though I had some problem with sea water It also ru-vid.comUgkxa-FNYUOM93a388gi9a4brtSCEVmrHgJH land for finding any things very easily. (thought it would work as normal due to it being water proof within certain parts of the detector), on dry land and sand worked well. My first one, so still have lots to learn
I've watched so many metal detecting video's and gained a mild interest, some of them 20 to 40 minutes long. This was just over 7 minutes and one of the best I've seen yet. I'm sold. I have a new hobby. I've been retired for 2 years now and I'm buying a metal detector. Thank you sir. Well done. 👍
Thank you for your kind comments. Metal detecting is a great hobby, not only can you find some neat stuff but the exercise is great and you will meet a bunch of really nice people. I wish you the very best of luck. Terry
On the 4th of January this video passed a million views and I thank you all for being a big part of it's success.We all enjoy this wonderful hobby and I wish you all much success. All I ask is that you fill your holes and take the trash out with you when your done, leave the area better than you found it and that will help in keeping this a hobby that we can all enjoy.
Hi Terry hope falls well with you and your family. When you hit those heavy mineralized spot so you still use a wider coil? From my understanding if you are in a area like that bigger coils give you more background noise? Thank you A novice😎👍
Thank you all for viewing my video. I had fun making it and it was unreal that I found the two Spanish coins right while we were filming it. I hope that it will be of some small help when you are out there enjoying this wonderful hobby of ours. God Bless and good luck. Terry
you are very big man and seeker, could you give me some advice? can excalibur 2 to learn to distinguish the gold sound from the rest of the garbage? I work at sea in salt water. dug a lot of coins, I got tired of it... thanks in advance
Your excalibur 2 is a great machine and it has different sounds for different targets. Silver will be high gold low. My advise is use your threshold and move your scoop so your detector will pick it up. This should produce a high tone. Keep doing this and dig the low or nickel sounding tones. Good luck.
Hello Terry. I am an avid beach hunter about 150 miles south of you. While I have watched MANY beach hunting videos over the years, this one is THE BEST one I've ever seen. The beaches of Florida have been very fruitful to me during 2016 and have more than paid for my CTX and Excalibur machines. Inspiring videos such as yours are one reason I got into this wonderful hobby to begin with and it's something I will continue to enjoy for many years to come. GL and SH my friend...
You have a wealth of knowledge. A true veteran. The advice in this vid is the best advice I have come across.. Would love to go hunting with you and learn a few tip’s from a true master.👍 God bless you.
I would love to hunt with you if the opportunity presents itself but right now are beaches are pretty much closed and of course this coronavirus really has screwed up any detecting. Maybe next year I live in the Melbourne Beach area. Terry
Terry Shannon Hi Terry. Thanks for replying.👍 That would be be truly awesome.! I’m from the uk. I’ will be over Galveston staying with My fiancé, then over Florida visiting My niece for a wk in the new yr. So would love that opportunity to meet up.👍 Stay safe. And I’ll be keeping in touch.👍
Terry, I have watched allot of metal detecting videos and this one is my favorite. I really appreciate you actually teaching what to look for and the videography is nicely done. I will be moving to St Augustine area soon and I want to get down to the treasure coast and find my first reales. Thank you again Terry for your videos, your awesome!
