Gary Drayton treasure hunting blog

The trashier a site is, the more chance you have of finding treasure amongst the trash. Trashy beach sites open up to slow methodical searc...

Although I often use a metal detector with a display screen, I hardly ever watch the screen when I am metal detecting at the beach. Old hab...

Nothing puts a damper on a beach or water hunt like a flat battery, especially when the beach or water hunting conditions look good. I am t...

Gold chains are some of the most difficult to detect pieces of jewelry at the beach, especially if you use a multi frequency metal detector....

The number one rule of beach and water hunting in my opinion, there are no rules! Jewelry, coin or artifact hunting at the beach is not an ...

On a recent beach and water hunt I ran across a really good jewelry hunting situation, a hard packed lower beach with small rocks, crushed s...

Searching eroded beaches after a storm has passed by, can be a great jewelry or coin hunting opportunity if you make the most of the situati...