LawrencetheMDer
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- Feb 22, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
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Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Finally pulled my third gold ring for the year from the Gulf today - a 14K "Love Star" men's wedding band (3.06g). Thin thing. It registers 12:13 on my CTX3030. I actually found it (w my Excal) while looking for a man's friend's class ring in the Gulf, lost several days earlier. After 1 1/2 hrs never found the class ring (hoping to tie recoveries with Ron Lord) but, I guess, as a consolation prize found the gold band.
But the real motive of this read is that gold is really getting harder to come-by metal detecting. And I have the numbers to prove it! From 2013-15 I averaged 250-300 coins per gold piece. In 2016, the ratio dropped to 356:1. Even with my today addition, my Gold : Coin ratio for 2017 stands at 449:1! Ouch!! Yea, I know the year has really just started, but my MDing year in Florida ends in less than 3 weeks. We'll see how the ratio plays out but not giving up without a fight. Plan to hit the beach with the 3030 all day Friday and the water Monday with the Excal (1). Dang, if there's gold out there I'm going to find it...one piece at a time.
Not sure why gold is getting harder to find. At least that is my take on the rarity of gold in my scoop. May be it's all the new fangled detectors - the FSBs and MBP and LSDs - Or, I sure seem to find a lot of those off-gold wedding bands and rings; like stainless steel, Titanium, Tungsten, silver, ok silver is ok, but you get the picture. Or, may be that there are more Metal Detectorist? Those darn people seem to be everywhere.
If you hunt the Florida coast(either one) enough to have an opinion - Is gold getting harder to find or am I simply going backwards with my new fangled detectors and books and all that reading stuff?
(1) Still not comfortable sinking into the Gulf with the 3030. Call me a chicken or in this case call me a crab.
But the real motive of this read is that gold is really getting harder to come-by metal detecting. And I have the numbers to prove it! From 2013-15 I averaged 250-300 coins per gold piece. In 2016, the ratio dropped to 356:1. Even with my today addition, my Gold : Coin ratio for 2017 stands at 449:1! Ouch!! Yea, I know the year has really just started, but my MDing year in Florida ends in less than 3 weeks. We'll see how the ratio plays out but not giving up without a fight. Plan to hit the beach with the 3030 all day Friday and the water Monday with the Excal (1). Dang, if there's gold out there I'm going to find it...one piece at a time.
Not sure why gold is getting harder to find. At least that is my take on the rarity of gold in my scoop. May be it's all the new fangled detectors - the FSBs and MBP and LSDs - Or, I sure seem to find a lot of those off-gold wedding bands and rings; like stainless steel, Titanium, Tungsten, silver, ok silver is ok, but you get the picture. Or, may be that there are more Metal Detectorist? Those darn people seem to be everywhere.
If you hunt the Florida coast(either one) enough to have an opinion - Is gold getting harder to find or am I simply going backwards with my new fangled detectors and books and all that reading stuff?
(1) Still not comfortable sinking into the Gulf with the 3030. Call me a chicken or in this case call me a crab.
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