hope you're doing well Mr. Shannon, you are still my favorite metal detecting guy no matter how many different people flood you tube with their videos. yours are far superior. My respects
very kind of you to share a wealth of information. I live 3 hrs from the coast and rarely go to it . I hope when ever I visit the beach I remember to watch your video again and again. Thanks Pete
Terry thanks for helping me at my new hobby, I started metal detecting a month and a half ago and love it. Your tips I'm sure will help me hunting. The why I took to detecting was to lose the big belly and get healthy again. Dave
It's a great hobby and I truly believe that the exercise we get out there detecting will add years to your life. Plus it's just plain fun. Good Luck Terry
Hello Terry, Newly retired, 20 years also in the Coast Guard. Always fan of detecting. Most of it in New Hampshire. To bad I live in lakeland, quite a drive to the east coast but worth it.Being retired, I can travel to the beach anytime! Your video is a great tutor on where and how to detect on the beach. Rings and such are GREAT finds, but older finds please me more. Been reviewing the website 'Treasure Coast' lots of info there. It suggest detecting from Wabasso beach south to Turtle Trail. I think I'll give that a go after this storm. It will be my first time on the beach. Reviewed videos of my Garret ATpro on the beach. Seems it may not be the best for the beach, but with good balancing it might do the job. Subscribed to you and will review you past videos and follow your new ones. I should learn a lot from them. Thanks for your service in the Navy. Looking forward to your new videos. Sorry for the long reply. Good luck and happy hunting. Regards, Bill
Bill good luck on your retirement. I really believe the most important thing you can do is get to know and understand the beach. Watch for low or washed out area's Terry
Bravo. That was a very well put together video. Reminds me of my dad who started hunting in the early '70's on the west coast of Florida and he got me started at 15 in 1978 and I've been hunting since. Well continued success and God bless
Yes Monty I do. In the spring we get a lot of what I call troughs were a sand bar builds up out deeper and as the tide goes in and out it often forms a 3 or 4 foot deep trough. These are great and I get excited when ever I see one. If the waves are down I like to hunt up to waist deep in front of popular beaches and use my excal for that. Hope this helps Terry
Monty I just wade and detect. When I get a target I try to get the coil right over the target. When I've done that I bring my foot so it's touching the back of my coil. I then move the coil and the target should be right in front of my foot. Be careful when you dig so you don't hit your foot. After a couple it's old hat. I hope this helps Terry
+wadoman699 Thank you for the kind comments and good luck detecting the treasure coast. The treasure is there but the conditions have to be right to find it. Terry
New subscriber...I love thunderstorms..I have walked on the beach 2 times in my life..fell in love ...the smell..the feel of the sand on bare feet...just looking at the sea,and the wonder what is out there...(Lol...Kentucky country gal )...now I live in Bavaria,Germany..My husband is Bavarian...I would love to start metal detecting here...(Roman coins) but I lost my metal detector in the move from Kentucky to Bavaria...sadly..but one day I will be back digging in the dirt..As for now my love for rocks keeps me happy..Yep I'm a huge rock hound..
Great video Terry. I would really like to come spend a few days detecting with you, but with one child still home most of the day, that won't happen anytime soon. Take care and good luck with your hunting. Mark
excellent advice. Once I found my first ring, the others came much easier. You just never know what's going to come out of the sand. The show and tell on the riel is amazing to me. I may have had one in my hand and never knew it......thxs. You have proven to me to be one of the best MDers on the net.
Thank so much for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and wish you the best of luck. I apologize for taking so long to get back to you, a computer glitch wouldn't allow me to answer but it's now fixed.
Hello, . I appreciate the beach hunting tips. I mostly metal detect inland but occasionally hit the beach with a Fisher CZ-21, I will follow your advice next time I go there.
I am recovering from major surgeries and have a wound vacuum so I cannot swim or even go in a Jacuzzi or bathtub this summer. I live in the Midwest now but am taking up metal detecting as soon as I can find a decent affordable setup because the one thing I am allowed and encouraged to do is walk. When I was recovering from surgery 5 years ago I beachcomber in CA. Now I'm in South Dakota and I can go to the lakes and rivers and parks. Thanks for the tips and encouragement great video.
Tonina I am sorry about your medical issues. I'm 78 years old and enjoy good health and I believe a big part of it is due to the exercise I get when detecting. I wish you a total recovery and believe that metal detecting will not only help but is also a lot of fun. Good luck and hang in there. Terry
Great advice. Most people swing too fast and want to cover as much ground as they can. Some days its just one spot that turns up the days haul. When you are digging targets they will tell you a lot of information if you know how to read it.
I have watched this video several times and I plan on watching many more of your videos. There is wisdom hear we do not see on other beach detecting videos. Thank you very much! Florida to me is scarce in relics but not the beach. I was not born hear but conceived.
I thank you but that may a bit much on the PhD. I really feel that we have a great hobby but the true treasure is the friends I've made and the people I have met. I wish you the best of luck out there. Terry
I'm a new sub...lost my gold diamond ring my ex bought me. Kept it forever, he passed then I lost it...happy you found such a nice treasure. Blessings to you and your loved ones... everyone, cherish life & loved ones while there' alive, worth more than silver and gold..:)
I agree with what you say and life is so much better if you have someone to share it with. So sorry for you loss. I have been able to return some rings that were very special to those that lost them and it's a great feeling. Everyone should scribe their phone number inside their ring. God Bless, Terry
I had a long career in law enforcement before retirement and my metal detecting hobby. I don't think that anyone ever said I had a soothing voice. I thank you my friend. Terry
I return a lot of rings and everyone I have return always had a story. I mentioned in an earlier post if people would put their phone number inside their rings a lot more would be returned. On the old stuff I would really love to know the history. Good luck. Terry
@@riverarun Thank you James, I have had several friends that have traveled over and detected your great country. It's on my bucket list for sure. Good luck Terry
It was nice meeting you at the beach the other day. Thank you for showing us pictures of some of your treasures! I am going to share this video with our daughter, it may increase her metal-detecting luck!
