Beach metal detecting after Hurricane Idalia. Found OLD silver!!!

[@lechatel]

Enjoy watching your sunny hunts. I am a Brit detectorist since '77. Many people watching this will not appreciate the long hours of finding nothing but trash and the perceverance it takes in order to strike the good stuff. (It looks so much easier than it is!) I detect the fields and forests around my home in Normandy now. (Beaches in Normandy come with hazards for obvious reasons. lol) My oldest silver is 100 B.C though the average age is 17th century. The oldest gold is also 100-ish B.C and most of my gold finds are 14th century hammered coins. Youngest gold is 1808. Age, like everything else, is relative. Good hunting. Nothing is better than a good signal. I am getting a bit older now so hunts are shorter....but it sure is hard to stop when the signals are good.

[@DetectFlorida]

I think that most people don't realize that. I don't want to bore them with hours of me finding trash! 😂 I'll include a few pieces in each video, but I should probably start including the trash dump at the end

[@lechatel]

@@DetectFlorida Yes, that would be a good idea. It would also show the service you do in removing potentially hazardous trash from the beach.

[@HeatherMizzell]

I made stainless scoop 50 yrs ago still using it I have probably dug enough sand to load 40 dump trucks keep on diggin😊

[@NigelTufnel612]

When we were kids we were in Florida when Hurricane Agnes came through - we found hundreds of .50 cal shells, spent .50 cal bullets, shell fragments (likely the copper you found), and it was a blast!

[@pakedermsfavs9080]

It’s fun going along on your hunts! ❤

[@Colleen858]

Thanks for taking us along ❤

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Let’s go, let’s go treasure and adventure🌺💕✌️👵

[@martinjervis1558]

Nice to see older deeper finds showing up, have you had many silver coins coming out or wheats 🤩

[@DetectFlorida]

I haven't found a silver coin in the water in a couple of years. They're a very rare find on Florida beaches!

[@PlanttreesMS]

Beats a penny!!! I pick up pennies all the time, mostly at the check out in stores. 😄

[@somebeachdetecting]

Now that you got all that new equipment you're going to have to start bringing a backhoe with you 😅😂

[@RichardJohnson-GW]

Thanks for doing these videos. My whole family enjoys watching them!

[@shirpom8577]

Nice haircut! Fun hunt as always! Thanks for the scenery!❤👍😊

[@DetectFlorida]

Thanks!

[@monkabuda]

I love your persistence digging that hole with the ring!!

[@DetectFlorida]

Its always frustrating when you don't get it in the first few scoops, but I've learned that you should never give up!!

[@ScratchyBaws]

Love the first 💍you found and what a lovely couple you bumped into in the sea/ocean there. Thanks SS

[@brewster102]

Great interaction with the folks--you give people a positive take on metal detecting😊

[@FarmerC.J.]

It’s really great that you have time with your dad! M sweet dad has been gone for over 30 years.

[@Ford_prefect_42]

A 100 year old dime?! Wow!! Great find!

[@eschdog]

Another great video. I really like the tip of the day and your thoughts on the hunt. I’m always digging craters 😂

[@DetectFlorida]

I always try not to because they're such a pain in the butt to fill back in! But this time it was worth it!

[@timb.162]

Congratulations on the great finds good day of digging

[@maureen14]

Sounds like a charm Thurston Howell the 3rd gave to his wife Lovey!

[@ralyndacumbie8967]

I just got back from N. Padra Island. Love staying at my friends condo on the beach there watching all the metal detecter and or watching people fish. The 8 hour drive sucks. I am glad that you and your family made it through the hurricane ok. Love seeing yours and your Dads finds. Have a blessed week and take care.

[@DetectFlorida]

Thank you very much!!!

[@benmccrady2152]

Excellent as always 👌

[@ritahasz7352]

Fun finds (nice old dime) 😊

[@dannylee9138]

The old sea witches sometimes don't want to give up the good stuff you really have to hunt hard for it but nice stuff

[@DetectFlorida]

You're not kidding! I was hoping that the storm would erode a lot more, but sadly it just wasn't the case. I'm sure there's a lot more exposed areas on the shoreline, but I just have to find them!

[@diannesandenfebles2774]

Very cool hunt! Nice dime and ring!

