Question regarding rings/jewelry...

[Steve(OR)]

... on my last hunt, I "accidentally" dug an 12k gold ring. Sounded like a nickel... looked like a nickel on the Smartscreen... I was expecting a nickel.

The question is: how many of you actively hunt/dig specifically looking for rings/jewelry? And if you do, is there a specific strategy you use - or do you just dig everything non-ferrous... or ???

Lately, my hunting time has been limited, so I've been focusing on coins mostly. But that ring reminded me that I'm likely bypassing some good targets.

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[Aaron]

I hope to have a accident like that soon. I've only had mine two weeks, still learning.
Congrats!
Aaron

 

[TokenDigger]

Congratulations on your ring find! On a beach or in the water, I dig everything except iron. The high tones are usually new coins or a silver ring. The nickel and pull tab sounds have the potential of being a gold ring. Outside of the beach, I don't actively search for rings/jewelry unless I trying to find one for someone and then I concentrate on the nickel/pull tab signals. There are places (like old picnic groves, relic sites, etc.) that you dig all the positive signals which gives you a chance of finding jewelry. However, if I'm in a place that has a lot of pull tabs, I usually ignore them and concentrate on the coin signals. HH

 

[dewcon4414]

Off the beach its difficult to concentrate on gold jewerly just because of the trashy people we seem to be. Not many of us concentrate on nickels either those who find them find a lot of them. They just arent worth much. Unlike beachs there arent as many rings lost either, so if you find one its a real prize. You can dig a heck of a lot of nickel signals before you hit paydirt. They are just something you have to be willing to hunt. Id say its much more difficult to hunt for gold if you are hunting for coins as well. You just cant concentrate on it all unless you are going to dig it all...and that takes a lot of time.

Dew

 

[Steve(OR)]

Thanks for the replies... basically how I operate as well.

Just wanted see, though, if someone had a unique strategy picking-off gold ring, etc... aside from the standard 'dig all potential "good" signals'.

Now a mini-rant:

> > > Why is it that people feel compelled to tear off those attached pull tabs on contemporary aluminum cans !?!?!? < < <

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[dewcon4414]

I dont know if you have Andy's book, in it he made a pattern he used for jewerly hunting on the beach. Basicly he blacked out most of the screen to include the upper portion where coins hit. That saves a lot of time digging things like lead weights, junk coins and trash. Parks would be a different subject.

 

[UtahRich]

> > > Why is it that people feel compelled to tear off those attached pull tabs on contemporary aluminum cans !?!?!? < < <

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Because they can.

 

[ziphius]

At one particular beach, I decided to try Andy's gold program from his book (using the E-Trac). This meant bypassing zinc and copper pennies, dimes, quarters, potential silver jewelry and only digging mid-conductors. After 3 hours, I had broken my nickel record for one hunt with 48, also got 16 pull tabs, 4 brass keys, and a titanium ring at the very end. Although I didn't find any gold, I sure didn't mind passing over all those pennies, dimes and quarters. The next time I went to the beach using the gold program, my third target was a fat gold ring. Lately, I've opened up my discrimination a little to accept silver / quarter signals, since I don't mind digging the occasional quarter. Eliminating wasting time on pennies and dimes is 'key' though. - Jim

 

[Doctorcoinz]

One method i personally use when hunting for gold rings is to dig any target that shows a ring icon on my explorer 2.
I don't care how crappy the signal is, if a ring icon flashes up then i dig. I have found rings this way.

 

[sandnsea49]

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