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I have heard different thoughts on the subject of Gold Fe and Co numbers and would like some input. Have you ever found gold rings or jewelry that came up with a different number than 12 Fe? If so what were they. If anyone has a list of numbers of all the Gold rings or jewelry they have found I would love to have it. I sometimes do ring recoverys and am trying to make a Gold only pattern. I understand that tone is the big deal for most but with as much Black sand as the soil here in Idaho has readings can be way off. Some places are clean and the things I find have the same numbers as air tests. I know that the more you discriminate out the more recovery time it takes for the detector to sort out the data. I did try a solid 12 Fe line pattern a few times and found I could swing pretty fast and still get gold at 4 and 5 inches. Has anyone else tried a Gold only pattern and if so could you share it with me. Thanks in advance from Idaho. Idigid
damn you pulltabs!....and everyone who tosses them on the ground...lol. I haven't found any gold rings yet, but probably because I don't dig enough pulltab signals, there are just too many.
damn you pulltabs!....and everyone who tosses them on the ground...lol. I haven't found any gold rings yet, but probably because I don't dig enough pulltab signals, there are just too many.
damn you pulltabs!....and everyone who tosses them on the ground...lol. I haven't found any gold rings yet, but probably because I don't dig enough pulltab signals, there are just too many.
Generally speaking most of time its in close proximity to the 12 mark on gold. There has been some 10-11 and maybe a 13. For me...the etrac locks on and generally when the numbers are good, then there's something good to dig up. Old deep pull tabs always bounce around...the surface ones fool me from time to time but usually their number gives them away. I did get one signal on a chain that was 08-08 then when I dug it up it was 12-08.....I guess soil interference.
Sad to say but they can and will hit anywhere from foil to zinc penny. Foil being smaller rings. Zinc area being bigger class rings. Theses are "usual" readings.... Not facts. You have to dig them all.
I cannot claim credit for this spreadsheet or the accompanying photo index. I saw them in another format here on the forum some time ago and saved the information for reference. I also have some more detailed e-Trac excel spreadsheets of coins, silver and gold I can send you if you PM me with a personal e-mail address. This forum will not accept upload of the .xls or .pdf file formats. Shayne
damn you pulltabs!....and everyone who tosses them on the ground...lol. I haven't found any gold rings yet, but probably because I don't dig enough pulltab signals, there are just too many.
Thanks Shayne, I dont think I had seen this before. All of the Gold items I have found were on the 12 FE line and the CO number didnt jump up or down any. I dug every possible gold signal for a few weeks and only found a few pull tabs and pop tops that didnt jump. I am dedicating some time to just finding gold and will let you all know how it goes. Idigid
That's a very impressive chart. In 2010 I dug a 14k chain with a 10k crucifix on it and it was hitting 12-47, I thought it was most likely a can but possibly a quarter. I've gotten four gold rings myself this year which were mostly 14k and they all had a certain characteristic where the ferrous was a higher than conductive, when they were in the ground at least, I haven't air-tested them. But they'd come in on signals like 13-08 or 14-12 or 13-11. Then when I hit a gold ring I get excited and start digging a lot of pull tabs in the hopes of getting another one. But one thing I've noticed that differentiates rings from pull tabs is that the pinpointer will scream over a pulltab where a ring is a quieter and tighter signal like a coin. The tongue portion of a beavertail behaves like that as well, unfortunately. I also mostly dig those pulltab/nickel/14k signals when I find one isolated, not in an area with dozens of pulltabs lying about.
damn you pulltabs!....and everyone who tosses them on the ground...lol. I haven't found any gold rings yet, but probably because I don't dig enough pulltab signals, there are just too many.
I have heard different thoughts on the subject of Gold Fe and Co numbers and would like some input. Have you ever found gold rings or jewelry that came up with a different number than 12 Fe? If so what were they. If anyone has a list of numbers of all the Gold rings or jewelry they have found I would love to have it. I sometimes do ring recoverys and am trying to make a Gold only pattern. I understand that tone is the big deal for most but with as much Black sand as the soil here in Idaho has readings can be way off. Some places are clean and the things I find have the same numbers as air tests. I know that the more you discriminate out the more recovery time it takes for the detector to sort out the data. I did try a solid 12 Fe line pattern a few times and found I could swing pretty fast and still get gold at 4 and 5 inches. Has anyone else tried a Gold only pattern and if so could you share it with me. Thanks in advance from Idaho. Idigid
