Rusted metal ring??

[fadetoblack]

I found it today near an old school. It had a diameter of about 1 inch and looks like a round rod was formed into a circle and maybe welded. Any idea what this is? next to a penny for comparison.
Thanks
J

 

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[charlives]

It's a part of a horse harness. Sometimes they ring up nicely as the computer (at least on my T2)also takes its coin roundness into account and up averages it. Horse tack is a sign that old coins are lurking about :-)

 

[fadetoblack]

Cool! Thanks for the info. I only found modern coins there. My detector is a bounty hunter tracker iv so I'm not sure it's taking into account roundness. Not sure how it works exactly but I put it on tone discriminate and set the knob to about the 1 o'clock position. Seems to find all newer coins fine. I'm new to this and have been out 5 times so far. Still getting used to it. Maybe I should go back and try again?

 

[charlives]

Sure, get back there. You'll have to try an older site if you want older coins. And...as you get better you'll be able to dig the deeper coin signals and disregard the shallow stuff.

 

[fadetoblack]

Yeah I've been trying to figure out how it works. Pretty basic unit. Not sure how the needle works. Seems to always either go all the way up or nothing at all. Guess ill have to pay attention to it more. I also wonder why it goes from 10 to 1.
Thanks for the encouragement!!