Great winter conversation! Now that we have the signals established, you can start thinking strategically as you approach a hunting spot. If you have bad knees, and cant get up and down a lot, hit the chip totlots. An easy sweep of your foot reveals what went "beep" and theres gold in those totters. Mainly small 10-14k womens rings, so think about where in the totlot a woman would be either taking off gloves, pushing a kid on a swing, etc. and listening for foil/nickle. Watch for stroller tracks everywhere, you can see them on the grass in soccerfields, the beach of course, and they usually take the path of least resistance from the parking areas. Watch without being creepy how women respond in certain situations in totlots. For instance, over on the baby swings, they will ALWAYS be facing their child as they push the kid in a swing, just so they can see their babys face, so where will the ring be that got caught in the chain and tossed off? Probably behind and off to one side. there will always be a location where they prefer to sit and watch the kids, there will always be some sort of horizontal bench or whatever would be easy to change a baby diaper on, etc. On almost all of these forums theres certain hunters that go for the gold, you watch their posts, and learn that way too. Even if they do not swing your particular brand of machine, you want to learn from them all...If you think gold hard enough, and approach each area with those thoughts in mind, you will find some eventually. Perhaps even today or tomorrow? Good Luck
Mud
