I know what you are talking about on both subjects mentioned here the difference being I don't let nagging or anything else get to meBack when I hunted with a friend of mine we had a good run on lots of gold at certain beaches. At the time i was married and had 3 hours to detect including travel time once or twice a week to avoid the nagging or worse. One time she jumped on one of my Excaliburs.My friend I showed the spots had a field day all the time. We got hit with a storm cycle that tore down the dunes everywhere about the time he moved to the gulf coast. The beaches still haven't ever recovered like the good old days. He thought I was fibbing when I told him our old spots never produced much after he left. It's still there. It's just been buried. If sand moves it isn't open long, don't find the heavies I know is there. One spot I would find heavy gold and for some reason a couple pouches of 8 oz lead sinkers. I haven't found a big sinker there since 2014. People detecting today starting out would never guess what's under their feet that they are walking on that might not appear again in my lifetime. So far this is my worst year ever.
... most of the really good spots I have hunted over the years are still silted or sanded in since Sandy with its 14ft storm surge it brought in a lot of stuff including boulders and large and long planks from sunken sailing vessels...
Great thread 
