LawrencetheMDer
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- Feb 22, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
“I think I’ll go detecting tomorrow.”
“You never detect on the weekend!?
“Yea, but I did so crappy my last 2 hunts… I need to hit a different beach”, I said.
The wife shrugged.
With that, I was off Saturday morning for a few hours to hunt my favorite low tide beach. I never hunt on Saturdays; too many people at the beach. But I figured if I got there early enough, I could get my MDing fix and leave before it got crowded.
It was a nice low tide and targets were everywhere. The main problem in target recovery was that the bottom was a mixture of stones and compacted sand that was cemented together, or so it seemed. My prior research on Nox 800 numbers and gold rings of varying weight (N=19) told me to concentrate on numbers from 5-21. I decided to ignore most pull/push tabs (14-17 on NOX 800) and cents (18 — 24; field numbers); they were everywhere. I just couldn’t pass on dimes (25-26) and quarters (27-31). Nickels run at 12-14 w stable readings.
I couldn’t dig every target; I know I probably left some good ones behind. I passed on about 100 targets in 4 hrs. Of the dug targets, I dug half the targets with my hands and serrated digging tool. Recovery time ranged from 1 — 5 minutes; it was very tough digging. Extreme detecting, I call it. Half the recovered targets turned out to be junk; mostly aluminum including push and pull tabs, shads of aluminum, and a few sinkers.
The first pic shows my first gold watch, or at least what is left of it (15.39g). The case and the band are both marked 14k. It took me about 5 minutes to recover this 14k watch, buried under 9” of solid rock. I had second thoughts about continuing to dig it. Came in at a consistent 12-13; could have been a nickel.
The 10k gold ring (2.04g) was a nice surprise when I dumped the scoop. Look closely and you’ll see it is missing 2 side stones. They were yellow. When I put the jewelry into the sonic bath, the water turned black from the watch. So I discarded the water, got clean water and sonic cleaned them again. As soon as I saw the ring come out of the bath I noticed the two missing stones — I had thrown them away, down the garbage disposal, when I replaced the water. Lesson learned…I think I’ve done that before.
The 14k loop (1.71g), marked on the end, needed no detector to be found. I first noticed it half sticking out of the rocks and sand.
The silver ring (crown?) was also a surprise; discovered when I got home. It was so black and the band broken; I was sure it was junk. Ya never know.
Did I also mention that I’ve never had a 3 gold day before? I’m going to have to metal detect on Saturdays more often.
Larry! Why isn’t the garbage disposal working?!!!!
“You never detect on the weekend!?
“Yea, but I did so crappy my last 2 hunts… I need to hit a different beach”, I said.
The wife shrugged.
With that, I was off Saturday morning for a few hours to hunt my favorite low tide beach. I never hunt on Saturdays; too many people at the beach. But I figured if I got there early enough, I could get my MDing fix and leave before it got crowded.
It was a nice low tide and targets were everywhere. The main problem in target recovery was that the bottom was a mixture of stones and compacted sand that was cemented together, or so it seemed. My prior research on Nox 800 numbers and gold rings of varying weight (N=19) told me to concentrate on numbers from 5-21. I decided to ignore most pull/push tabs (14-17 on NOX 800) and cents (18 — 24; field numbers); they were everywhere. I just couldn’t pass on dimes (25-26) and quarters (27-31). Nickels run at 12-14 w stable readings.
I couldn’t dig every target; I know I probably left some good ones behind. I passed on about 100 targets in 4 hrs. Of the dug targets, I dug half the targets with my hands and serrated digging tool. Recovery time ranged from 1 — 5 minutes; it was very tough digging. Extreme detecting, I call it. Half the recovered targets turned out to be junk; mostly aluminum including push and pull tabs, shads of aluminum, and a few sinkers.
The first pic shows my first gold watch, or at least what is left of it (15.39g). The case and the band are both marked 14k. It took me about 5 minutes to recover this 14k watch, buried under 9” of solid rock. I had second thoughts about continuing to dig it. Came in at a consistent 12-13; could have been a nickel.
The 10k gold ring (2.04g) was a nice surprise when I dumped the scoop. Look closely and you’ll see it is missing 2 side stones. They were yellow. When I put the jewelry into the sonic bath, the water turned black from the watch. So I discarded the water, got clean water and sonic cleaned them again. As soon as I saw the ring come out of the bath I noticed the two missing stones — I had thrown them away, down the garbage disposal, when I replaced the water. Lesson learned…I think I’ve done that before.
The 14k loop (1.71g), marked on the end, needed no detector to be found. I first noticed it half sticking out of the rocks and sand.
The silver ring (crown?) was also a surprise; discovered when I got home. It was so black and the band broken; I was sure it was junk. Ya never know.
Did I also mention that I’ve never had a 3 gold day before? I’m going to have to metal detect on Saturdays more often.
Larry! Why isn’t the garbage disposal working?!!!!
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