Used to do it quite a bit in my early teens and still have one. I just don't go out much. Started out with a Compass Magnum 320. Had a Garrett ADS 7. Owned a Whites Spectrum for awhile. Currently own a Minelab Safari. The Minelab is awesome on black sand beaches.

I've found lots of old coins. Coolest find for me was an American Civil War cannon ball.

Costco always has the best deal on a decent Bounty Hunter when they have it. The $200+ model is ~$100 at Costco when they are trying to get rid of them. If you want high end, lots of old guys buy an expensive one and get disillusioned with it quickly. There are all kinds of deals on CL and Marketplace.

Better to just keep those finds to yourself.

I haven't really kept up on the latest tech, but most gold jewelry registers just like trash metal. If you don't dig up the trash, you probably aren't going to find the gold.

I bought my Garrett from them. Me and a friend went down there. He bought a Technetics detector. That was an expensive, plastic POS. He would get so mad when I'd find stuff and he wouldn't.

I always say I should hit the beach after a big storm.

I think it was just south of Canaveral, but he isn’t saying….

In the video there is a bit of land sticking out from the shore with some sort of structure showing. It is grainy as hell, but looks like Canaveral to me. Not too many other options for something like that on Florida’s east coast.

I get the impression it is public accessible beach. His partner tells him to hurry with the vid before people near them see what it is.

That XLT was a steal for sure. That’s the best under $500 detector. The one somebody else bought new, then quickly grew disillusioned with the hobby.

Florida beaches are public land. When we were in the Boston area I was surprised to see public parks on the coast that were only for the locals (parking anyway).