Guy finds lots of old gold coins at beach [not me]

[BobOso]

Huh ? The reason that the next guy will be "lucky to find a zinc penny" is not because others have shown up with metal detectors. It is only/ever/always because mother nature has filled the beach back in . Nothing at all to do with telling others where your past-tense goodies were found, and "others showing up", etc....

With land sites : Yes, this "competition" and "loose-lips" thing is a factor. But for beach storm erosion hunting : No, it's not a factor.

I'm 600 miles from any beach, so I would not know. But I have been nagged as to where I've found nuggets, and taken people to a presumed site. Only to find out they returned with others days later to continue the hunt, I'm not dumb enough to take them to the real site.

 

[scoundrel]

If your Florida beach situation is akin to land hunting (where there is indeed ability to be "hunted out"), then yes, I'd agree with you. Because I do not extend my stance to something like land hunting. Where, yes, "3 or 4 more hunters" bring an end to it, blah blah . Or that there's no "renewing old coins" to a land site, etc..... Sure, I get it. But on the beach, I've never seen where that same formula applies. If Florida is somehow different, then : So be it .

Hey, and as for this guy's video (that persons, like yourself, have taken objection to), you have to admit that it was a great watch, eh ? To hear the guys' play-by-play, see his show & tell, etc... I mean, shucks, we all sit and watch each other's youtube videos, and give each other high 5's all the time, right ? Show & tell is part of the hobby, right ? That's why this forum has show & tell sections, right ?

So the point being : If this guy hadn't made that video, then : None of us would be enjoying it. I suppose you can push back and say : "But he didn't need to give clues as to the location. He could have just said 'somewhere in FL' or 'somewhere on the east coast' ", eh ? Ok, I'll grant you that.

I take no objection to the video. I’m actually glad he made it. That is how I added an 8 real and a cannonball to my collection. And I’m all about bragging rights. I’m just not about shooting myself in the foot. As an experienced treasure diver, I can tell you that when you find 30 eight escudos on some random non-shipwreck beach, there is very good odds that there could be something MUCH bigger than even 30 eight escudos on that beach. And I cannot imagine that Jimmy crossbones would not be on that beach after every storm. A handful of people already know about the site. In a few years, everybody will know where it is. So sometime in the future after an epic storm and something much bigger gets found than 30 eight escudos, it’s a guarantee that Jimmy crossbones will not be the one finding it. That will be the day he regrets ever making the video.