Well, you may be too young to remember all of this, but decades ago, shells on the beach were much more common, and they were a bit bigger, too. Let’s say you live on the beach and you walk every day; Well, maybe you’ve already started a little shell collecting, but you’ve probably noticed that you have fewer shells and more rocks these days. The reason is simple, those cool multicolored rocks are quite common, but most of the shells have been removed and the biggest ones are no longer around – plus there are more people looking for treasures, so even if there were more, your chances have increased. significantly reduced.

Now let’s say you want to find more shells and not come home empty handed with more colored rocks, if so what should you do about it? Well, you need to understand a bit more about the action of tides, currents, and high and low tides. You also need to consider where those rip currents are that pull things back out and where most of the debris is washed ashore. Since the beach is huge and the scenery changes slightly, you might want to get a GPS system and start documenting where you found the best seashells, sand dollars, or multi-colored rocks, then as time goes by slightly adjust these. coordinates to allow for what you found.

If you do this, you’ll easily outdo your beach mates, all vying for the best find of the week. Using simple tools like this can immediately change your positive success rates and ratios to finding the best stuff. A computer scientist I know has done just this, and he has shown me his maps of the seashore. He uses a very sophisticated mathematical formula and an equational derived approach. However, he explained that the key was not just in the data, but in the tools of the trade: his reliable Garmin GPS handheld system with long-lasting batteries.

He’s gone from metal detecting equipment to shell hunting, though he uses the same general strategies with his GPS unit and mathematical probability schemes. He assures me that you don’t have to be a (self-proclaimed) computer nerd like him to win the game when it comes to finding the best shells. This simple methodology and GPS technology will do it every time, even if you are completely computer illiterate on odd and even days. Please consider all this and think about it.