Fat gold and diamonds

[Grilled Scallops]

Greetings everyone, I've been meaning to post some of my finds for a while now. This has been my first year of detecting and I've made some cool recoveries. 63 rings in all, 9 of them gold. Found this huge nugget ring on Halloween, around midnight. BEATS TRICK OR TREATING ANY DAY IF YOU ASK ME! Honking gold and 9 very appreciably sized diamonds. 14k. I only use PI detectors and I almost exclusively hunt the beach. Thought this one was gonna be another bottle cap. I even told myself 99% chance it was gonna be another bottle cap. But you can't skip the big high tones with a PI and this is why. It was about 3 inches down, any detector would have found it! I was using my TDI pro. GL and HH in 2015

 

[dewcon4414]

whoooooo weeeeee one heck of a memory there for your first year. There is always a few finds during the year that keeps us out there. Congrats.

Dew

 

[tvr]

That is one nice happy dance ring!

 

[mudpuppy]

Beauty! Congratulations on your first year totals! That was some outstanding work there Buddy...9 gold for your first year is an exceptional feat that should propel you into 2015 with some real fury..I bet you can add a lot of thoughts/experiences about starting out in this sport with a PI rig that some readers may appreciate...you must have a pretty strong scoop arm after a year like this!
Mud

 

[Grilled Scallops]

That is one nice happy dance ring!

You got that right! I knew it was gonna be a sweet dig when I saw the glistening in the sand. It was at night and I was hunting with a head light, so the first thing I saw was the diamonds. I took it in to an independent jeweler to make sure they weren't moissanite and they aren't. The lady that looked at it told me it was a nice find. Considering that came from someone who's business is jewelry...

 

[Grilled Scallops]

Beauty! Congratulations on your first year totals! That was some outstanding work there Buddy...9 gold for your first year is an exceptional feat that should propel you into 2015 with some real fury..I bet you can add a lot of thoughts/experiences about starting out in this sport with a PI rig that some readers may appreciate...you must have a pretty strong scoop arm after a year like this!
Mud

Thanks for the kind words. This particular nugget ring ended a 6 week dry spell for me. It was a big reminder that the best piece of advice in metal detecting is to go as often as possible, PI or VLF. This ring was shallow, our beaches are hunted often and had I not got it at the midnight low tide, someone in the morning would have found it. The early bird gets the worm!