Gary Drayton treasure hunting blog

I am a big fan of dividing beaches up into small areas and covering those smaller sections really well. If you try to cover too much of a b...

Continuing on from my last blog regarding eroded tourist beaches, here are a couple of water hunting finds that would put a smile on any bea...

Here in Florida, you are rarely the first one to hit a tourist beach after erosion has taken place. That does not mean you cannot find gold...

I am always singing the praises of medium to small size search coils for beach and water hunting, but that does not mean I do not like using...

Earlier this year I had an opportunity to go metal detecting in rural Iowa and experienced something that often happens at the beach in Flo...

This diamond encrusted 18K gold chain was part of a four ounce haul of gold I recovered one morning a few years ago.  The tourist beach...

Living in south Florida, I need to make my beach and water hunting time count as I search at very heavily hunted beaches. One of the ways I...