UK Beach Metal Detecting

30/07/2025

A rare day out in the dirt.
A great day with the UK History Finders - Metal Detecting World .
Stopped in on my way to Oxford and im glad I did, few roman and a tiny hammered amongst some other bits with the Equinox 900.

30/07/2025

A bit of silver is always welcome, a toe ring recoverd from the sand with the Equinox 900.

28/07/2025

Never to late for some retail therapy. @
UK History Finders - Metal Detecting World
I've missed my 900. Here we go again.

26/07/2025

My favourite low is the early morning, the previous days over and the new ones just begun.
Its a great way to end and start a day.
After working in the heat I came home and napped (I'm getting to that age)

As a consequence i ended up wide awake at midnight, tide checked its a 1.30 am low and its the lowest tide of this cycle, may as well hit the pier for a hour. I decide on the last 3 leg supports and some shallow water work.
Time to see if the stockists, i mean holiday makers have dropped anything off the pier.
First tenner of grockle season is in the bag.

24/07/2025

Throwback Thursday.

It not all crown caps and fishing weights for us beach detectorists, ok, well its mainly all crown caps and fishing weights but every now and then karma gives something back to us for cleaning up after those that think squirreling metal rubbish in the sand is acceptable.
One of my favourite rings has to be this high karat snake ring. It's the only one I've found in almost 3 decades of beach cleaning, I mean "metal detecting".

Have a great day and good luck if your out.

23/07/2025

A Silver religious pendant Rescued from the sand, probably originally attached to a thin chain but unfortunately even after slowing down and griding the area, digging even the faintest of iffy signals it was nowhere to be found.
Good luck if your out.

21/07/2025

I Hit the sand swinging 6am on Saturday morning, raring to go and full of.... who am i kidding, 20 mins in the heavens open and im cowering under the pier at Paignton trying to beat the incoming tide. I slept in then bumbled out the door with my pointer still sipping juice from the grid, didn't even notice until I bent down to retrieve the first target.
We've all been there, the watch and necklace briefly made me forget the water running down the back of my neck as it cascaded off the pier.
Hope you all had a good Monday.

21/07/2025

Quick Uk Beach session with the Minelab X-Terra Elite and Equinox stock coil.

A QUICK EARLY MORNING SESSION TRYING TO BEAT THE TIDE ON THE PUSH AT PAIGNTON PIER. FEW MODERN COINS BEFORE GETTING INTO THE TRASH, IVE EDITED THE END WITH T...

20/07/2025

Have a great silver Sunday everyone.

19/07/2025

Just a glass marble on its own journey with a story it can never tell.

18/07/2025

Throwback Friday.

This ring came up after a strong easterly storm caused a local beach to get stripped in 2020, the intensity of the storm exposed bedrock and removed a few feet of sand in places higher up the beach.
A few local detectorists including myself were doing back to back tides. I had some great finds over that weekend including this ring with the Vanquish and the v8 coil its not the biggest ring but i was up against some tuff competition and it proves you dont need to spend the earth in this hobby to find but the sand returned almost as quick as it went and so did the chance of finding.

There seems to be less and less casual loss with the decline of coins, less people wearing gold and dwindling visitor numbers to many once thriving victorian coastal towns here in the UK.

Low spots, cuts and erosion are the keys to unlocking older history at the beach, many people hear the news of incoming storms and wince.
The more dedicated beach detectorists flick the switch to there charger lead and checks out high and low water levels. I've never been fussed about times if its 2am so be it, im still going to be there.

Even with all the talk of Climate change intensifying storms making them stronger, wetter, and potentially more frequent, they seem to be further apart than they were a decade ago.
The only saving grace is increased rainfall means more movement on estuary locations.
Learning more than one beach really is the key to finding, especially if your coastline offers a choice of directional beaches so your not tied to storms coming from one direction.

There's often far more history hidden along your coastline than many detectorists realise and with a little research, patience you can get away from just dry sand wandering.

Roman, hammered coins, bronze age and everything in-between, its all there if you invest the time. If your new to the hobby and finding permissions hard to get, hit your local beach, just take away everything you find and be responsible.
The beach isn't for everyone I know, if you fall in that category next time your at the beach with family spare a thought for those of us that often pull out stuff that's bad your feet and chuck a few quid out so we can get a pasty on the way home 🤷 and you can watch your family enjoy the beach.

Thx for reading and Good luck if your out.
Happy Friday