Better late than never...finally got some water time

[CASPER-2]

Health issues have kept me down most of the year but finally got some time to get out and get in
Last week I went to look for a lost wedding band - online it said park did not charge after Labor day
- they lied - had to pay $30 to park. Was really hoping to find & return but ranger told me a lot of guys hit water there.
Place was pretty clean. I found a few deep wheats over a foot down and got rings in a rocky area along with
a dollar coin which was a surprise. Ring with stone is 14k GF...shame it would've been a beauty if gold.

Took a ride to R.I. on Sun. to an old spot I used to hit years ago.
I know it gets hit by locals for fresh drops but spot has rocky spots and was hoping to get a few oldies - I did.
Second target was a caked silver Wash. quarter - 1940. Little while later I got caked silver relig.med.
Little later I got a 1936 Buffalo - then finally saw yellow in my scoop. Scoop was full of rocks and as I shook it and plucked
out the larger ones I saw glint of gold in the bottom. Digging in the rocks was hard work but it paid off.
I got a Merc dime and final target before I got out was a silver ring. Not a lot for 2 1/2 hrs but at least
I got a few keepers.
Ring is marked VIRGIN GOLD 14k

Monday I went to another small R.I. beach. Once again a spot that guys hammer for fresh drops
and another spot that once you get down close to 1 foot down - you hit solid rocks here.
I have gotten old silver and gold in these rocks years ago because most guys give up cause they cant dig in
the rocks. I had one hit here early where there was a hole and I pulled an old key that someone
gave up on. I got older clad and a few wheats but no silver which I was surprised, but I did
manage another small gold band down about a foot that I worked hard to pull up
- 750 (18k) which made it worth hitting. You can see by the lack of shiny
fresh drops that others have cleaned those out of all these spots. Was upset that a lot of the
trash I got here was dug and tossed back - sitting right on top.

Temps getting colder up here - water will be soon too. Hope I can get a few more hunts in.
Good Luck if you get out

 

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[Blak bart]

Congrats on the nice finds casper. Glad you got to make it out there. Nice golds !!

 

[plymouthian12]

Glad to see your getting out

 

[1KBlueTuber]

About time my friend! Always good to scratch the itch[emoji16]. Congrats on the yellow

 

[Irishgoldhound]

Beauties!!! Gotta love finding the higher karat gold! Nice work after being on a break for awhile.

 

[OBN]

WTG Mr Casper!! Love those gold bands! And that one that is marked virgin gold...Very cool!..

 

[slider66]

Way to go Casper. That’s a nice way to start off. Lots of people would love a hunt like that. Stay healthy and HH

 

[South Padre Treasure]

Casper, Sorry to hear about the health issues, hope things get better. Those are some great finds, that will always make a person feel better.
I notice you have the Whites XLT listed as one of your detectors used. Do you have any programs you would be willing to share. I had purchased one at a pawn shop cheap because it did not work. I took it home pulled out the battery compartment and found batteries corroded inside assembly no good. I purchased the 8 AA replacement holder fired it up and works great. used the presets seems ok but sure they can be improved. I found some programs on the internet im going to try but figured you may be more experienced than others and had a few tricks that might work better. If you don't want it to be public knowledge I understand. You can send it private or leave it in a envelope taped under a bench in the park. that would be fine too. lol Have fun hunting and take care of your health. Lonnie

 

[CASPER-2]

I have used my XLT on land hunts since 1995
I have never used a custom program - neither has an old friend that got his around same time
we both do very well at old farm fields and cellar holes with ours as well as in other areas
Ive never felt I needed anything more - some guys laugh that we still used them
but we have always been able to hunt with the big boys and done well up against
the newer relic machines out there - I hit old farm fields around here where guys have all
the newer machines out there and I still get stuff they miss - I get small Spanish silver every year
and get 1/2 dimes and 3cent pieces they miss and cut silver now and then along with small
musket balls and small cuff buttons they miss - XLT is very sensitive on the small stuff
get a lot of 22 bullet heads too though
so I got no secrets to share - if you look thru my album - (8% of land finds made with XLT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/casper-1/
not everything ive found is posted here - most is from last 20 yrs
I been at this since 1975

 

[South Padre Treasure]

Casper, Thanks for the reply, looks like you have done well with factory programs, that's good news. I would like to be able to turn on and hunt. will probably be using in Beach and relic mode mostly.
Spending most of my time trying to learn my Excalibur II. Got some good advise from OBN, He's one heck of a great guy glad to call him a friend. Would like to revisit a park close by my house, when I first bought my Tesoro Sidewinder I took it to the park and found about $50 in clad first day. Dimes and quarters every where. Called my hunting buddy because I do share my finds with my friends and he pulled up $30 in clad. Strange thing about that park we never see anyone using it. It is a old park next to a library, maybe they came from the library and threw their money away for us to find, lol. Found one ring only in that park. so far. Thanks for the advise ill let you know how it goes. Happy hunting.

 

[islamoradamark]

That gold really stands out nice find

 

[ARC]

Glad to see you back in "the swing" of things.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Some nice finds for sure. Hope you can find more before winter hits.

 

[2Peas]

Nice gold. Glad your getting out. I'm not sure of your ailment, but I know how much it can set you back. Hope all works out well for you, looking forward to seeing your finds and vacation stories.

 

[Inspector]

Nice you are back swinging, that's a couple nice rings & silvers, congrats on the hunts

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice job, congrats!