[@HolisticPatriots]

It's all about that titanium scoop

[@DetectFlorida]

Its pretty sweet!!!

[@larryharvey7709]

Come up to Boston after a Nor’easter. You’ll be saying “another freaking Mercury.”

[@paperchaser9565]

I like your original scoop

[@DetectFlorida]

I do too! She was getting pretty old and beat up though. I was about due for a new one

[@Cem971]

You gotta go and find the black sands on the beach where all the gold is.

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

Awesome video ⚓️🧲👍

[@DetectFlorida]

Thank you!

[@23gatorchick]

Another great hunt. Love the Merc 👍

[@Sushi2735]

This is such fun!! Always loved a treasure hunt!! When I was a kid, I spent Sunday afternoons with my grandparents. My grandpa wanted my girlfriend and I OUT OF THE HOUSE. HE HAD A GIANT COIN JAR. AND HE WOULD CARRY IT TO THE FRONT YARD AND GRAB HANDFULS OF COINS AND TOSS THEM IN THE GRASS. MY buddy and I would spend the whole afternoon hunting coins in the grass. We had a ball, he had piece and quiet 🤐 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 CONSIDERING ALLOWANCES WERE .50 a week, we thought we were rich!

[@DetectFlorida]

Haha that's awesome!!!! What a great idea to keep the kids occupied! 😂

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

enjoyed the video and seeing the finds

[@groundassaultmetaldetectin4004]

Great hunt, love the merc.

[@LegacyStacker]

Hi Ground Assault Metal Detecting! Yes, nice finds! 😎I just subscribed to your channel! Nice short format videos!

[@bigearsandnoddy1]

Hiya DF excellent video job good job so please keep them coming GL&HH coming from Dulwich London England(✌peace✌)

[@MsAliceinwonderland]

Sweet old finds!

[@mariontheantiquarian7849]

Great day! I love the old dime the best. Wonder how long it has been there? Love the haircut. 💖 sharing your channel w/my sister’s bf who wants to starts detecting… they are in the NC mountains. 😊 have a great week.

[@jimjustice581]

Each time you dig with your scoop I’ve got my fingers crossed hoping you find something extraordinary and valuable. A silver ring, earring, and sixty-cents is a good start.👍 I’m guessing that equipment is great for building strong forearms, in case you’re a tennis player.

[@paulcook7888]

Looks like you had a good day detecting ❤

[@ivormoody8579]

Good videp

[@gregcandy8900]

FIRST!!! great channel man keep it up!

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

i think the new technology. is what makes them go so deep my 700 picks up my scoop and its like 2 feet from it. last time i was out i got a silver earring. have it looked at today. have a good day.

[@DetectFlorida]

The newer minelabs have greatly improved processors in them that allow the machines to be much more powerful. The increased depth is awesome!

[@عبددقوري]

Wonderful...good luck❤😅

[@leegoforth8557]

You can use that silver ear ring as a pendent on a nice silver chain.

[@mwdjr3158]

Great content!

[@DetectFlorida]

Thanks!

[@toddcour2087]

Where do you recommend for ordering a sand scoop? Mine is ok (large enough) but mine is rounded and I would prefer the edge like on yours for better digging. I often think my rounded edge pushes targets further down/away. Thank you!

[@DetectFlorida]

Mine is from Xtreme scoops. Here's a link to their website... xtremescoops.com/scoops/

[@johnnyhiett]

The bent quarter, a followup. 😎 I live where that bent quarter was dug and I just dug a bent quarter in about the same spot dated 1967. No corrosion on it. But lots of corrosion on most quarters here. Fresh drops have no corrosion, also any coin that was so deep in the sediment that no oxygen gets to it. No matter how old. So what was the date on the bent quarter?

[@DetectFlorida]

I don’t recall the date on it. It’s now in my quarter bucket with thousands of other nasty beach quarters 😆

[@yamilrodriguez6176]

Always fun watching your videos.. Did anyone catch that cool hat Dad was wearing???😁

[@whitewaterjack3332]

GO,GO GO ,NO MORE TALKING MOVE SOME SAND .LOL ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO MY FRIEND.

