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Fortunehunter

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Hi all,

This is my first post and I hope to able to contribute regularly.

I've had my Quattro for some months now and have done a few short beach trips with some success. In the past week I finally got the time to get away and do some serious beach detecting. Found plenty of coins, but one thing is puzzling me. Why is that some 90% of the coins I found seem like they had only been lost in recent weeks, as they were all clean and shiny. I was expecting to find lots of old and dirty coins that had been buried in the sand for months if not years.

I don't believe the beaches I was detecting and been hit by too many other detectors in the past, so I was wondering if its because the older coins are rapidly buried deep in the sand and out of reach.

I was working in ALL METAL, with only -10 rejected, and sensitivity set to 18.

Just wondering what other, more experienced beach hunters usually find.
 
How ya doin' fortune hunter-- I've been hunting beaches for a few years now with my Quatro, and my experience is that for what ever reason it is, I never, ever find any old coins at the beach. I'm not saying that it can't be done, but either your beach has been "picked over" by someone, or sifted out by the big sifting machines we have here in San Diego, or you may need to have a good storm that washes away some of the upper level of sand which "might" expose some of the older coins. That's my take on it, but by all means, don't give up on the idea that there may be older coins burried somewhere on your beach. Good luck, and welcome to the "Quatro Gang". ( I still think it's a great detector). Marc Trainor.
 
Hi Fortunehunter
I have had the same experience as you for the first couple of summers on the beaches. Only found new coins and every once and a while I would find a wheatie, buffalo or merc on a beach that has been hunted for decades by many hunters with all kinds of detectors. This summer the county did a little work on the beach and look what happened this summer.
The coins are there. I have been looking at older photos of the beach and find that the old beach and new beach are quite different.
I hunt 6 different beaches here. I just got my Safari and have less than 20 hours on it before snow came. I did find a 1939 wheat and have been digging much deeper coins.
Here is some of the coins found this summer on a detected out beach. I have somemore pic's but not finding them right now. Don't give in to these guys that tell it is all detected out. It is not....
Thanks for looking ... Z
 
Hi fortune hunter. Welcome to the forum.
I don't get to hunt beaches too often, but would suggest that if you want to recover some crusty old coins, then wait for a storm to hit, that has enough veracity to shift lots of sand. Hunt the cut aways and you will be handsomely rewarded. Just don't delay your hunt as you might just be surprised how many folks do swing a detector that you are unaware of. I'm aware of a few folks that hunt in my town, but I've also discovered that an awful ( and it truly is awful!:rant:) lot of grey nomads have metal detectors, and hunt on "our turf":lol::ranting:.
I'm hoping to get a beach hunt in myself this Chrissy.
What part of the country are you in? I'm 400kms north west of Sydney.
Mick Evans.:ausflag:
 
Thanks for the replies guys.

From your comments it seems like my suspicions where probably correct, in that coins dropped on the beach are rapidly buried deep by the shifting sand. I'm not so much targeting the old coins at this point, as I'm just happy finding whatever I can for now.

G'day to Mick in Dubbo. I'm about 100km east of Melbourne with lots of beaches within an hour or two drive from here.
 
Sounds like you'll have more spots to detect than you can shake a stick at. i guess you'll just have to waive the detector instead.:poke:
Have fun. The Quattro will make an ideal beach machine.
Mick Evans.
 
I have and oppertunity to buy a Quattro for $400.00
and it is only 2 years old complete in the box with all accessories should I do it or pass it up
 
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