Garrett424
Silver Member
- Jun 20, 2014
- 3,164
- 2,284
- Detector(s) used
-
Teknetics Omega 8000
Teknetics Delta 4000,
Deteknix XPointer,
Fiskar's Big Grip Digger & my old Army Trench shovel for the tough jobs
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
So the weather was fantastic this weekend; tee shirt weather. I had plans for most of the weekend and wasn't able to get out until around three on Sunday, which left me maybe two hours to hunt.
I went to my "pounded" field and started swinging slowly and carefully. I have to admit, the targets are getting fewer and farther between. I started digging the usual pull tabs, can slaw, a few old keys and a few clad coins. Finally, I dug a ring but it was junk. Not too long after that, I dug another ring and it too was junk.
So then I got one of those REALLY bouncy hits. It literally bounced from iron to silver, all over the place; so I just had to dig to satisfy my curiosity and I'm really glad that I did. Out of the hole an easy six inches down on it's side and kinda' flattened was this tiny, bent and broken 14K Winnie the Pooh ring......
I was able to straighten it out a bit for the pic. I found an identical one on Fleabay for 139.00.
I was pretty happy because I haven't hit any gold in a while. Then about 15 minutes later, all the way on the other side of the field I got another one of those bouncy hits although not as bouncy as the first. It bottomed out in the foil range. Of course, I dug it and maybe about 6 or 7 inches down; out popped another small, bent and broken yellow and rose gold ring.........
I couldn't believe it. I can't make out the marks on this one because they're so worn but it looks really good. Given the depth and condition I'm pretty certain it's real. This is the second time I've hit double gold in this spot. They're small but gold is gold in my book. Including the junkers that puts the ring count up to 57.
I also found a junk earring and a small junker alligator pin.....
So given the limited time I had I walked away VERY happy with this hunt even though I didn't dig too many good targets. My entire weekend was awesome and this hunt just put the icing on the cake.
Once again, digging lots and lots of trash and those bouncy, questionable signals is always worth doing no matter how often you're disappointed. Once in a while there's a little gold hiding in the "trash" and "pull tab" zone.
And once again,
Thanks for lookin'& HH......
I went to my "pounded" field and started swinging slowly and carefully. I have to admit, the targets are getting fewer and farther between. I started digging the usual pull tabs, can slaw, a few old keys and a few clad coins. Finally, I dug a ring but it was junk. Not too long after that, I dug another ring and it too was junk.
So then I got one of those REALLY bouncy hits. It literally bounced from iron to silver, all over the place; so I just had to dig to satisfy my curiosity and I'm really glad that I did. Out of the hole an easy six inches down on it's side and kinda' flattened was this tiny, bent and broken 14K Winnie the Pooh ring......
I was able to straighten it out a bit for the pic. I found an identical one on Fleabay for 139.00.
I was pretty happy because I haven't hit any gold in a while. Then about 15 minutes later, all the way on the other side of the field I got another one of those bouncy hits although not as bouncy as the first. It bottomed out in the foil range. Of course, I dug it and maybe about 6 or 7 inches down; out popped another small, bent and broken yellow and rose gold ring.........
I couldn't believe it. I can't make out the marks on this one because they're so worn but it looks really good. Given the depth and condition I'm pretty certain it's real. This is the second time I've hit double gold in this spot. They're small but gold is gold in my book. Including the junkers that puts the ring count up to 57.
I also found a junk earring and a small junker alligator pin.....
So given the limited time I had I walked away VERY happy with this hunt even though I didn't dig too many good targets. My entire weekend was awesome and this hunt just put the icing on the cake.
Once again, digging lots and lots of trash and those bouncy, questionable signals is always worth doing no matter how often you're disappointed. Once in a while there's a little gold hiding in the "trash" and "pull tab" zone.
And once again,
Thanks for lookin'& HH......
Last edited:
Upvote
12
