Not hunting our normal beach areas, and we STILL found jewelry!

There was more than one surprise this Thanksgiving day! We even ran into some out of town subscribers! :) You just never know what will happen when you're beach hunting!
Equipment used today:
Metal detector- XP Deus II
Scoop- Xtreme Titanium Gen-3 Titanium All-Terrain-Plus
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[@MetalheadChristian]

I think it's really cool that you do this with your dad!

[@mplskillroy]

Really great to meet you your dad and mom!Thanks for the shout out! We hope to see you guys again.

[@karenwheeler2610]

You should show your finds collection some time! Would love to see it

[@barbaramcquistian8081]

Cleaning the beaches one pull tab at a time! Love watching these.

[@mamm7223]

I will never, ever be able to look at another pull tab without hearing your voice in my head: "Freakin' pull tab!"

[@DetectFlorida]

😂😂😂

[@barblynn1979]

You had a great day. You met a couple of your fans, you guys laughed and talked. That makes a great day. Love the story about the red pull tab. Can't wait for the next video. I also hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

[@DetectFlorida]

They took me out for dinner after, too!! Such wonderful people!

[@time4us]

Love it❤ thanks so much for including us:)😊

[@metaldetectingwithrocky1901]

Great father/son hunt!!!

[@jodiemarieelectrolys]

Your pull tabs reminds me of all day yesterday on a NorCal beach; rusty nails from pallets for beach fires. Your personality is infectious.

[@debbie4220]

Thanksgiving!?!? LOL! Great you met some fans! Best find of the day I’d say! Family and friends! I hope you and yours had a couple of great holidays! Next week is the new year 🎉!🎉! Enjoy!!

[@garymartin6066]

Certainly a very nice ring for Thanksgiving

[@ricardosilverdetector5245]

Greetings from Chicago 🖖🖖🖖🖖

[@ryankproductions7943]

Great channel, just subbed

[@DetectFlorida]

Thanks!

[@diggersdentysonu.k.m.d8813]

👍 👌 have brilliant week thanks for sharing u legend 😊😊😊😊

[@jonl1320]

I just ran across your channel and enjoy your vids. I started out in 1968 and live in Alabama. Still like to go to the gulf whenever I can. Gotta love that soft white sand from Mobile on across the panhandle! Best of luck to ya!

[@Findingwithfrequency]

Good hunt 👍🦀

[@ritahasz7352]

The day of “the red pull tab” - fun story 😊

[@jimrichter3487]

We love your channel Shawn!!! We just purchased an Equinox from Digging It…. Thank you for your referral..

[@DetectFlorida]

That's awesome!!! Good luck out there!!!

[@lindatamburri]

Love your videos Shawn! It’s freezing where I live…makes me feel like it’s warm outside watching your channel!

[@alwignot3584]

You’re the king in my book b

[@diannesandenfebles2774]

Fun Thanksgiving hunt!

[@Archtops]

Now I’m keeping my eye out for a red pull tab! Enjoyed the hunt. Best of luck out there!

[@DetectFlorida]

Haha! I'll never look at them the same again!

[@ralyndacumbie8967]

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I hope you have a blessed week.

[@DetectFlorida]

Thank you! You too!!

[@23gatorchick]

That's a beautiful ring. Always a good day when you find a ring. Awesome that you met up with some followers 👍

[@bigearsandnoddy1]

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

[@gregsachs2676]

Lol I find lots of pull tabs.Keep on digging.

[@buscandotesorosentodoterre2212]

Nice hunt

[@MrGravy_]

Minnesota gang!! Much love

[@Richard-rs8vc]

Well not muts thus time but greets from the Nederland

[@lloyddraper1589]

I only saw your your videos for the first time last week. Heard that you were from Buffalo! I live in Lewiston, NY and have been detecting since a trip to Florida in March 1967. Have found a number of relics as you mentioned but was always drawn to the Sarasota area to detect, anytime I traveled to Florida! Thanks for the neat videos!

[@DetectFlorida]

Not far from where I grew up! I wish I had gotten into detecting while I lived up there

[@GarysMetalDetecting]

Nice hunt, stay safe.

[@mariontheantiquarian7849]

I’m getting my beach fix from your videos… nice day even if you didn’t find a great treasure. ❤Glad you had a good Thanksgiving…

[@groundassaultmetaldetectin4004]

Find of the day..... a red pull tab.

[@DetectFlorida]

Ughhhhhhhhhh lol

[@SLO-Ride]

HEY! No knocks on the Nokta! I love my Simplex! Best find was a clean Hohner harmonica :)

[@DetectFlorida]

Nokta makes a great machine! Was the harmonica playable???

[@SLO-Ride]

@DetectFlorida Yes. With zero corrosion, I figured it had been lost by some college kid (all our beaches here are college party beaches) on the Saturday, before the Monday I was there.

[@richardtaylor8404]

I'll be down there in November hopefully I can find me some lost treasure from the 1715

[@andyb8989]

Hello from the UK, my wife lost her 9K gold watch on South Beach (20 years ago). Location front of G.Versace's house, about 7/10 yards from the shoreline, if you are arund there one day look it up. Andy

[@DetectFlorida]

I'm actually going to be there in a few weeks. It would be a miracle, but it would be awesome to find it!

[@xentrik1]

Theres a way to tell the pull tabs on the deus sometimes but i usually dig them just in case

[@DetectFlorida]

That tungsten ring was the exact same VDI as all of those pull tabs I was digging. As much as I despise pull tabs, I have to dig them!

