Gold And Silver Detectors
Water Detecting Vs Land Detecting
When most individuals think about metal detecting, they visualize someone swinging a metal detector above the sand of a beach. While this is definitely a big part of metal detecting, there are many other areas that people detect. Besides metal detecting at the beach, other areas to detect on land are in parks, recreational fields, old house sites, school yards, and lots of other places only limited by your imagination. Most beginners start their hobby of metal detecting on land which is where the majority continue to detect. Another kind of metal detecting that the average person is not very aware of is detecting in the water.
Listed here are some “bullet” points comparing metal detecting in the water and detecting on land.
- Water metal detectors typically are more expensive than land detectors because of their water proof construction. There’s a greater variety of land detectors offered at all prices and with many different features.
- Recovery of items on land is usually easier. In the water you’ll need a long handled scoop that has to be fairly rugged and are often quite costly. It is also a little more tricky to pin point your target in the water.
- On land you can generally find more older coins and relics than you will find in the water. On the other hand, a lot of the older sites on land have actually been detected and the older finds could very well be limited.
- Even though there may be a small number of water detecting sites in your area, beaches attract many people on hot days so “goodies” are replenished quicker.
- Although you might not find as many older items in the water as you do on land, the water is where you’ll tend to locate the most precious items such as gold, silver, and platinum jewelry.
- Working in the water is often cold and uncomfortable, limiting when and how long you are able to detect. Metal detecting on land less so.
- There’s more strain on your arms and the body in general in the water as a result of water resistance which may be fatiguing.
- Weather conditions can kick up waves and make the water a little murky, making detecting in water a bit difficult.
- Seeing possible hazards like broken glass, rusted jagged metal, and dangerous critters is more difficult in the water.
There are other differences between water metal detecting and land metal detecting, however in general, it is a little easier over all to detect on dry land compared to the water. Most who detect in the water also detect on land. Just a small portion of people who detect on land detect in the water. There’s a bit of a overlap as many with land detectors use them in shallow water. If you decide to do this, take care not to drop your detector in the water or let water splash on to the detector housing. The repair could cost you a lot of money.
To sum it up, metal detecting on land is where you generally start to learn the hobby and can be rewarding with finding older, more historical items. This is best for the hobbyist and collector. metal detecting in the water can be difficult, but can be very lucrative considering recent high prices for precious metals.
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