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Boobydoo

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Hello to all!

Another clear and sunny day in Michigan let me get out again. I had a game plan to hit some schools in a district that I have never been. I went to three different schools and all of them had pea gravel in the play areas so I didn't hunt them as my old trusty Garrett does not fair well normally in pea gravel. Fortunately, I had a backup plan also so I hit the last school in another district that was left on the list that I hadn't been to yet.

The playground was under construction but there was one nice size play area to cover. I found quite a few targets and found two keepers here. The first was a small 925 pendant with a large CZ stone. The second, a sweet 14kt earring. This is large a heavy and has a amethyst stone. Having a piece of gold in my pouch, I was happy for the day. There were a lot of trinkets here, a couple junk rings, 2 earrings, a pin, and 10 pendant/fobs.

I was on my way to try and find another school when I passed a small park with a couple nice play areas so I stopped in. This place was loaded and must not have been searched in a long while. I was only there an hour and was digging constantly. A couple nice keepers. First, by the swings a really pretty 10k gold ring popped out. It has a light blue stone, blue topaz maybe and a couple small diamond chips. Woowhoo!! Then a heart stopper, a very large tennis bracelet was found by one of the slides. It was silver colored and loaded with diamonds. Hoping it was gold and real diamonds, but no. It's hallmarked 925 and also CZ, but still a really sweet find, very heavy.

All in all, a great day. 3 hours hunting time, all the nice keepers, $8.62 clad with 178 coins.

Now the bad news... near the end of finishing covering the play areas at the park, my old trusty Garrett machine started acting up. It was pulsing false signals and I couldn't get it to work right while I was there. I will have to look at it today and try to get it working right again. I do have an ACE250 but I really love using the old machine in the woodchip areas as it lets my be a lot more efficient.

Best of luck to you all, HH! Thanks for reading! Here's a few photos of yesterday's fines.

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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Great finds!!!!
 
Nice finds, BD. Looks like a productive day. I'll have to add a jet to my list of treasures to find.

HH
 
BDoo,
You always amaze me with your finds. Congrats on all the jewelry. Very sweet!
I see you even unearthed a dinosaur. ;D
-MM-
 
nice finds there
i used to have a braclet ,looked alot like that one
where are you hunting??? lol
 
Once again, I am humbled by the master. LOL. :) Just a great day for finds. What sort of Garrett do you use? Please go back to all my posts and help me figure out what I'm doing wrong with mine ;D.

HH.
 
Awesome finds, BDoo. All kinds of pretty little trinkets...gold, silver, diamonds, colorful stones. I see you're digging up dinosaurs too...better be careful there. ;D ;D

;) RR
 
BDoo, you have a great combination for success - determination, a good machine, and lots of careless people in your area!!! ;D

You continue to amaze me with the jewelry finds as usual. I seem to have depleted all the school's wood chips in our district..I'll have to find more of these places outside of my boundaries.

Nat
 
BDoo,

Awesome group of finds, but then again, what else can we expect when BDoo hits the chips? I'm curious about something you wrote. What did you mean about the older Garrett helping you be more efficient? I ran into a guy at the park the other day that had a higher end Garrett...seemed to have the same preset programs as my Ace250 but the scale was a bit "wider". It seemed like he had a bit more resolution, if this makes sense, because he had two or three notches separating foil from pulltab, pulltab to penny, etc.

I typically dig everything when hunting the parks, play areas. Am I working harder than I need to?


MP
 
I don't know what model Garrett you have but I use the Infinium LS. I know it has a low battery indicator but long before it tells me the batteries are low, it acts just like your is acting. Lots of false signals, can't hold ground balance. Just goes to crap. Change out the batteries and see if it makes a difference. Sure does with mine.

Daryl
 
Wow! 8) Great stuff like always. Nice big silver ring. HH
 
Geez BDoo, I was so proud of my one ring today; then I read your post...you are the man! Way to keep finding stuff! ;D
 
Those are some great finds you have. Don't be afraid to use the ACE 250, it will work just fine. Even in the coin mode, you will be surprised at the small jewelry you will be finding.

Good Luck and HH, Ringfinder
 
Now that is a great find Bdoo.....HH

55TXBANDIT​
 
Really nice finds
 

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