What setting for Platinum?

[tribe683]

I was talking with my brother in law over Easter and he told me about 8 years ago his son got into his wife's jewelry box and ended up throwing several of her rings out of their window and into the yard. One of the rings was her platinum engagement ring. I told him that the next time I came to his house I would bring my Compadre and try to find it. He thinks he has a good idea of where the ring is but, their house is over 100 years old so I am expecting there could be a lot of trash too. Just wondering if anyone has a good idea of where platinum will discriminate out because I don't have a platinum ring to test myself.

 

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[BryanM362]

Don't know, but try searching on youtube. Maybe "Metal detecting platnum ring?"

Good luck, and let us know if you find it.

 

[Hobojo]

My wife would set her Compadre around Iron and dig it all, she says you will find it if it's there! This comes from a lady who has found a lot of loot with her Compadre.

 

[luvsdux]

I'm thinking the same thing - little or low disc. and dig nearly everything. At least in a case like this you know it's there somewhere, not a case of dig everything in case you miss something that may not exist.
luvsdux

 

[TallTom]

I've found a few platinum rings with my Silver uMax. I remember testing
two of them. One came in just above the nickel discrimination point and the
other just below it. So I'd say you should put your discrimination setting
a bit below where nickels are, and maybe quite a bit below that point to
be sure. Platinum rings vary a lot in their composition, I've read. Most
newer ones are supposed to be 95 percent platinum, but some older ones
are only 90 percent, or maybe even less. The remaining composition (the
other 5 to 10 percent) varies, too. So the point where discrimination will
cut it out also varies.

Good luck!

Tom

 

[Sandman]

I'm thinking the same thing - little or low disc. and dig nearly everything. At least in a case like this you know it's there somewhere, not a case of dig everything in case you miss something that may not exist.
luvsdux

The rings shouldn't be far from the window but a lawn mower could toss it farther or toward the house. Suggest you pinpoint the target and just use a knife to probe the grass for resistance as the knife will jam a bit on the rings. Then you just lever it out of the ground. No need to dig any plugs as rings in grass hardly get below the roots.

 

[tribe683]

Thanks for the help all. I didn't ask him at the time, but I'm hoping maybe he got a matching wedding ring so I can possibly test it also before looking for her's. Sandman, I was thinking the same thing about hitting it with a lawnmower. Hopefully not.

 

[ivan salis]

in the gold range --which will run from nickel upwards along with aluminum *