[@cavey1955]

HEY getting some gear to start digging from digging it in cocoa I would like to know what equipment you use for filming and editing

[@DetectFlorida]

Awesome! I use a GoPro mounted to an elastic head strap. I've used the cheaper head straps from amazon, but they don't hold up as well as the GoPro branded one. As far as editing goes, I use Adobe Premiere Pro. It's professional grade software, so it's very confusing and difficult to use when you start out. But I found that watching the KZbin tutorial videos on the software was a huge help. Even after editing 80 something videos, I still feel like a rookie!

[@surfstarcc1]

There's still a lot of gold to find on the treasure Coast, Happy hunting. 👍

[@kinghunter2330]

nice place amigo❤

[@making9792]

Have you tweeted the beach setting on your manicore

[@jaimechapa7828]

Love your videos!, wondering if you could make a video of how you set your new Manticore!, what program and how you set it?, going to buy one but don't know how to set it !, dealer will sell it but he doesn't know how to set it!, like to know how you set your machine, I want to up grade from my 2 Excalibur 2,have found over 200 gold rings with them, but i want a Manticore

[@TheStormRogue]

How’d you know the ring was silver off the pull? I don’t know much about metal detecting. It’s definitely interesting though

[@DetectFlorida]

Nothing else turns that color or looks like that when its been in saltwater for a long time. Silver is the easiest to identify when you find it.

[@TheStormRogue]

@@DetectFlorida ah okay, that makes sense.

[@BeverleyShoobridge]

Good luck

[@Dumperdivingdiva]

Can you tell me what decor you use for underwater? Also I like the scoop you use all I find is the short handle ones or the weak long handles that break easy.

[@DetectFlorida]

I alternate between using a Minelab Manticore and an XP Deus 2. The scoop is made by Xtreme Scoops in Texas. The handles shouldn't ever break as they're made of carbon fiber

[@Beals007]

Save the silver is going to skyrocket and value

[@ShowMeMO-Digs]

Are you on the gulf side? I need to know of a good beach near Tampa to detect next week

[@DetectFlorida]

Yep! It's hard to suggest a beach because its always a crap shoot. Clearwater beach is always popular, but it gets hit hard by detectorists

[@ShowMeMO-Digs]

Thanks! I've planned on Clearwater already. Guess I'll be yet another detectorist out there for a day.

[@michaelhunt5893]

What sandscoop are you using? Where did you order it from?

[@jamescostabile862]

Enjoy your videos, how do you compare the Manicore to the Equinox 800 and 900?

[@DetectFlorida]

I don't have much experience with the 800 and 900. The 800 is known for water intrusion, so I stay away from it. The 900 has a more robust design, and a better processor. It's a stellar beach machine

[@FL.AirBoater]

Have you ever found any Spanish gold coins? Enjoy your videos from central Florida!

[@DetectFlorida]

Not yet! The only shipwreck coin I found was a copper French coin

[@paulcole1171]

I think I had ask before how do you clean up your silver

[@DetectFlorida]

I typically don't. I like displaying my rings as they were found

[@shanehiggins4983]

"Be safe lovey" hope they didn't die and lose that. That would be ironic 🤣

[@mberry4005]

What is a good mid cost waterproof detector. My birthday is coming up and need some ideas.

[@DetectFlorida]

The Nokta Legend or the Minelab Xterra Pro would be decent machine if you're just getting into the hobby

[@N1ckClark]

I need a "Freakin Pulltab" shirt. 👍

[@DetectFlorida]

Things are in the works!!!

[@tracynickels164]

I so want to do this !

[@surfstarcc1]

That .50cal was from me during duck season. 🤣🤣

[@DetectFlorida]

😂😂

[@ailynpages6236]

Hey just found your channel after wanting to get into the hobby. Really cool videos ! Do you have any recommendations for a metal detector for beginners? Thank you !

[@DetectFlorida]

Hey! Thank you! What type of areas will you be searching? Land, freshwater, or saltwater?

[@ailynpages6236]

@@DetectFlorida I plan on searching through saltwater. My birthday is this month and my husband just surprised me with the Minelab X terra Pro. Super excited !! I’ve heard good things about it but still don’t know a whole lot lol. Any thoughts? Thanks for the reply

[@DetectFlorida]

@@ailynpages6236 That's awesome! The X-terra pro is an awesome machine for the money, but you'll be struggling in and near the saltwater. Its a machine better suited for land and freshwater only. I'm not saying that you can't use it near the saltwater, but expect the machine to perform erratically and give a lot of false signals. A Nokta Legend or a Minelab Equinox 700 are the bare minimum machines that I would suggest if you plan on hunting saltwater. Hope that helps!

