Stream and creek hunting input please

[dignfool]

Howdy fellow enthusiasts!
Chilly rainy day here, so if I can't dig.......I might as well read about everybody Else's trials and tribulations. I got the wood stove stoked, my favorite flannel, and "The Duke" keeping peace on the big screen here.
Anyways....I would like some input/advice on digging around the local creeks, streams, and waterways. Actually putting on some waders and seeing what's down there. Nothing real deep, just hiking the shallows. Is there anyone out there who has had much luck? There's a few postings of similar trials by a few of you, so I'm curious if it is worth the time. I'm sure to check the fords and swimming holes, as well as down stream from these areas.
So chime in if you would please. I'm a relic hunter at heart, but love a nice old coin or ring to make my day.
So productive or few and far between?

 

[SpiritRelic]

Dignfool,i found a beehive also!.I really do not hunt in the water,But have found the land around the creeks and rivers to be great.All early people clung to any source of water.Every source of water in my area i get around i find something old.If you get in these streams i am sure you will do good.Good luck to you.

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Check aquachigger's you tube videos. Unfortunately i live in the south and the streams are deep and slow moving. No shallows that I could wade.

 

[fongu]

I've had some good luck at the local river, but anywhere people came to a water source is going to have something lost or left behind. Good luck and HH.

 

[BarberBill]

Usually good places, especially where people congregated. Bottom line on any location is, however, give it a try or you'll never know. Some will be good, some not.
BB

 

[skookum]

Hi,
Besides wearing a good pair of (lace up) rubber boots that give some sort of ankle support, I would recommend a good trecking/hiking pole made of carbon fibre. Latter comes in very useful in slippery places since you do not want to support your body weight with your detector in case of slippage.Being made of carbon fibre it won

 

[fongu]

That hiking pole comes in handy for locating what I call silt deposits. When they let the river down when I was a young boy I bogged down to my waist in what would have been 3-4 foot of water during normal water levels. It took me about 45 minutes to work myself out of this hole and I lost a tennis shoe in the process. Had the water been at normal levels, I would have drowned. It was solid all around this area except this one location near an old dead tree and I learned a valuable lesson that day. That was over 45 years ago and I have never forgotten this incident and count my blessings. The center of the river had a lot of sand and was pretty firm, but this one area was a death trap.

 

[dignfool]

Thanks for the tips. There is so much history in this area, I hope I'm on to something. Looks chilly this weekend but I think I'm gonna go for it. Wish me luck and should I hit the mother load, ill be sure to let you all in on it. Thanks for the advice