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Finding Gold..........

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Roland58

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I have seen a number of members showing the gold items they have dug, that's wonderful. However, how does one go about finding it? I know it shows up as foil, iron and sometimes nickel, so, today I did a test. First, I set a 24K man's ring on the ground with no other signals present. I think the rest of the items are 14K. My F75 was in AM motion, about 85 Sens, Threshold +1 and the ring targeted as nickel. Pinpointing worked well to about 12" air depth, then the signal began to fade. The gold bracelet gave very little signal in the foil range and the coil (the standard 11") had to be within about 4"-6". The charm (the thin ring with the butterfly) gave a better signal than the bracelet, again, in foil range. It would hold a pinpoint signal to about 6"-7". The little gold earrings would only give a signal when the coil was almost touching them and then it was rather faint.

I did try the AM static and Disc. modes with even worse performance. So, my question would be, how do you guys find the gold??

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For me, mostly by accident. I'm not a digger of everything, and that is about what it takes, but I do dig everything that locks on in the nickel range and some solid readings below and above the nickel range. With the F 75 and F 75 LTD I've found gold with readings in the low to mid 20's and as high as 55. One gold ring I recently found was bouncing 68-72, or close to those numbers if I'm remembering correctly, but was close to 7" deep and part of the band was broken off. I dug it hoping it might be an IH cent because of the depth. All my gold rings with the F detectors were either 10k or 14k. Almost all of the smaller to mid size ones were in the nickel range, 29-31. A couple of the bigger mens class rings came in in the low to mid 50s, but something about the tone and their solid id prompted me to dig. From my experience, gold, regardless of the vid reading, does seem to lock on pretty good with little to no bouncy numbers. Provided its not co-located with something and no more then average depth. HH jim tn
 
Do you mostly use the standard 11" coil, Jim? I didn't change coils to see if it made a difference on the signals.
 
Most with the F 75 were with the 11" and 2 that I recall for sure were with the 6 1/2." All that I've found this year with the LTD were all with the 11." I don't recall that there is much difference with the readings with the various size coils. There is a small difference with the gb, though. HH jim tn
 
Tomorrow should be fun. I have permission to hunt on a 39 acre plot that used to have three very old homes on it. Two of them are still standing, but, barely and the other is only identifiable by an old hand-dug water well. One of the two still standing was the sight of weekly coon hunting parties back in the '30's and '40's. I understand there was a large group that used to attend regularly. This could be a great place to MD for a long time to come!!! I'll report back tomorrow night.
 
I'm an accidental gold finder too, but the few gold rings I've found have given solid IDs without much bounce.

Then again, some of those bouncy "trash" numbers I didn't dig might have been gold too.
 
Heck everything I fing is by accident I think. I do remember digging a 14K gold mens band and it hit 29-30 Vdi readout. Nickel range.
 
The gold finds are few and far between. I've found gold in sports fields, parks, schools and wood chip tot lots. As gold is pretty valuable these days, I've started digging signals 19 and above, where a few months ago I never dug anything lower than 24. The more recent gold finds have come in at 19 and 20. A large platinum ring hit a solid 30 and mens' gold rings from 38 to 41 with a beefy class ring at 54. In about 3 years with the F75, the melt value of the gold it's found is about $1,500.
 
Unless one pretty much digs it all, no doubt we are passing up some gold. Certain kinds of spots I do try and stay tuned in a bit better then some others, but in 38 years of hunting, I don't ever recall knowing that a target I was digging was going to be a gold item. On a few I remember, something may have seemed a little different, but I have yet to yell GOLD, (if I was a yeller) before I dug the target. HH jim tn
 
Roland this is how you find jewelry. This is how I do it. If you find a better way let me know, because I would sure like to know a better way. HH and lots of gold finds to you. Happy Trails....Z
 
Wish you luck with that place. Had a 200 old farm near my house, worked it for 2 monthd only yeilded 2 Indian heads and 1 wheatie was a bummer But going back as soon as I get my f75 back.
 
Well, the hunt at the old house sites was a bust. One areas was infested with old iron bits, plow tines, wire rope, nails, bolts, nuts, general crap. I found one clad penny (I saw it laying on top of the ground!!) and an old clothespin spring, like I have never seen before. 3 hours of hot sun and no fun!
I did enjoy being with my friend, so, it wasn't ALL bad!
 
Got to admit it Roland he's got it down. No matter which one of my detectors I almost never set it up to lose a nickel, have to dig a ton of junk to get the gold. But I also found lotsssssssss of gold, have to figure out the spot on the F75, 1270, 1265x and 555-D is a simple 5 and drop back a hair.
 
The responses are all as I figured........thanks to all for the replies.

Scooter, you mention the "spot is a simple 5 and drop back a hair." What "spot" are you talking about.....the Disc. setting? I know you have the Luxury model and I have the standard, but, what process and mode and settings do you normally run?
 
Sorry Dude, wasn't talking about the F75, I was talking the Fisher 1270,1265xand 555-D that I have. Your the magic number 5 less a hair is the disc. setting on the old type detectors which I still use and find alot of gold cause at DISC "5" you pull in nickels and gold is the same range Disc out nickel you also lose gold unless it big. So you would dig a ton more junk and you would find more gold. Now i have to find to find the conductivity range for gold on the F75, we had no numbers or TID or confidence meter. I just got the nickel setting down and started picking up nickels steady if you saw the post with the 5"coil finds, pulled 8 nickels up between 6-8" but not one nickel was at the TID indicator setting of 31-35 . Now I was mainly trying the 5" to see if if was going to go crazy cause JIM TN suggested try another coil, So I set the sen to 88, BP process, Disc 25, Notched 26-30 (not 31-35 as the notch mode instructions show cause when I notched them BANG pulltab on every nickel id. So I sent my LTD back yesterday and my 1270 1265x are at Fisher for repair. So I work on then setting thing when it comes back. oh and the tone setting was 4H and it IDed nickels almost 99% if it was a pulltab in the 30's range it would be a medium tone, but the nickel banged in with a high tone every time. I wasn't finding nick's before that, I'm still learning this thing but that worked that day.
 
For coin shooting with the F 75 and 75LTD I use 3h and 4h almost all the time and I love the high tone for nickels. Keep in mind that when nickels have a little depth to them they will frequently give both a mid and high tone. HH jim tn
 
The AM motion has been working quite well for me, so, I haven't ventured off of that, to speak of. As stated in my first post, the men's gold ring ID'd at a solid nickel whether flat or on edge. The other gold items differed. I will be giving the 3H and 4H a try the next time out.......having the nickel chime in with a high tone would be good.
 
i run my f70 in discriminate 15 & pay special attention to solid signals 18-30 & 40 - 46 lots of gold falls there :thumbup:
most of my gold rings fall at 28-30 like nickles but some rings will fall lower in the foil range i love foil & white gold & platinum
large mens rings tend to fall with the older pulltabs 40-46
the trick is a solid & repeatable signal
good hunting all
walt

heres a few i found this year with the f70

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Great finds, Walt! Your information will be very helpful. The reading for a man's gold ring falls right in line with my experiment.....that's really good to know.....gives me hope for future finds. I've only had my F75 for less than a month and been on about 12 hunts ranging from 30 minutes to 3 hrs. I now have a sandwich sized ziploc baggie that is about 1/2 full of clad coins and nickels, one HotWheels car, a live .22 cartridge, a metal button, a game token and a very nice stainless steel fork. The best part is that I am addicted to the anticipation of digging something up..........still looking for some better places to hunt.
 
Wasn't steering you wrong about thoses nickels.
 
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