[@xentrik1]

Sometimes you can just hit the edge of the tone and they will sound a little off. Ot works better for bottle caps. I still dig them too usually, unless there's a ton of targets

[@netamorton4832]

Shawn, I don’t know why but I haven’t been getting notifications when you upload a new video. I just now found this one from Thanksgiving! I guess I will have to keep checking back to see if you have a new video. Anyway, your favorite thing lots of pull tabs! Lol

[@DetectFlorida]

Hmmm. Make sure the little bell icon is selected. There's wayyyyy too many pull tabs out there! haha

[@MrDetectorist]

its all for the pull tabs ;)

[@DetectFlorida]

😂

[@jblood63]

Love watching your videos. Has my 1st attempt at detecting on our Aug/Sept Indian Shores vacation. Only found a few tent stakes before idalia came to town

[@shirpom8577]

Be careful! Your new nickname may be 'Red Pulltab' Shawn 😂 Yay on seeing Minnesotans there! 👍 Nice little pulltab hunt. Very nice ring! Keep on keeping on! ❤️😊👍

[@DetectFlorida]

Nooooo I don't like that name!!! 😂

[@shirpom8577]

@@DetectFlorida 🤣😂🤣

[@davidfrank3728]

All I ever find is garbage and coins.. but did find a nice lighter, down by Miami..

[@DetectFlorida]

That's usually what I find too lol. It usually takes a lottttt of walking before I find something good

[@Joanna38046]

Hi great day for you, It’s Thanksgiving! Oh by the way what do you do with all those freakin pull tabs lol, you should make something!

[@Joanna38046]

Sorry I wrote that comment before the video was over. Not busting you about the pull tabs. I just always love hearing you say “it’s another freakin pull tab”

[@DetectFlorida]

Haha! They go right in the recycling bin! I would collect them, but you should see the boxes of crap that I have from metal detecting!! Cell phones, sunglasses, vapes, hot wheels cars....

[@philipcallicoat3147]

This is not a troll.. I'm actually subbed to your excellent site.. However, you mentioned the" ruff" surf there, I have to compare that Southern CA beach surf to the Central Florida Atlantic surf.. Just be grateful for the warm Florida currents... The Pacific is downright cold no matter what beach you're on...Up on the Beautiful Monterey Bay you can keep your soda,ect, nice and cool..🥶 I'm currently living in St Petersburg FL right now and, going back to California is not gonna happen... Love Florida... 🤗🕊️ PS the red pull tabs are going to cause you nightmares 😂!!!!!

[@DetectFlorida]

I don't envy the beach detectorists over there on the west coast! Its rare that I can't hunt the water here. I just have to know my limits and be safe about it! Even though its much calmer here, people get sucked out into the gulf pretty regularly

[@mikeycod7377]

Nice hunt Shawn. Wanted to get out myself today but as usual our central New York weather does nothing but rain on the weekend's 😡

[@DetectFlorida]

Ughh that's the worst! I'll be up there in a couple of weeks!

[@mikeycod7377]

@@DetectFlorida Nice I'm guessing you're coming to visit your sister. Maybe you could do some dirt digging 🤔🤔🤔

[@mwdjr3158]

How were you able to conceal the cord for water hunting? Great video - thanks

[@DetectFlorida]

Thanks! I use the shorter black wire and run it straight up the shaft

[@FloridaRobTreasureHunting]

​@@DetectFlorida Shawn, you mentioned you used a shorter black antenna. I was trying to obtain a shorter cable. The dive cable is only around 25 inches Long which would not be long enough. Is there one available that's in between the dive antenna and the regular antenna? I cannot find one.

[@WatchMeWatchStuff]

Is pulling off pull tabs like an east vs west coast difference. Like soda vs pop? lol I have never met anyone on the west coast that pulls those all the way off. Or do they just fall off when left on the beach?

[@DetectFlorida]

I have no idea why there's so many of them out there

[@thelife9358]

Hey man great content I want to start doing this! What kind of metal detector do you use?

[@DetectFlorida]

Thank you! I'm using the XP Deus II in this video

[@thelife9358]

@@DetectFlorida ya man! That thing is nice I plan on getting one but is there a cheaper but decent one you would recommend?!

[@stevem7189]

Love watching your videos. I’m wanting to get started in detecting, but not sure where to begin. Do you have any videos for beginners? Equipment recommendations that don’t cost a lot, but get decent results and can work in water? I like your scoop, but I see it’s expensive on the company website. Any recommendations on one that would be similar and good quality? Thanks.

[@DetectFlorida]

Thank you! I'll be working on some Beach Hunting 101 videos in the near future. If you're wanting to hunt saltwater, you can't really get away with a cheap machine. You'd be looking at a Nokta Legend or a Minelab Equinox at the very minimum. A good machine will pay itself off quickly if you use it enough! As far as a scoop recommendation goes, I can't really suggest one that's cheaper. When I use the cheaper ones in the water, they drive me crazy. I spend more time trying to retrieve my targets than I do actually metal detecting! Hope that helps!

[@stevem7189]

@@DetectFlorida That actually helps a lot. Thank you.

[@MannyMusings]

Do you Scrap your finds ?

[@xentrik1]

How do you like the deus 2 so far

[@DetectFlorida]

I really like it so far. It desperately needs a carbon fiber lower shaft, but other than that I'm very pleased!

[@Hyper_Go_Stunts]

Hi. I live in California. Can I Metal detect there ? Can they post do not meltal detect at the beach

[@DetectFlorida]

I have no idea. Metal detecting laws usually change from county to county. County laws about metal detecting are usually listed online. Good luck!!

[@Hyper_Go_Stunts]

@@DetectFlorida Thank you for that information. I'll look it up. Have a great day 😀

[@1hhenry]

I hate pull tabs.!

[@doylemcmillen5073]

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