Probability of finding during the beach search
Anyone who searches in the water, on the shore or on the beach will certainly ask themselves at some point "Where can I find the most and where is my probability of making great finds the highest? ". Well, that's exactly what we always ask ourselves when searching the beach ...
We have simply named the still shallow area on the shore or beach the "crown cap zone" (you can throw a crown cap into the water just this far from the shore! ). This zone is usually not very popular with explorers, as this is where most of the rubbish is to be found. Logically, more rubbish has to be dug up in the crown cap zone and, in relation to this, fewer good finds are made.
Over the years, we have noticed that there is about 1 great find for every 10 items of rubbish (bottle caps, aluminium foil, etc.) dug up in the crown cap zone. Nevertheless - the one great find usually has it all, because experience shows that most rings are found in the crown cap zone! Why most rings are found in the crown cap zone is actually quite logical: when the bathers go into the water, they usually cool themselves down with a little water and wet themselves a little - and it is precisely at this moment that the rings fall off their fingers, as the fingers shrink slightly in diameter due to the usually cold water. Looking back, we found most of the silver and gold rings in the crown cap area. So it's worth the effort and collecting rubbish (and possibly broken glass) is a good search anywayKarma. Fortuna usually rewards explorers who behave fairly and correctly on the beach.
In the swimmers' zone, the ratio of good finds to rubbish is much better, as there is naturally less rubbish in this zone. In this zone, at most a child will drop some aluminium foil from a rubber dinghy into the water. In our experience, you are more likely to find something in the swimmer's zone and it is mainly coins and jewellery (necklaces, earrings, etc.) that are found. The ratio in the float zone is around 5 to 1.
