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Beach Sweeper
- Thread starter buckeeeee
- Start date
Ad says it goes four inches deep but the video looks more like two inches. Once the tide covers the day's drops much of the heavier rings can sink deeper than that and the sweeper is not cleaning up anything in the water ... which is where I do most of my beach detecting. Note how it is not shown picking up a single can ... I think there is not much to worry about from this sweeper.
More concerning to me is the continued move away from precious metals for jewelry and towards junk materials.
Donna(NJ
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I was looking for the link and then realized MSN was it.
I have been dealing with beach cleaning machines for 25+ years. Back in the beginning we would walk behind them (they made great gridding line !!) and pluck out coins and rings.
Never gave it a second thought until one day, the machine broke down and the driver dumped the load of "un-sifted' sand on the beach. Found a bunch of coins and a silver chain.
Now at what point in the sifting process did this load come out ??? From watching the guys groom the sand, its doesnt go down too deep, They're skimming the surface trying to get the
big stuff off the surface. They are usually in a hurry as they have to get the beach cleaned before opening. There's actually a morning crew that walks around picking up all the straws and small things the machine misses. Im sure it picks up chains as they are light weight and dont sink too deep. The only saving grace is the machine is very heavy and pushes targets down deeper as it criss crosses the beach. Like they always say, Ya cant get everything !!!'
But there's not much to find nowadays. loose change is tough to find as its been replaced by plastic and phone. Gold has been replaced by stainless steel and POC metals.
But ya never know what will show up. Water and wet sand hunting is where the good stuff is.
HH
Donna(NJ)