Maui

[mntnflyr4fun]

I am heading to Maui in about a month, was thinking of taking my new Manticore along. Anybody have any input on where/how to be successful over there?

[GotAU?]

Another member who’s an avid and successful beachcomber suggested detecting in front of beach hotels when I asked a similar question. Go past your knees in the water if you can also…

[mntnflyr4fun]

that sounds good, combine a little snorkling with treasure hunting...... probably not many hunters taking that  route.

[matt]

I hunt Maui a lot! I'm there every 4-6 weeks. Pretty much any beach can be detected. The hotel beaches are fine, but there's a guy that lives near the main tourist hotels and he detects every day. Super nice guy, but he's retired and has nothing else to do but detect. Targets are few and far between. Also, since the fire the tourism has slowed down a lot. The amount of "donors" is noting like it was prior to the fire. There's still finds, but you can go an hour without even a pull tab.

Detecting in the water in Maui can be good, but it depends on the surf. It's not like Florida or the carribean that have shallow water for a ways out with little surf. The beaches on the west side are steeper and a couple feet off shore and you are up to your shoulders and get tossed around by the surf. A few minutes of that is very difficult. Find a target and a wave comes and you a several feet from the target and can never find it again! If the surf is down, you might be able to hunt in the water.

My advise, try every beach that looks good to you. You might get lucky!

 

[mntnflyr4fun]

3 hours ago, matt said:

I hunt Maui a lot! I'm there every 4-6 weeks. Pretty much any beach can be detected. The hotel beaches are fine, but there's a guy that lives near the main tourist hotels and he detects every day. Super nice guy, but he's retired and has nothing else to do but detect. Targets are few and far between. Also, since the fire the tourism has slowed down a lot. The amount of "donors" is noting like it was prior to the fire. There's still finds, but you can go an hour without even a pull tab.

Detecting in the water in Maui can be good, but it depends on the surf. It's not like Florida or the carribean that have shallow water for a ways out with little surf. The beaches on the west side are steeper and a couple feet off shore and you are up to your shoulders and get tossed around by the surf. A few minutes of that is very difficult. Find a target and a wave comes and you a several feet from the target and can never find it again! If the surf is down, you might be able to hunt in the water.

My advise, try every beach that looks good to you. You might get lucky!

 

Thank you for that sound advice. I was thinking I might try and find some coves where the surf isn't bad even tho there is currents to contend with and do most hunting with a snorkle..... then again, may just enjoy the beach. I have been to Maui many times and know the surf is strong on most beaches and without Lahaina to draw people the "contributions" must be lower. I appreciate you logging in on this, my 20 years detecting has taught me that LUCK is part of the equation always.