It sounds like this week has been great for members finding rings. Well I am happy to say that I can be added to that list with finding my first GOLD ring.
I traveled to one of my local schools and literally within 5 minutes of my hunt, the F5 hit on a strong nickle signal. 28 TID. I expected to pop a nickle out of the ground, but low and behold.....It's a heart shaped gold ring!!! and with 10 little diamonds!!! How sweet is that. I was so excited and let out a little woohoo. There were people around so I didn't do the happy dance. There's an inscription within of an incomplete Bible verse. Since this is one ring of a two-part wedding ring set, the rest of the inscription must be on the second ring. Now wouldn't it be very cool if I could find the second ring to complete the set. There is not a gold karat stamp. I think the inscription deleted that. The rest of the hunt produced coinage, along with a clad half dollar. This is my 4th half dollar at this school. How unusual that is.
I have to give a special thanks to Crusher28. He recently posted a comment that stuck in my mind when I read it. Quote from Crusher28 "I also find a lot of nickles with my F5. Where there's nickles there's GOLD." Least to say it holds true. Some may have already realized it, but us newbies are still learning.
Well, again.... congrats to Coinstar's first ring; and Marcomo and Jim's silver. It's been a good week for all so far. Wonder what the weekend will bring. HH
disc at 8, thresh at 5, gain at 70, gb in the 60s.
I traveled to one of my local schools and literally within 5 minutes of my hunt, the F5 hit on a strong nickle signal. 28 TID. I expected to pop a nickle out of the ground, but low and behold.....It's a heart shaped gold ring!!! and with 10 little diamonds!!! How sweet is that. I was so excited and let out a little woohoo. There were people around so I didn't do the happy dance. There's an inscription within of an incomplete Bible verse. Since this is one ring of a two-part wedding ring set, the rest of the inscription must be on the second ring. Now wouldn't it be very cool if I could find the second ring to complete the set. There is not a gold karat stamp. I think the inscription deleted that. The rest of the hunt produced coinage, along with a clad half dollar. This is my 4th half dollar at this school. How unusual that is.
I have to give a special thanks to Crusher28. He recently posted a comment that stuck in my mind when I read it. Quote from Crusher28 "I also find a lot of nickles with my F5. Where there's nickles there's GOLD." Least to say it holds true. Some may have already realized it, but us newbies are still learning.
Well, again.... congrats to Coinstar's first ring; and Marcomo and Jim's silver. It's been a good week for all so far. Wonder what the weekend will bring. HH
disc at 8, thresh at 5, gain at 70, gb in the 60s.
Oh, did I mention the bottom of the old-style christmas light bulbs? Our local parks decorate at Christmas time, and there are TONS of those old, broken bulbs with those metal bases, buried around the parks, that ring in in the mid 40s -- right where a large gold ring should (according to how mine hits on the TID). Those bulb bases, tiny bits of foil, pull tabs, and the metal holders of pencil erasers off of old pencils (at school yards) are EVERYWHERE; when I commit to digging all of those 20s to 40s TIDs, I go home with a pouch full of trash, very few coins (haven't been able to cover enough ground due to digging all the trash), and NEVER a gold ring! Frustrating hunts. AHHH!!!