hit the beach a little after 7am an within 30 mins, got the watch in about 1 ft of water its a Bulova 98t87 ( retail 109.00 ), its in perfect shape.next low tide was around 5:30 pm an so I hit the water 1 more time an pick up the 10k ring. its 2 tone. I spent the whole day at the same beach an saw 14 other people detecting thru the day.I was suprise to find anything with so many people, but they again about 1/2 the people I saw didn't have a clue what they were doing or didn't have the right machines for the job at hand.1 guy was swinging with his coil at least 1ft or higher off the ground, another couple came by with machines that had maybe a 5" coil,( sort of small for beach work, an 1 guy hunting in the water near by was using a Viper an never did see him dig anything up.