Help Please !! Need advice on finding rings/gold with At Pro.....

[dirtdigginfool]

Hey T-Net people, I'm starting my 2nd full season of detecting with my At Pro, and would like some solid advice from other At Pro users out there...While I have just about mastered locating coins, silver..etc...I've only found a handful of rings ( none gold)...I've tried the method of just digging every signal 39 and up, and filled a five gallon bucket with trash, can slaw etc...but no gold...so I beseech thee...looking for some great advice from my Garrett peeps...thx very much in advance, ddf...

 

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[dirtdigginfool]

Skippy, thanks SO much for the lengthy and extremely informative reply...I do have several spots you have described, plus we're camping this weekend at a resort with a beach...so maybe Monday I'll be posting my own 5 ring day! As far as tone goes, are rings more of a solid or steady tone...without a lot of scratching or squeaking or jumping? Skippy, thanks again, your information is priceless and I can't wait to hit the campground this weekend!.....Ddf

 

[jadocs]

Great pointers Skippy! I'll also be following this post as I am also a novice with the ATP.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Yes: Skippy is right. Anytime the subject of upping one's gold ring count comes up, there is often the suggestion of "dig junk till your arms fall off lest you miss a gold ring". As if that's the solve-all for finding more gold rings, right ?

But it's ALREADY A GIVEN that alloyed gold rings are low conductors. So the MUCH BETTER advice is to go to where the odds are better. Namely swim beaches. Other places are ski-lift lines in the summer melt (d/t people taking off their gloves while waiting in the lift-lines), wrestle pits, sand-volley balls courts, etc...

 

[Normsel]

I have found several rings in tot lots. one valued $1800 so I never pass a tot lot. You are right about the signal. You can tell more often than not it's not foil or slaw. I have found rings anywhere from 35 to 87 with the ATP. The 35 sounds low but it was disguised by a rusty bolt.

I have haven't had the same luck with my more expensive detectors but I also have not used them as much and the E-Trac is a noted coin machine so gold rings are not a signal you most often dig.

 

[RobRieman]

If your up north and don't have a beach to hunt the sled riding hills give them up pretty good.

 

[KyDigNQueen]

Great thread! Thanks for all the info as I am hoping to start hitting some jewelry soon at some of my sites.

 

[jadocs]

As I continue to learn my ATP, I have also been testing the tones on my wife's jewelry so I have an idea of the different nuances on the different sizes, shapes, and types.

 

[OBN]

Skippy
Really, it's not about digging trash. You can dig trash all day long and never find a single ring. It's about LOCATION.

Amen..

And Hats off to you Skippy for all the rings you have dug on land! Insane amount!!

I hunted the dirt for several years, Never found one gold ring. Jumped in the water 8 years ago......best thing I have every done. It just keeps getting better.

And it is because of the LOCATION..

Last Years 2015,..... 123 Gold rings, and 10 misc pieces

 

[RobRieman]

Wow OBN that is so sweet! Congrats!

 

[jadocs]

Very smart. That's the way to do it. Take it one step father and while testing your wife's jewelry, ALSO test against can slaw and pop-tabs. You'll find it'll be easier to note the differences, than if you simply try to "remember" what it sounds like later.

Great idea thank you!

 

[RustyGold]

You guys are an inspiration. I just repurchased a new ATP from Bart. It's the only detector I've found gold with several times!
Best of luck out there!

 

[toad1976]

Hi I just got the AT Pro Upgraded from the Euro Ace about a month ago. I have had really good luck on high school football fields the one I am hunting now is virgin ground there is clad every where and so far one silver ring 5.5gr one really small gold ring 1.5gr and a silver necklace 4.7gr and about 20 dollars in clad. sorry don't have a pick of the silver ring I gave it to my nephew he now has my Euro ace