Researched>Identified target beach>bounty of coins
I will share some really great researching I have been doing and been getting great results. I live in the Northeast, Long Island. We have alot of beach. But I find that alot of the popular beaches are picked and also full of trash.
I started using google maps satellite views and I am amazed. The beaches that I thought were not worth while, because 1) I dint think they were highly trafficked, by vistors 2) too easy for other detectors and detecting clubs to pick them clean. 3) Or just ignorance. As I reivewed my locations, I noticed that google has images of the beaches from different times of the year. I was able to see that all the people from one beach that got washed out, seemed to have piled up on the next beach, last summer.
So I went out for 2 days, about 2 hours each day, and boy I have never seen it rain quarters, I believe i found 12 in 2 days, and some dimes and nickels.
I use the minelab 900 equinox, It is an incredible machine, once you get to know the tones and crazy behavior it is a dream machine! In other words, no more junk collecting.