How are ring finds hard?

[DigDugNY]

Im just getting new to metal detecting, and i usually see people calling other people really good at finding rings, is their a certain niche u have to have to find a ring, or is there just a certain noise the detector will make that u have to have good ears for.

 

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[hollowpointred]

silver rings ( or anything silver) will sound like a high tone on your detector, and should be pretty easy to find. gold on the otherhand, will sound off in the junk/ pulltab range, so to find gold you will have to dig some junk and use low discrim. hope this helps.

 

[DigDugNY]

yea cuz i dig up everything anyway...well at least most of the time

 

[hollowpointred]

yea cuz i dig up everything anyway...well at least most of the time

thats not a bad habit to get into bob! yeah, your gonna dig a lot of junk, but you wont miss much either!

 

[Sandman]

There are probably ten rings lost in or near water for one lost in the grass. If you keep searching in the places where the most people have been enjoying the water, the odds are better at finding a ring. Natch, don't discriminate out pull tabs as Hollowpointed said.

Keep the coil level with the ground and overlap some so as to not miss any ground. Get out often. Good Luck!

Sandman

 

[Michigan Badger]

I'm just the guy to tell you all about rings because I almost never find any.

It's all about location and low discrimination (hey, that rhymes!).

Sandman and a few others on here find enough rings to furnish the Fox Jewelry company. These guys hunt for rings, that's why they find them.

How'd I do guys?

Badger

 

[-Jones-]

In recent years I've had a dozen treasure huntin trips to FL beaches and IMO, the ring is the most prized find. The grand prize for a trip to the beach! But I say they're hard to find! The Sandman offers good advice.

I've found only 3 rings in the sand but each riing I wear on my fingers everyday. I've got 3 bare fingers and 2 bare thumbs. I hope someday to wear a ring find on each finger/thumb!

 

[neilo]

Finding rings is a bit of a challenge but with a little bit of research you can increase your odds considerably. Finding rings down at the beach can be helped by watching the sand movement, if a lot of sand has been shifted and you are finding old coins that tells you that there will be some rings there.What has happened is deep coins and jewelry which were previously too deep for detectors to reach are now shallow and can easily be detected as well as rings which have sunk down in the sand.Look out for deep gutters, and newly exposed rock areas where the sand has washed away.Study some old pictures of the beaches and see where the crowds used to hang out.Most ring finds down at the beach are at the waters edge in less than 2ft of water. look for low tides and go along the waters edge.Make sure you dig all signals, dont use any discrimination, only reject iron.I have got gold rings which indicated alfoil and gave very weak signals. Watch the weather fore casts if there has been a storm along the coast go down along the waters edge,and also lookout for those gutters,if you see a great deal of shells and old crustaceans laying on the beach detect amongst them, these would have been dug out by the water as well as other jewelry items. Detecting rings in parks is more difficult in that there is a lot more rubbish targets,but dig all targets indicating around ring pull.So you might have to dig 50 ring pulls but if it means finding a nice gold diamond ring it is worth it. good luck with your hunting seeya Neilo

 

[jeremiah212]

finding rings is not that difficult..dig all repeatable pulltabs and foil signals and the rings will start showing themselves

 

[-Jones-]

Neilo,

Good Tips! Thanks for sharing. I have a treasure huntin trip planned Oct. 24 and will be stayin 5 nights in Naples. I know your tips will help! Particularly,

dig all signals, don't use any discrimination, only reject iron.

lookout for gutters, if you see a great deal of shells and old crustaceans laying on the beach detect amongst them, these would have been dug out by the water as well as other jewelry items. 8)

 

[PlanetExpress]

Not the original poster, but thanks to everyone for sharing these tips. I've been pulling junk for my 1st 8 hours. Hoped to at least find something kind of interesting. I'll try incorporating these tips. I think I'm in the wrong area. I should hit Jones Beach or some big beach like that probably. I've just been around a Long Island north shore beach that isn't very crowded.

 

[EDDE]

one of my tricks for finding rings
is running along side lines(follow the white line)soccer bball feilds
stand on it xtend your coil shaft as far as it will go
sweep it to the left and right of the line (and across the line)
should get at least 7-8 feet of sweep coverage
ive found about 10 rings that way (in 18 months)
also playgrounds are good around the swings and slides

 

[OutBack Duo]

The more you hunt the more you find. My collection isn't worth a whole lot but it sure is nice to look at. These were found in a 18 month period. All of these were found in parks except 5 of them (these 5 were found at the beach but not in the water). If you dig every signal you are bound to find them.