juju
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- Dec 8, 2007
- 2,015
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites MXT ALL PRO, Grey Ghost Headphones, Garrett Pro-Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Howdy all,
I was supposed to be busy today, and unable to hunt. Well the phone rings at 8:00 am and suddenly I have the whole day. So I start out at the field that kicked loose the last 10k gold ring. After 2 hours I get nothin but clad and trash. So I get the wild hair to take a road trip and see good ole Vanoldschool. We meet up on his side of the bridge and head to an elementary field we both have wanted to hunt. I was gettin a bit of clad and trash but nothin good. So I start workin toward Van and get a good high hit. Its wasn't deep so I pinpoint with the pro-pointer and lift the turf to expose a nice silver ring. I call Van over and he says he ain't surprised. So we work this field a bit more with no more keepers to show. So we hit the road to another field. This field I have hunted before but not for a couple years. It has kicked loose lotsa gold in the past and silver as well. 3rd target into the field and bam. I again lift the turf back and see a ring. It was shallow enough to still be in the roots. I again call Van over and we speculate if its gold or not. I figure due to the low vdi that its probably gold. Van agrees, and I pluck it free. Sure enough its 18k. After a bit more hunting and a few more junk rings we call it good. Van got his awesome token at the end of the hunt on the way to the car. I got a pic of him swingin his XLT across the field. It was already a good day. But since I still had daylight and wasn't ready to call it quits. Off I went again. This time to my gold field. This field has been more than good to me in the last week or so. I almost didn't hunt it due to the amount of people walking the track with their kids. As soon as I started recovering targets I get the normal idiotic remarks. Like " If ya find a million bucks I get half" Or " If ya find a diamond ring I lost it". So I figure my hunt will be short tonight just to avoid the meatheads. Right as I was talkin myself into leavin, and how good supper was goin to taste.I get a good tone. I reach in and feel what I think is junk. I pull it out and feel somethin give. I look in my hand and see gold. Immediately I know I broke the chain. So I begin the tedious job of freein the chain from the soil. Well turns out I didn't break the chain just the charm clasp. I snap a quick pic and head to the car. The whole way home I was hopin it was real, and I was right. Its marked 18k, and 750 and acid tested good at 18k. So my day was awesome. Sorry for the long post, but I am still excited. Thanks for lookin and luck in the hunt.
JuJu
I was supposed to be busy today, and unable to hunt. Well the phone rings at 8:00 am and suddenly I have the whole day. So I start out at the field that kicked loose the last 10k gold ring. After 2 hours I get nothin but clad and trash. So I get the wild hair to take a road trip and see good ole Vanoldschool. We meet up on his side of the bridge and head to an elementary field we both have wanted to hunt. I was gettin a bit of clad and trash but nothin good. So I start workin toward Van and get a good high hit. Its wasn't deep so I pinpoint with the pro-pointer and lift the turf to expose a nice silver ring. I call Van over and he says he ain't surprised. So we work this field a bit more with no more keepers to show. So we hit the road to another field. This field I have hunted before but not for a couple years. It has kicked loose lotsa gold in the past and silver as well. 3rd target into the field and bam. I again lift the turf back and see a ring. It was shallow enough to still be in the roots. I again call Van over and we speculate if its gold or not. I figure due to the low vdi that its probably gold. Van agrees, and I pluck it free. Sure enough its 18k. After a bit more hunting and a few more junk rings we call it good. Van got his awesome token at the end of the hunt on the way to the car. I got a pic of him swingin his XLT across the field. It was already a good day. But since I still had daylight and wasn't ready to call it quits. Off I went again. This time to my gold field. This field has been more than good to me in the last week or so. I almost didn't hunt it due to the amount of people walking the track with their kids. As soon as I started recovering targets I get the normal idiotic remarks. Like " If ya find a million bucks I get half" Or " If ya find a diamond ring I lost it". So I figure my hunt will be short tonight just to avoid the meatheads. Right as I was talkin myself into leavin, and how good supper was goin to taste.I get a good tone. I reach in and feel what I think is junk. I pull it out and feel somethin give. I look in my hand and see gold. Immediately I know I broke the chain. So I begin the tedious job of freein the chain from the soil. Well turns out I didn't break the chain just the charm clasp. I snap a quick pic and head to the car. The whole way home I was hopin it was real, and I was right. Its marked 18k, and 750 and acid tested good at 18k. So my day was awesome. Sorry for the long post, but I am still excited. Thanks for lookin and luck in the hunt.
JuJu
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That chain and medallion are beautiful.
