Jodo_Kast501
Senior Member
I am a land hunter. I'm from KY and so we're about 8 hours from the coast, so I've hardly done any beach detecting (only one brief outing at Lake Huron a couple years ago). But my wife and I have been on a trip to Singapore and I decided to bring my detector and see how things would go.
I'm going to include photos of my finds as well as give info for anyone who plans to detect in Singapore.
1. Nobody bothered me on the beaches. There were curious onlookers who would ask questions, but no problems from police or park staff. But be prepared to talk to people. Singaporeans are pretty friendly (and all of the younger generations speak English), but you may well be the first person they've seen with a metal detector.
2. Grassy parks seem to be off limits, but public beaches are good.
3. I did not see any other detectorists while there, but a few locals mentioned that they had seen others out before.
4. I could not get my AT Pro to work well in wet sand or the seawater even with frequent ground balancing, so my thoughts only apply to the dry sand.
5. Many coins here sound terrible. Newer coins are steel, older ones are cupro-nickel. Most of the lower denomination coins ring up from 28–55 on the AT Pro. Only the older dollar coins sound like a really good coin signal (and even then only 70–75 on the Pro). They frequently come out totally unspendable due to rust, etc. See the photos below.
I hit three beaches: Pasir Ris, Changi, and East Coast Park. I do not recommend the first beach to anyone planning to detect. A lot of trash and an inordinate amount of fishing weights. I don't think anyone really swims or lounges there.
Notable finds: several coins from British Malaya (Singapore was a British colony from 1819–1965, monarchs are George VI and Elizabeth II), about $50 in local money (40 USD), several junk rings, a small-ish silver ring (marked FAE 925), and my first ever gold, a 22k pendant weighing in at 1.26 grams. The pendant could easily have been missed! It rang up as a 46 on the AT Pro and I had dug a bunch of signals in the mid-40s that were junk.
Singaporean coins
Rusty and encrusted coins
Coins from British Malaya [l to r: 1 cent (1946), 10 cent (1950), 1 cent (1962), 20 cents (1954)]
Various jewelry, junk other than the silver ring on the right and the pendant
I'm going to include photos of my finds as well as give info for anyone who plans to detect in Singapore.
1. Nobody bothered me on the beaches. There were curious onlookers who would ask questions, but no problems from police or park staff. But be prepared to talk to people. Singaporeans are pretty friendly (and all of the younger generations speak English), but you may well be the first person they've seen with a metal detector.
2. Grassy parks seem to be off limits, but public beaches are good.
3. I did not see any other detectorists while there, but a few locals mentioned that they had seen others out before.
4. I could not get my AT Pro to work well in wet sand or the seawater even with frequent ground balancing, so my thoughts only apply to the dry sand.
5. Many coins here sound terrible. Newer coins are steel, older ones are cupro-nickel. Most of the lower denomination coins ring up from 28–55 on the AT Pro. Only the older dollar coins sound like a really good coin signal (and even then only 70–75 on the Pro). They frequently come out totally unspendable due to rust, etc. See the photos below.
I hit three beaches: Pasir Ris, Changi, and East Coast Park. I do not recommend the first beach to anyone planning to detect. A lot of trash and an inordinate amount of fishing weights. I don't think anyone really swims or lounges there.
Notable finds: several coins from British Malaya (Singapore was a British colony from 1819–1965, monarchs are George VI and Elizabeth II), about $50 in local money (40 USD), several junk rings, a small-ish silver ring (marked FAE 925), and my first ever gold, a 22k pendant weighing in at 1.26 grams. The pendant could easily have been missed! It rang up as a 46 on the AT Pro and I had dug a bunch of signals in the mid-40s that were junk.
Singaporean coins
Rusty and encrusted coins
Coins from British Malaya [l to r: 1 cent (1946), 10 cent (1950), 1 cent (1962), 20 cents (1954)]
Various jewelry, junk other than the silver ring on the right and the pendant
Here's your dinger and congrats on the foreign lands plundered gold!
Congratz!!
