Advice on finding a Class ring.

[gwhamil]

Hey guys. I have been metal detecting with my GTI 1500 for about 10 years. Traded it in on a new AT Pro which arrived today. A friend of mine lost his gold class ring about 15 years ago while building a snowman in the front yard of his house. He has asked me to go over to his parents house on Sunday to look for the ring. I have the standard coil and the 5 x 8 DD coil. Since I have never really hunted for anything specific like this, I am looking for advice on how to proceed. Not sure how trashy the yard will be, but I am guessing it wont be too bad, because the house is only about 40 years old. Which coil do you think I should use? Assuming the ring is still there, how deep do you think it will be? I have been told that they have not bought in any new soil or sod since the ring was lost. I wouldn't think the ring would be very deep after only 15 years. Not sure how far it will sink. How do you recommend that I set up the AT Pro? Standard mode? Pro Mode? Zero desc? Iron Audio, etc. What type of search pattern should I use? Any tips will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Gary

 

[BarryL]

Pro mode ,Zero Disc and use the stock coil If the house and yard is that new I would say no Iron Audio but you did not state the type of ground you are searching either so that will make a difference dig every hard repeatable signal good Luck in your search

 

[gwhamil]

Thanks very much. Any idea of what the vdi on a good class ring like that might be?

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

As a side note, All the large & heavy set Rings fall in or around The zinc range, so make sure you dig the Zinc's, good luck on your Recovery

 

[BigCatDaddy]

I just air tested a 14k one and it was in the 61-66 range.

 

[BarryL]

Just tested mine which is white gold and ruby on top cause I was poor at the time LOL came up 52 solid and my wifes which is 14 kt gold came up as 61 she was richer than me LOL