of crowded summer beaches.
Saturday mornings at popular beaches can look like a metal detecting convention with more people metal detecting at the crack of dawn than people walking the beach or watching the sunrise.
I once saw eighteen people swinging metal detectors at one popular South Florida beach on a Saturday morning at sunrise, at least six of those still had headlamps on inside the water.
Thankfully I was not there to metal detect, just checking a couple of nearby hot spots out for a planned late weekend search.
If you hope to find Bobby Dazzlers at any crowded beach on the weekend you have to wait until the end of the weekend to improve your chances of finding jewelry or coins.
Waiting until late Sunday afternoon or evening you are searching after nearly two full crowded days at the beach, instead of searching and leaving the beach before the busy weekend got started.
Other advantages to having a late Sunday beach hunting strategy include avoiding searching behind people metal detecting in front of you and answering a ton of questions from inquisitive beach goers every Saturday morning.
But the main advantage to a late Sunday search strategy is actually detecting and recovering what you are searching for instead of hanging out with a bunch of Saturday morning metal detecting enthusiasts asking if you had any luck?
The answer to that question if you are a Saturday morning beach hunter is probably no!
Taking advantage of crowded summer beaches is all about putting yourself in the right place at the right time, you pick the place but you have to use your noggin when it comes to timing.
If you are a weekend warrior and you go to the same beach every Saturday morning you know exactly what I am talking about, believe me it is pure torture knowing the beaches are crowded over the weekend and you are not there but changing your routine will pay off.
There are many many Sunday afternoon and evening Bobby Dazzlers on display on my website finds page and quite a few Friday afternoon and Friday evening Bobby Dazzlers but that will be a future blog post.
Timing your weekend beach hunts will always help improve your chances of finding what you are searching for over the weekend, especially at heavily hunted beaches.
Over a three day holiday weekend, try pushing your search time to the Monday if possible and the later on the Monday the better.
Remember the three Ps of beach treasure hunting, patience, persistence and perseverance.
Patient beach treasure hunters add Bobby Dazzlers to jewelry boxes on Sundays and Mondays.
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