+Jackie Chakhtoura That is one additional benefit about our hobby. I enjoy meeting people like yourself and I always leave thinking I just made a new friend. Terry
Oh, I am so excited to watch this and learn as much as possible because I'm trying to get my grandson in it. I used to go with my grandfather when I was young and its absolutely like Christmas to me. I wish I lived right on a beach I'd do this all day everyday. Wishing you the best of luck and happy hunting my friend
Katie what you are doing is a wonderful thing. I took my great grandchildren out detecting and they had a ball but then great grandpa made sure there was a lot of treasure to be found. I wish you the very best and respect you for taking the time to pass on this great hobby. Terry
@@terryshannon2991 your collection is more than admirable and should you ever decide that it could be displayed to see somewhere, I'll pay money to come view it. I'd say there are many museums that would love to have it. Lol. I've passed this or more videos on to some of my family, one being a marine biologist and he is fascinated. But, thank you so much again and God Bless
I have been very lucky, there is a river up here in Minnesota that the people float down. They were doing this for 25 years before I started detecting it and I was one of the first to detect it. It was unreal the amount of stuff I found. I always tell everyone if you have to chose between luck and skill take the luck and I have been lucky. Terry
Congratulations Aquatek 1 that had to be a huge thrill. I have hunted inland areas where finding one was possible but never had the luck. I have been very lucky on the beach but I'm hunting a prime area. I would love to detect in your great country someday. Terry
Peter I would be glad to get together. We just returned to Florida and I'm not even unpacked yet so could we wait until I get settled in. My e mail address is tshannon3@cfl.rr.com. Terry
Terry, Just picking up my new Xterra 705 today at UPS, I will contact you shortly.. Need to swing this thing a few before we go out. I know it's not the best Beach detector but we can see if we can do it! LOL Would be fun. Pete
God bless!well...He blessed you!!!I am in this hobby also and started with Sea Hunter II and now am with Excal II and its an awesome detector.Have found gold of course but nothing as you did!Was wondering about your collection of gold findings,how long it took you to dig all those rings?Thanks in advance.Hope God will bless me like you!
I have been pretty lucky over the years. I have been detecting for about 12 years now and a lot of those rings came from a tubing river in Minnesota. I'm sure you will do well, the good lord takes care of good people. Terry
I once had a pet octopus, we traveled all over the world. I bought him over 500 ring's that he wore on every tentacle and he lost them all. I believe all those rings belong to him. Sadly he wore to many rings in the water and drowned. No lie. So I believe the ring's belong to me now. Thank you Sir.
Thank you for such an intelligent & informative lesson on the art of metal detecting on the beach - It must be great to be in such a desirable location doing what you enjoy the most.💍
Hi bud very good video clip i shared it on Brisbane Metal Detecting Club Facebook page i hope you are ok with that. I like to promote people doing well within the hobby.
Sneads Ferry , N. Carolina...been there many times when I was stationed at Camp Lejuene....Topsail is a good place to metal detect...also Onslow Beach especially if you can get a Visitors Pass on base at Camp Lejuene...
Awesome tips and some day when I'm lucky enough to take a vacation along the coast you will have saved me a bunch of trouble and time figuring out where and how to detect the beach. To add that pile of treasure you found at the end makes me wish I was there detecting now lol. Yerdigginit sent me over from his channel and very glad he did. Wishing you all the best. Good luck, happy hunting and take care.
Brian is a great guy, we have a mutual friend that made us both aware of each other and I am very impressed with Brian's videos. I apologize for taking so long to get back to you, a computer glitch wouldn't allow me to answer but it's now fixed.
Terry how doing Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year , was wondering if you could give me some advise heading to Ft Pierce , next week afraid to take my Excalibur with me for packing reasons do you think a GTA 1000 , Garrett would work for me it has a beach mode or do they rent that kind of stuff , I'm flying in from California to visit my son , Thank you any advise is welcomed , Dagodigger
The beaches are really sanded in right now. If you were only to hunt the wet sand I would say you need the Excalibur but now we are coming off some real plus and minus tides and I think you best chance for something good would be up high. The Garrett is a fine machine and I believe it would serve you well. Good lick and Merry Christmas.
