Julison
Greenie
- May 6, 2019
- 11
- 10
- Detector(s) used
- Bounty Hunter Discovery 2200
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi,
New to the Treasure.Net Forums but I am a long time Treasure Hunter.
When I was a kid I would naked eye comb the beaches after every rainstorm for cash to buy snacks at the beach canteen.
I also did a lot of snorkeling and later scuba diving and have found many relics and clad/dollars in "holes" below fast moving rivers.... I have always had a knack for finding things. However, I may be in WAY over my head with this latest endeavor.
I am hosting the 55th wedding anniversary of my inlaws this June. At their 50th anniversary my mother in law told a story about how her husband had lost his wedding ring in 1967 while cutting trees in the yard of their new home in Peterborough, Ontario. He actually took off both his wedding and engineering ring and placed them at a base of a tree while he worked the chainsaw. After a full day's work he couldn't find the rings. So, every since hearing that story I have been thinking - those rings are STILL there. I know it.
In secret, I have contacted the current owners of the house they built back in 1967 and they are very willing to let me look for the ring with my metal detector - I go on the 25th of May. Now, I know it is a VERY long shot but I want to give it my best effort.
I have a metal detector - a Bounty Hunter Discovery 2200. I have been "Training" to find the wedding ring by burying my wedding ring in different areas of my yard and trying to teach myself what a Gold ring sounds like at various depths. On the surface of the grass it shows up as zinc....same as the most plentiful coin on the planet ...the penny - I really don't want to dig a hundred holes in generous home owner's lawn.
It gets worse, when I bury it a little deeper (say 2 - 4 inches) it really flags as all sorts of metals. In fact, when I bury it on it's edge it was appearing as a solid iron target - very repeatable from all sorts of angles. With that type of signal variation I wouldn't be able to discriminate on anything!
Two questions:
1) Is there something I could do differently with my metal detector to better my odds of getting a reliable signal for a gold ring - perhaps a new smaller coil?
2) Would I have a much better chance with a different metal detector? The local Cabella's has a Fisher Gold Bug - but I am reluctant to spend $~600 cdn on it if it wouldn't drastically improve my odds of being able to detect a gold ring.
Again, I know this is a REALLY long shot but I would like to take it none the less.
thanks in advance for your help and advice.
New to the Treasure.Net Forums but I am a long time Treasure Hunter.
When I was a kid I would naked eye comb the beaches after every rainstorm for cash to buy snacks at the beach canteen.
I also did a lot of snorkeling and later scuba diving and have found many relics and clad/dollars in "holes" below fast moving rivers.... I have always had a knack for finding things. However, I may be in WAY over my head with this latest endeavor.
I am hosting the 55th wedding anniversary of my inlaws this June. At their 50th anniversary my mother in law told a story about how her husband had lost his wedding ring in 1967 while cutting trees in the yard of their new home in Peterborough, Ontario. He actually took off both his wedding and engineering ring and placed them at a base of a tree while he worked the chainsaw. After a full day's work he couldn't find the rings. So, every since hearing that story I have been thinking - those rings are STILL there. I know it.
In secret, I have contacted the current owners of the house they built back in 1967 and they are very willing to let me look for the ring with my metal detector - I go on the 25th of May. Now, I know it is a VERY long shot but I want to give it my best effort.
I have a metal detector - a Bounty Hunter Discovery 2200. I have been "Training" to find the wedding ring by burying my wedding ring in different areas of my yard and trying to teach myself what a Gold ring sounds like at various depths. On the surface of the grass it shows up as zinc....same as the most plentiful coin on the planet ...the penny - I really don't want to dig a hundred holes in generous home owner's lawn.
It gets worse, when I bury it a little deeper (say 2 - 4 inches) it really flags as all sorts of metals. In fact, when I bury it on it's edge it was appearing as a solid iron target - very repeatable from all sorts of angles. With that type of signal variation I wouldn't be able to discriminate on anything!
Two questions:
1) Is there something I could do differently with my metal detector to better my odds of getting a reliable signal for a gold ring - perhaps a new smaller coil?
2) Would I have a much better chance with a different metal detector? The local Cabella's has a Fisher Gold Bug - but I am reluctant to spend $~600 cdn on it if it wouldn't drastically improve my odds of being able to detect a gold ring.
Again, I know this is a REALLY long shot but I would like to take it none the less.
thanks in advance for your help and advice.
Second, this is really a worthy cause, is there a local metal detecting club you could contact to help you hunt? Or maybe someone from Ringfinders? I know it would be very cool if you found it but as long as they get found is what is really important. I know if I my son-in-law pulled this off I would be very grateful
