My best water hunting find thus far!

[SNF101480]

A few months back I was hunting at a New Hampshire beach with my Excal. I had a good feeling about the day, because just 5 minutes in I got my first signal which turned out to be an encrusted Mercury dime. At that point I had a gut feeling that told me I needed to make my way into the water. As soon as I got in, I looked down and saw a piece of aluminum trash, I scooped it up and put it in my trash pouch to get the garbage out of the way.
Only a few steps and swings later, I got a blasting signal that I had to dig. I took my first big scoop, and no target was to be seen. I swung the coil over the area again, and the signal got even louder, I scooped down again, and still nothing in the scoop. I had to repeat swinging over the area and scooping a total of 5 times before I finally had the target! I looked into my scoop and saw a huge piece of chain hanging out, the rest of it was still covered in muck. I slowly started pulling out the chain and couldn't believe how heavy it was. I finally got to the end of the chain and saw a medallion attached. I didn't know what this peculiar chain with pendant was at the time of recovery but I knew it had to be something special. It turned out to be an old Knights Templar 25[SUP]th[/SUP] degree Masonic watch fob and chain. There were 2 types of gold used, 14k rose gold and 14k yellow gold. The weight of all the gold is 1.685 Troy ounces. This beautiful old find is the best I've ever made. I'm hoping to top this find some day .
Steve

 

[Les West Central Fl]

Nice and very unusual find.You can say you found a one of a kind find!!

 

[CASPER-2]

Awesome - its cool - its old - its gold - we dont get enough stuff up on the banner from here
Im gonna vote for it for the banner

 

[search and recovery]

That is a very special gold find. Congrats

 

[Da Sand Crab]

That'll make your day for sure.

 

[Smoogle]

I'd be oh so happy to scoop that one up... congrats to you.

 

[BEACH-HUNTER]

BANNER I SAY!!! Steve that day was such a RUSH!!! When you came over to me you were shaking...when you dropped that in my hand I was like OMG this is gold or lead!! When I looked in my hand and saw all that gold...I was so pumped for you!! WTG buddy!! Then I wanted to hit you with my scoop and take off with it!!! LOL! You have come such a long way in a short time. Lets hope the gold keeps comming! See you Saturday!! LIKE I SAID BANNER FIND!!

 

[dewcon4414]

What a super find. Its nice to see these kind of finds gives us all hope for tomorrow. One of the best finds ive seen in awhile.

Dew

 

[SNF101480]

BANNER I SAY!!! Steve that day was such a RUSH!!! When you came over to me you were shaking...when you dropped that in my hand I was like OMG this is gold or lead!! When I looked in my hand and saw all that gold...I was so pumped for you!! WTG buddy!! Then I wanted to hit you with my scoop and take off with it!!! LOL! You have come such a long way in a short time. Lets hope the gold keeps comming! See you Saturday!! LIKE I SAID BANNER FIND!!

George, I'm very lucky to have good friends and teachers like you, Gary and a few others who have helped me start finding good stuff more consistently. Looking forward to seeing you extend your gold streak Saturday, and I need to get back on track and start my own gold streak. It's been too long!

 

[BEACH-HUNTER]

Steve...Ya right your about 80 grams ahead of me in the gold finding this year!! Your on track!! Your like one of those bullet trains thats jumped right off the track!! you scooped up a new EXCAL-II in one scoop!!...You got a gold signet ring that night also!! see you Saturday!

 

[leprechaun]

Thats one hell of a find,a piece of gold that size is still on my wish list.

 

[lorraine]

Oh, My Goodness!!! What a beautiful gold find!!


Congratulations on fine detecting!

Keep 'em comin'

Lorraine

 

[SNF101480]

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for the kind words. I have been an active member at another forum for a few years now. Shortly after the beginning of the year I started seeing things change a lot over there, and I really disliked it. I made a decision back then to stop posting finds because I really didn't feel like it was a positive environment anymore. I was pretty disappointed with what was going on. I've felt really comfortable here in the short time I've been checking it out. I like how this forum has so many diverse topics, and it just has a more welcoming and positive feel to it, so I decided to make my first thread here about the find that held the most meaning to me. I look forward to posting more here in the future, and seeing all the great stuff being found by the rest of you! Steve

 

[stpauli914]

I voted banner! Killer find!!!!!!!

 

[detectahead]

Great find! hope the bigger one comes soon 4 u

 

[beachboy]

Banner...

 

[dirtdigger1581]

I agree...Great find. As a Mason myself, I'd be thrilled with this find. BANNER!!!!

 

[cntrydncr1]

awesome find! congrats

 

[tnt-k9]

Sweet find there. Congrats!

 

[BEACH-HUNTER]

NICE!! I HOPE IT MAKES THE BANNER!! I HELD THIS FIND IN MY HAND...ONE OF THE BEST BEACH FINDS I EVER SAW...PLEASE PEOPLE VOTE THIS FOR THE BANNER!! STEVE IS A GREAT GUY WITH A HEART OF GOLD...GET HIM TO THE BANNER!!!