I hope this book will help you in some small way in finding some of the treasures that the beaches may offer when the conditions are right. The secret to success is a common sense approach, proper equipment, the ability to read the beach and of course that much needed luck. You will find howeverthe harder and smarter you work the luckier you’re going to get. Enjoy your time in the sun and on the beach, remind yourself that you are doing something that you not only enjoy, and is a really nice way to get some much needed exercise, it just may give you a nice ring or that sought after Spanish coin at the end of the day. Never feel bad when you have had a slow day out there detecting, it’s a privilege denied to many whose health or financial situation doesn’t allow them to do the things we enjoy.