Category: Beach Detecting

Competition to win a FREE Garrett Pro-Pointer

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Good Morning! We are kicking off the weekend with a BRAND NEW competition on our Facebook Page. Enter a personal short detecting story and vote on your favourite for a chance to win a FREE Garrett Pro-Pointer. Good Luck!

Win a FREE Pro-Pointer

The winner of “Favourite Detecting Short Story” will receive a free Garrett Pro-Pointer! To say thank you to everyone who took the time to get out there, (wind, rain, snow or shine) discover that treasure and submit their favourite detecting story to our Regton Facebook page we are giving away a Garrett Pro-Pointer to one lucky winner. Happy hunting!

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Duchy of Cornwall metal detecting fee upsets enthusiasts…

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Duchy of Cornwall metal detecting fee upsets enthusiasts.

Published by BBC News Cornwall, Monday 21st November 2011.

“Plans to charge people for metal detecting on the foreshore of Duchy of Cornwall beaches have raised concerns among enthusiasts.” – Taken from Article

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prince Charles criticised over metal detector beach charging plan.

Published by guardian.co.uk, written by Caroline Davies, Monday 21st November 2011.

“Move by prince to charge £60 for permits on Duchy of Cornwall beaches described as ‘cynical money-making exercise’” – Taken from article.

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Veteran’s medal reunited with relative…

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Published by BBC News, Wednesday 28th September 2011.

“The medal awarded to Robert Pollard was dug up on Seaton Carew beach, Hartlepool, by a metal detector enthusiast.

After a local paper article about the find, Mr Pollard’s great nephew Bill Pollard realised whose medal it was.” – Taken from article

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Published by peterleemail.co.uk, Wednesday 28th September 2011.

“He appealed in the Mail last month for any relatives of the officer, who was born in 1886 and served in the Royal Naval Reserve, to come forward and claim the piece.” – Taken from Article

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Where is a good place to go detecting? | Beginners Guide | Part Three

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Gardens
 

 

 An excellent place for you to start searching is your own back garden. This can be a great opportunity to understand how your detector works. There are a few factors you need to take into consideration for what you may find. If you live in a modern property, the land your house sits on was more than likely once a building site. Therefore you will most defiantly find lots of junk i.e. nails, ring-pulls, silver paper and scraps of metal. If you live in an older house or have permission to access an older house then you may find thing of greater worth. Other common items include lost rings or jewellery.

Parks

  

 

 Once you have checked the local bye-laws that there are no restrictions, parks can offer a good opportunity for detecting. The age of the park can determine what you may expect to find. We would not advise detecting in well keep or manicured parks for obvious reasons, also keep off games pitches. Old trees can be a good search spots as they were once more than likely sat beneath or even picnicked under. Be careful to set your discrimination levels as there is bound to be lots of silver paper and pull-tabs to find!

Ploughed fields 


 

 Ploughed fields are a stable favourite site to detect. This is due to them being continuously tuned over, bringing new finds to the surface. However, there is a risk that your finds will be damaged from the type of machinery used and long term exposure to agriculture chemicals.

Pasture fields

 

 Pasture fields can often yield finds that are in better condition due to fewer disturbances. Providing there is no live-stock in the pasture you can detect pretty much any time of the year. However once a pasture has been detected thoroughly, unless farmers disturb the soil, it is unlikely that there will be further discoveries.

Woodland & footpaths


 

 Detecting in woodland areas can quite often lead to the identification of ammunition from battles that once besieged the woodlands, including shotgun caps and bullets or game shooting. However, this doesn’t mean you won’t find jewellery, coins or other items that people have lost whilst walking through. Footpaths are great places to detect during the crop season (whilst ploughed fields are inaccessible). Particularly well used footpaths will undoubtedly yield coins and other lost objects. Unfortunately you will also find lots of rubbish… Just remember to take it with you or you will find it again on your return visit!

Rivers


 

 Throughout history rivers have been the highways for transport and navigation. There are defiantly lots of treasures to be found from their thousands of years of use. Good places to detect are river banks that have eroded/deposited and adjacent open space such as fields. You may even stumble across a previously unknown settlement. Detecting on the River Thames requires a permit which has to be acquired from the Port of London Authority.

