Hit the beach about 2 hours before low tide, however, we've had so much NE wind the last 3 days low tide was like a normal high tide. The hoop earring is junk. My hunting partner ended up with some clad and a piece of jewelry that came off a necklace or bracelet, it might be .925. She mainly works the dry sand. All of my finds were from the wetsand, it'll be a couple days before the seas are calm enough to hunt the water.