Ouch :surprised: This could happen to you!

[silversmith]

The gold ring I use to test my detectors has never seemed really good for this purpose. I noticed today I had to back the discrimination down below iron on my Compadre to detect it really well. As I was making air tests, something caught my eye. Holding the ring under a strong light I saw a very fine black line across the narrowest width. I twisted it on my finger a saw the black line widden, ouch! Remember us talking about loops and open loops not long ago? Well, I got trapped by an open loop So, I got out my Weller, and soldered across the crack. Low and behold the ring now is detectable to between iron and tinfoil. Son-of -a- gun Sometimes the littlest of things.

 

[Furious T]

Good point! It can happen to anyone. It also can explain some "iffy" signals.

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

yep that will do it..great going on the fix..
good luck
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john

 

[BarberBill]

Interesting discovery that also shows why those that skip "iffy" signals leave goodies behind for those that dig everything.
BB

 

[jabbo]

I dug a few wide band mens rings that were split at the bottom. I read somewhere that the freezing ground can split them and can push a large stone out of the ring.

 

[pescadore]

That's very interesting. Thanks for the info !!!