- Oct 6, 2009
- 1,212
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- Detector(s) used
- MXT 300/Excal II/Surf Dual Field
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
After spending far too many days in bed, after stopping one medicine for a few days I actually felt pretty good. So the wife and I decided it was time to get out for a few hours. Of course I wanted to try MD'ing again so I took along my Excal..
Water was nice, and just enough breeze to keep things comfortable. Wanted to hunt a favorite spot, but there were far too many people in the water. Pam says "dont you have a spot over there?", to which I replied "yeah, but it is such a trash hole"... Decided to go there anyway and I had it all to myself. Had to go really slow, and as usual for this spot, the trash was all over...
About an hour into the hunt, I saw Pam and my dog heading over my direction, and I altered my line to meet them. Man am I glad I did... About 10 ft before reaching each other, I got another very loud pop tab tone, even told Pam "Well I guess I'm gonna dig another tab, but you gotta dig tabs to find rings", and in just one scoop, out pops this really heavy, thick band with a nice diamond... I was elated of course, but gave Pam the credit since I had changed course to meet up with her.. Thank goodness! Found a small, very corroded silver ring before quiting, and a whopping $.49 in clad.. Only lasted two hours, and very sore today, but tested the diamond and it registered real faster than any diamond I have tested before (they say the less imperfections, the faster it tests positive), and it is at least a one carat stone per chart I used for comparison... Going to take it to a couple jewelers to see what it may be worth.. Any ideas?
The band is 14k and weighs 8.6 grams... Not too bad for a couple hours. Hope after a day of rest, I can go out again for a couple hours...
Many of you know, but having abdominal surgery again on the 27th... Good thoughts and prayers would surely be appreciated on that day..
HH all!
Water was nice, and just enough breeze to keep things comfortable. Wanted to hunt a favorite spot, but there were far too many people in the water. Pam says "dont you have a spot over there?", to which I replied "yeah, but it is such a trash hole"... Decided to go there anyway and I had it all to myself. Had to go really slow, and as usual for this spot, the trash was all over...
About an hour into the hunt, I saw Pam and my dog heading over my direction, and I altered my line to meet them. Man am I glad I did... About 10 ft before reaching each other, I got another very loud pop tab tone, even told Pam "Well I guess I'm gonna dig another tab, but you gotta dig tabs to find rings", and in just one scoop, out pops this really heavy, thick band with a nice diamond... I was elated of course, but gave Pam the credit since I had changed course to meet up with her.. Thank goodness! Found a small, very corroded silver ring before quiting, and a whopping $.49 in clad.. Only lasted two hours, and very sore today, but tested the diamond and it registered real faster than any diamond I have tested before (they say the less imperfections, the faster it tests positive), and it is at least a one carat stone per chart I used for comparison... Going to take it to a couple jewelers to see what it may be worth.. Any ideas?
The band is 14k and weighs 8.6 grams... Not too bad for a couple hours. Hope after a day of rest, I can go out again for a couple hours...
Many of you know, but having abdominal surgery again on the 27th... Good thoughts and prayers would surely be appreciated on that day..
HH all!
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