Beaches


 

 

 Beaches are good locations to detect all year round and can be produce lots of finds. Jewellery and contemporary money is a common find as many holiday makers or beach goers lose their lose change and jewellery when they go swimming. The best time to detect is when the tide is out. You should start at the waters edge and then move inland as the tide returns.

 

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9-year-old Ella Peters was combing the beach in Fenwick when she came across a rather rare find…

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By Shawn J. Soper, News Editor, The Dispatch, Friday, July 29th 2011.

Ella received a metal detector for Christmas this year, but wasn’t utilizing her new equipment last weekend when she uncovered the old 1655 coin buried in the sand in the dune on the beach in Fenwick.

Ella, an avid collector at age nine, is also not about to give up the location of the find.

“She said she doesn’t want to disclose the exact location because she intends to go back and search it again,” said Gretchen Peters. “It’s like she wants to stake a claim to the area where she found it.” – Extract taken from the full article

We may even suggest Ella went back with her Metal Detector- who knows what she might find then…

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Germantown man goes to the beach searching for silver but finds more

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By Angelica Duria, FOX6 Reporter, July 20th 2011

FOX6 reporter Angelica Duria reports how in just one week of detecting, Mr Marko has found in the region of $10. His previous finds include a 1942 50 cent piece, silver.

“With a metal detector in hand, 60-year-old Gabe Marko decided to put his searching skills to the test looking for anything shinning silver.”


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Treasure hunters find coins, rings at Pismo Beach after fireworks

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By Nancy Chen, Ksby.com, Published Tuesday July 5th 2011

Nancy Chen reports how Mr Gil Rivera and a team of metal detectors sifted the sand of Pismo beach, after a fireworks event, to find lost treasure.

“As tens of thousands of people left local beaches after fireworks shows Monday night, a whole new crowd headed the opposite direction.”

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Beach detecting gains a bigger fan base…

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By A. Pawlowski, CNN, Wednesday 17th June 2011

Pawlowski, reporter for CNN, reports how through the Skyrocketing price of gold the hobby has gained a bigger fan base.

The article also discusses how detecting on beaches can become a very lucrative hobby.

 

“It’s probably one of the only pastimes that pays for itself.” Dan Berg, detectorist.

 

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Garrett Euro Ace

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Accessories

  • All Purpose Backpack
  • Volume-control headphones
  • ACE Environmental Cover-Up

 

Garrett latest metal detector,which was designed specifically for international detectorists, including those of Europe and the UK. Users who have enjoyed the power and performance of an ACE 250 will certainly be interested in the new technology offered by Garrett’s new EuroACE. This detector provides powerful new search advantages for coin and jewelry hunters, prospectors and relic hunters.

 

Key Features

  • Powerful, large 28 x 22 cm PROformance Double-D searchcoil. new DD configuration coil provides greater detection depth and performance by significantly reducing the negative effects of heavily mineralized ground and saltwater interference. Garrett’s blunted tip and tail design further extends the coil’s search area and offers improved searching along obstacles.
  • Enhanced Iron Resolution™—Coin and relic hunters will appreciate the more precise control over how much iron discrimination to apply. This feature is used to help separate good treasure targets from adjacent iron trash.
  • Higher Frequency—New 8.25 kHz frequency offers improved ability to detect small, conductive targets (such as small gold nuggets) than previous ACE detectors
  • Improved Audio—Tone ID optimized to indicate distinctions between ferrous and non-ferrous targets.
  • Volume-control headphones—Garrett’s ClearSound Easy Stow headphones are included.

PROformance Double-D searchcoil

  • Powerful, large 28 x 22 cm PROformance Double-D searchcoil,
  • Double-D configuration provides greater detection depth and perform performance by significantly reducing the negative effects of heavily mineralized ground and saltwater interference,
  • Long, narrow detection field provides excellent scanning coverage and target separation ability, as compared to conventional coils,
  • Garrett exclusive: blunted tip and tail design further extended coil’s total scan area and offers improved searching along obstacles (walls, fencing, etc),
  • Optimized for maximum detection depth on small relics and coin-sized targets,
  • Excellent ground visibility through coil,
  • Rugged, Rhino-Tough epoxy- filled construction,
  • Waterproof design; near-neutral buoyancy in water

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