Gold Racer Finds Gold Ring! :crazy:

[Sweeping-4-junk]

I have been out with the Gold Racer maybe half a dozen times , I have Set the Gold Racer to be very hot on foil , if you want Gold Rings you must set the gold racer to be hot on foil.
I have dug many small bits (and bigger bits) of foil and can slaw over the last 2 weeks since I got the Gold Racer but on one site where I have cleaned all or at least most the higher conductivity targets
out of the ground , hit the site with many detectors before but not got any gold rings off , I got some junk rings with other detectors and a few copper rings but no gold. Where there are junk rings and copper rings it's a safe bet a gold ring may be hiding some where. The VDI Reading for this Gold Ring was 55. Well down in the numbers that are very often trash.

 

[Ringzapper]

The VDI Number is NOT 55 for the gold ring it's 69 , my mistake, i have just been air testing the ring.

 

[pax]

Nice job Ringzapper,how deep was it?

 

[kaolinwasher]

THAT IS one beautiful find! and is an insertion to me to press on digging the foil.

 

[Ringzapper]

2 inches - 3 max. The patch of land where the coil went over has been gone over many times with other machines. Can't understand how it hid for so long , been doing the same area for 3 years almost.
Also it's not what i would call a low conductor , a moderate conductor is more accurate i think..Just goes to prove many rings lay with foil and can slaw, there just hard work to get...

 

[lytle78]

59 on air - in ground ot may well have been 55

 

[Ringzapper]

The way i do it is hammer the land and dig all low to medium conductors , dig out all the foil and can slaw once your happy most of the high conductors are generally few and far between ,
This piece of land was small so i have to be carefull not to make too many visits in a short stretch of time as digging out all the low / medium conductors can make a patch of land look like a few horses have horse shoed
the land , this patch of land was a carpet of foil and can slaw , 1 hour to 2 hours per visit max is all i can manage , digging trash for 2 hours as most will know is tough on body and mind! This is why most gold inland remains buried..

 

[horikindaguy]

nice ring! it would be very useful to know the Karat and weight to go with the '69' id...

thanks...justy by eyeball, looks to be 14K about 5 grams....

 

[Ringzapper]

The reading is a definate 69 in Air , maybe it was lower in the ground. The gold racer numbering system is skewed different to red racer , i do know one thing , the Signal blew my ear drums out - strong audio , solid , repeatable numbers. I would class this as a some where between Low to Moderate as a conductor not strictly a low conductor . The thin , really thin womens platinum rings are what i would call a low conductors , and these are the toughest by far to find inland , not that they are not there to be found but they give virtually the same readings as foil , even small nails in some cases.

 

[kaolinwasher]

I bet it was next to some iron and read a bit lower in ground , I also found if you disc out heavy foils you may miss something like that

 

[amberjack]

thanks for the report on the ring!! any markings on it?

I like the way you hunt there zapper ops nearly called you Frank

mine will be doing the same shortly

AJ

 

[Ringzapper]

Yes i have checked the markings , the Ring Is only 9 Karat. Anyone have an idea how much i would get for it in Uk pounds , maybe a rough estimate anyone !

 

[Ringzapper]

n/t

 

[amberjack]

yeah so the ring come in around a square tab?

try here if you know the weight just as a guide https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/scrap-gold-prices/

AJ

 

[sasquache]

SWeet gold ring

 

[pasttom]

After you figure the raw gold value, a very crude formula for determining its value is to double that number for a wholesale price and double it again for a retail rough estimate. There are many factors that can skew the 'worth', but this is a starting place before consulting a jeweler. While this is not likely what you will get for the ring it is about what the person would likely have paid who lost it. Obviously, stones or fancy imprint are not included in this simple formula.

 

[Ringzapper]

I have been offered £17 for the ring by a local gold buyer , 2.2 grams , 9 Karat , for me the price sucks. I am holding on to it for now.

 

[7centsworth]

There is a app called coinflation that coverts scrap gold. 2.2 gram of 9 karat would be worth £22.80 or 32.55 US dollars.

 

[amberjack]

gotta keep digin for that one with the 4ct diamond on it fools errand maybe but they are out there http://www.zoara.com.au/diamonds/p_round_very_good_cut_i_vvs2#p=1840823

I would hazard a guess that a rock like that wouldn't be on a huge ring more in the foil to below tab range.

edit #3 if the GR cant find it its not there so we have the right machine for the job!!

more I dig the luckier I get , or at least one would hope so

still better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick

AJ

 

[steve herschbach]

The way i do it is hammer the land and dig all low to medium conductors , dig out all the foil and can slaw once your happy most of the high conductors are generally few and far between ,
This piece of land was small so i have to be carefull not to make too many visits in a short stretch of time as digging out all the low / medium conductors can make a patch of land look like a few horses have horse shoed
the land , this patch of land was a carpet of foil and can slaw , 1 hour to 2 hours per visit max is all i can manage , digging trash for 2 hours as most will know is tough on body and mind! This is why most gold inland remains buried..

Says it all. Good work!