Time to catch up on my gold find reporting. I found the first ring back in January. I stopped after work on a Friday to scout an area I had wondered about. It is a soccer field behind an old school. The school is gone, but the field is still used for weekend kids games. I only had about fifteen minutes until dark and I was hunting the grass area where the cars park for the games. In those few minutes I found 4 pieces of costume jewelry. I knew if there was that much fake stuff, there had to be something good too. I woke up Saturday morning and headed back. My fourth signal of the day was a perfect nickel signal on the F5. TID 29-30. Dug down about 3 inches and out popped this 10K womens engagement ring. I think the main stone is a cz. It just looks too cloudy to be real.
I kept working the area hoping for another. Picked up some clad and then got a deep hi tone whisper, TID of 88. From eight inches came a 1961 silver dime. I consider this my first official silver coin, as the only other one I have found is a 1941 qtr that was basically a surface find in a park. I think it was a fresh drop.
Stopped again after work yesterday to get my detecting fix. I decided to go to another school in town that has two field areas where pickup soccer, football and frisbee type games are played. I was bummed when I got there because the field I wanted to detect was being mowed. I almost left but decided to hunt the other, less often used field for a few minutes. I was using the F75 LTD this time, as I am still trying to learn it. I have the 5x10 DD coil, disc 6, no notch, sense 29, tones 3H, DE mode. Picked up a penny spill, a few dimes, some can slaw and then got a solid 33 TID. From only about 2 inches down came this 14K men's band! I'm feeling pretty good about my gold finds, as I hunt only turf and tot lots. In a few weeks I am headed to the gulf coast for vacation and will be bringing the F5 and the F75. Hoping for some gold on the beach! I ordered Tom's beach hunting DVD to learn some pro tips before I go.
Happy hunting everybody!
Mark
I kept working the area hoping for another. Picked up some clad and then got a deep hi tone whisper, TID of 88. From eight inches came a 1961 silver dime. I consider this my first official silver coin, as the only other one I have found is a 1941 qtr that was basically a surface find in a park. I think it was a fresh drop.
Stopped again after work yesterday to get my detecting fix. I decided to go to another school in town that has two field areas where pickup soccer, football and frisbee type games are played. I was bummed when I got there because the field I wanted to detect was being mowed. I almost left but decided to hunt the other, less often used field for a few minutes. I was using the F75 LTD this time, as I am still trying to learn it. I have the 5x10 DD coil, disc 6, no notch, sense 29, tones 3H, DE mode. Picked up a penny spill, a few dimes, some can slaw and then got a solid 33 TID. From only about 2 inches down came this 14K men's band! I'm feeling pretty good about my gold finds, as I hunt only turf and tot lots. In a few weeks I am headed to the gulf coast for vacation and will be bringing the F5 and the F75. Hoping for some gold on the beach! I ordered Tom's beach hunting DVD to learn some pro tips before I go.
Happy hunting everybody!
Mark
Great job!!!HH
....Everybody here will tell you, DIRT GOLD is the toughest target to find...you read the 'signs' just perfect...! It really is a thinking game when it comes to hunting gold..really committing the signals to the location...
Good Luck on the Sand!