Thank you so MUCH for sharing your knowledge of how to detect a beach. I've been metal detecting for 15 yrs now and the knowledge you just dropped stays close to the belt usually. Very awesome of you to share.
Thank you Josh, to me sharing is part of the fun and I believe that what goes around comes around. I have made so many friends because of this hobby. Terry
Rob I had some medical issues that have been resolved and I apologize for taking so long to reply. Thank you for your kind comments. We enjoy a great hobby and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Terry
Rich they make some pretty good detectors in that 5 to 6 hundred dollar range and don't count out a used detector. You can often get twice the detector for half the price. Terry
I'm not sure but there are 3 rings in that pile that appraised for over 10 thousand. Saying that what they are worth and what you can get for them is often very different. I just enjoy the hunt. Good Luck. Terry
Terry, as I watched and listened to your video, my memory flashed back to remembering these are the very same words and message conveyed by Karl Von Mueller and Warren Merkitch in the Beachcomber's Handbook. The three of you are obviously cut from the same highest quality bolt of fine cloth. EXANIMO to you!!!
Mr. Shannon, thank you for your instructional videos. A lot of people upload detection videos but very very few add an educational element and for somebody like me who is just starting out, that's invaluable. Keep up the good work!!!! Kate Minot St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Thank you for the kind words Kate and good luck out there. Metal detecting is a great hobby. The exercise is great and you meet so many nice people and when you find that treasure it's just a bonus. Terry
Thanks for the tips. I just ordered a minlab vanquish 340 as a beginner. I'm hoping I find some decent stuff on our beaches of lake Michigan. I've seen some good reviews on that machine so I have my fingers crossed and can't wait for it to get here.
Wow I just found you. What a pile to be proud of. A lot of great finds. Incredible. That's a retirement plan you have in the pile of goods. Congratulations to you. Looks like you have aced metal detecting. Really enjoyed your video there is a lot to consider beach detecting. Thank you !
Sandy I am so glad you enjoyed my video. Metal detecting is a wonderful hobby and a big part of the treasure is the people yo meet and the friendships you make. Good luck. Terry
I do not remember if I told you this! but I used your instruction`s and was able to recover a long lost GR in the black sand line in Oceanside California last summer and I ran into a dude who was believe it or not was using a Whites DFX in the wet sand, I told him to stay in the black sand he said he could not balance his buzz box in it. I was using a Tesoro Lobo u-max and was humming along found a very long lost Sterling bracelet as well. P.S. 2018 Totals are 25 Gold Ring`s 2 G. necklace`s, 2 James Avery necklace`s,10 silver rings. and other stuff and Tons of metal trash now in the waste management system. :{) thanks so much I am glad to have found this video again. as of 01/08/2019 I am only found three silver rings one a Special forces ring . sin, RH100 :)
Not on the east coast but I'm on the north coast! I'll be putting what I've learned from You to good use! There is black sand and we have the same rip pools during storms unfortunately they are mostly in November and into December. But anything worth trying is worth the cold and wind. I'll be interested to see what happens in the upcoming weeks with my new found knowledge👍 Thanks for sharing your experience and I hope Your book sales are tremendous!
I'm hitting a popular spot now, freshwater but it's loaded with pulltabs from the 70's and 80's, can't swing without hitting at least a couple. I have my sensitivity set very low, kind of peeling back the layers. I tried to push the sensitivity up and pick and choose my targets but it just drives the machine nuts. May take me 6 or 7 trips until I can really get down to the deep heavy stuff. I just hope the water stays low. It's a dam area and popular swimming and boat ramp area, getting winter time now so I don't expect any rain to replenish the area. I will hit it every Saturday and Sunday. It's about a 1000 x 100 foot area. Decent fresh water beach size. Will see, doesn't look hunted before from all the pulltabs unless the person had an awesome machine and skills I'm on the AT Pro. Been working with it for 6 years now but detecting for 23 years. I'm excited about the spot and the extreme drought.
Excellent Video and Black sand is always a good place to look. My Vanquish 540 works rather well there. I live in Avon Park Central Florida, so I do have occasional chances to go to the treasure coast. Still looking for a good hunting buddy to overlap with.
Shared and posted with all my friends, unfortunately I am the only one who does this. Fantastic vidio , learned a mouthful, only thing is I am on the northern great lakes . No no we still get the black oil spilled looking sand. 😄 thank you for the idea.
Thank so much for sharing, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I wish you much luck. I apologize for taking so long to get back to you, a computer glitch wouldn't allow me to answer but it's now fixed.
