Last hunt my first gold in 30 years, and TODAY was such a delight !!!

[DeepseekerADS]

Today was my first hunt for the new year, went to a local park with Indian Steve. Steve did mighty well, I hope he posts his.

I was using the Tejon, we were pretty worn out for about a 3 hour hunt. I did okay, 27 coins for a $1.48 in clad.

And then there was this





I also did a serious scraping of the ring onto the test stone, and it passed 10KT

So, it took me my last hunt of the year for 2017 to find my first gold in 30 years. Now, on the opening hunt of 2018 I find a gold ring....

A GREAT start to the year for me, thank you father

 

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[Johncoho]

Nice find. Congrats. Also Nam 67-68.

 

[Indian Steve]

You Are TOOO Much Competition now that you got the Tejon. Don't you miss that CTX yet? Another fun day and a Great Hunt. I posted my finds in the Metal Detecting Forums.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Here's the link to Steve's thread:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/metal-detecting/566558-second-third-silver-year.html

 

[Carolina Tom]

Holy smokes. Lightning struck twice.

Very well done and big congrats. Glad that you and Steve were able to get out.

Best of luck to you this year sir.

 

[against the wind]

Excellent job,, nothing better than coming home with the gold.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Congratulations!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the GOLD ring recovery!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

You Are TOOO Much Competition now that you got the Tejon. Don't you miss that CTX yet? Another fun day and a Great Hunt. I posted my finds in the Metal Detecting Forums.

Well, first - here's the trash I dug:



I just turned the CTX on and ran the ring across the coil repeatedly. The FE/CO numbers given were 12-16, where a nickel would normally be at 12-15.

I'd have dug this ring with the CTX.

 

[Benjamin52]

Nice ring! what is the story behind the 30 years? can anyone explain?

 

[WannaDig3687]

Looks like you had a good time. Congratulations on the ring!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Nice ring! what is the story behind the 30 years? can anyone explain?

In the early 80's I was deep into detecting, began with a Garrett DeepseekerADSIII in probably late '82, then went Fisher, then Tesoro. I traveled for work in the construction industry, many nuke plants. The last gold ring I found was in Spring of '87 in tot lot in Plymouth, MA - while I was working heavy OT at Pilgrim Station - a nuke plant. I took several big jumps in "compensation" and ended up working at Perry Nuclear Plant in Ohio - heavy!!! overtime. One break I got I hit a park in Madison Ohio, and a county sheriff hassled me and ran me off. That happened again and again, even when visiting Virginia. So, I quit the hobby, returned to it just before I retired home to our ancestral farm. My life did end in divorce, but I don't blame her = I worked all the time and was never there and then she said "I've met someone". That took a full decade out of my life, crushed me at the time.

And that's what happened.

 

[Ammoman]

Congratulations on another great day!

 

[Peyton Manning]

oh for some thawed ground!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Congratulations on another great day!

You miss that Tejon yet It was great meeting you my friend!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

oh for some thawed ground!

I was cutting some plugs here through the frozen turf, yep - even down here.

 

[Peyton Manning]

cutting ground up here requires dynamite

 

[DeepseekerADS]

cutting ground up here requires dynamite

I do have blisters tonight

 

[releventchair]

I do have blisters tonight

Awwwww.

Congrats on the gold!

And congrats on you two getting some diggin in !

 

[Ammoman]

You miss that Tejon yet It was great meeting you my friend!

LOL I still have my Compadre. As a matter of fact, i took the Compadre out today for a couple hours. No gold or silver but lots of clad.

Likewise on the meeting. It still blows my mind that you of all people answered the Craigslist post! Such a small world.