Looking for tips....RINGS

[hellfirebluefish]

I would like to focus a little bit on finding some rings. I use a F2, and usually disc. My question. what should i be doing, or looking for.. ? ie I heard that rings often come up as tabs, is this the case with my F2 as well..?

[jeff of pa]

Gold rings have come up for me in almost
every point.

Detector type dosn't matter.

I Found a Shallow Large 10K Class ring with Full Disc once.

Most 10 K's I Found were in the Tab rage.

14 & 18 K engagement rings have come
up all the way down to Foil range.

size & Content Varies way too much, to
tell anyone there is something to look for or Ignore

Either dig everything Or Do what you do &
hope for the best.

Perhaps Location should be the first Thought

[SeaninNH]

Yup,

I've had rings come up anywhere from pulltab to penny and everything in between.

Just dig everything and you will find rings.

[kawika]

Yes ! you will never know as a signal that your beep, no matter what sound, will be gold, I found a 10k gold nugget ring, about three feet from the waters edge while searching for coins, close to the water edge , I just happend to make a full 360 circle and b~e~e~p I could not believe it was a perfect circle popping out of the sand ~unbelievable :

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

HellfireBluefish,

On the F2, just disc out the first segment (iron). Rings will show up in all other segments depending on size of band, karat content, overall size, etc. Most smaller gold rings will ID as foil up to penney range.

[Cool Hand Fluke]

If you keep digging you will find rings. Unfortunatley, you have to dig quite a bit of trash for every gold ring you find. You may dig 500 pieces of foil and pulltabs for every gold ring you find. There is just no way of getting around this challenge no matter what kind of machine you have. The good news is that some gold rings come up as coins on the meter. I had a mens 24K gold wedding band come up as a 50 cent piece on my Teknetics meter, all the surprises out there keep us going!

[black651]

I've had very good luck hitting boulevards next to the sidewalk in parks and other areas. The first foot or two from the sidewalk tends to "suck in" many rings and other valuables. If you live in an area where it snows then you can scan farther back as the snow will be shoveled in thee winter and anything of value will tend to settle a bit farther out. The other edge near the curb shouldn't be overlooked either as people tend to drop many items getting in and out of thier cars parked there. Good luck!

[TerryC]

Round up, borrow, buy, (don't steal) as many gold rings you can. Thin, fat, 10K, 14K, any. Find out (and record) where your detector displays them. Sideways, on edge, at a 45 degree angle, get to know them well! ..............Then dig everything. TTC