[@debbiewarne9711]

What do you do with the bits that you find ?

[@DetectFlorida]

I hang onto the good stuff(nicer jewelry, coins, phones, etc...) I recycle and dispose of almost everything else

[@wolfonthehill5134]

Digging the quarter bent it?

[@johnnyhiett]

I respectfully doubt it. Thats in front of my condo. Coins etc got mangled by the heavy equipment doing the beach replenishment and building the groins.

[@wolfonthehill5134]

@@johnnyhiett I didn't believe it either. Even a silver coin wouldn't bend from just that scoop edge.

[@shawnsharick8580]

Thank you guys I was searching for a comment about the bent quarter by his digger 😂😂😂 he needs to put one in a vice and a hammer and see just how easy it will bend definitely wasn't his scooper still love the guy

[@HeatherMizzell]

I have seen a lot of beavers on that beach some of them I think could chew a tree down in about 10 minutes😂

[@davemiller8215]

now the question is..... HOW is the best way for you and pops to get those silver rings shiny again?? i am struggling to get my black silver back to shiny :((

[@DetectFlorida]

I almost never clean my silver rings. Its a lot of work when they're so crusty

[@matteopedini2155]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼💣 bravo il manticore va giuuuu e' una bestia 😏😏😏

[@SherryBaby2003]

Do you turn in silver and gold for money or sell really nice pieces ?

[@DetectFlorida]

I've never sold any of the things that I've found. Just in case the owner happens to see the video and steps forward(its happened!)

[@steventurner8428]

If you could ever add it up, metal detectorists world wide find and remove a huge amount of crap from the environment. It is truly amazing how many and where you can find bottle caps and pull tabs.

[@bluegas101]

What kinda metal dector is that.

[@DetectFlorida]

That's a Minelab Manticore

[@samGold27]

Name of the machine plz and how much ? Thanks 🙏🏻

[@DetectFlorida]

Its a Minelab Manticore. Retail price is around $1,600

[@itsonlystace]

😊❤😊

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

with the discount $5 for the manticore. 🤣. ya i know nock it off. ok i tried. have a good day.

[@trentdelancy3130]

Nice dime. Too bad it has been sitting on the bottom.

[@kkamas1]

I don't understand how people still wear jewelry to the beach?! I'm glad that you can detect it. When you find old jewelry (like the earring) what do you do with it? Impossible to give it back. Do you clean it up and sell it? I think that it would be cool to keep all of the treasures that you are unable to reunite with their original owners. You must have quite an impressive collection!

[@DetectFlorida]

I've never sold any of my finds. I keep the non-precious items in ring boxes and display cases, and the gold and platinum goes into a safety deposit box. I have no intentions of selling any of it because it's so much fun to look through everything and remember the adventures when I found those items :)

[@alicedaniels358]

What do the numbers mean?

[@DetectFlorida]

The numbers correspond to a metal or alloy. It gives an indication of what the item is before you dig it. It helps out a lot when you're digging in areas with lots of trash, or if you're looking for a specific item. You can "cherry pick" certain targets if you know what numbers you're looking for

[@raymondsamuel6244]

You should call out the dates of the coins you are finding also!

[@tbag3705]

I can’t imagine how much muscle you have in your left arm.

[@DetectFlorida]

😂

[@glovester]

freakin pull tab!

[@rogerclaiborne6815]

Remember, if you find it in the water and it's over fifty years old it belongs to the state and you got to throw it back.

[@HeatherMizzell]

Depends!!!!!!!!

[@RingsAndThings.]

Well we know who sends in extra money at tax time.

[@jamesgreer8262]

Do you metal detect with all metal on or off? It seems like every time I have all metal on I get nothing but iron bottle caps pull rings. I have really not found anything good with the manticore. I’m kind of disappointed with it. so far I do not think that the manticore is worth 1700 bucks

[@DetectFlorida]

I detect with it off. I like to hear the different tones to try to identify the target before I dig it. I'm beyond impressed with the machine and would absolutely buy it again if I had to