Thanks for the replies and encouragement...
This thing rang up as a quarter probably because it silver or copper core. I have found a hand full of silver jewelry over the last year but gold just seems to elude me, heaven knows how many pull tabs I did so I feel I am doing the right thing with the V3i but gold, real gold seems to elude me... the lack of gold makes me wonder if I went with the wrong machine... (with one exception in the last year and I feel that was dumb luck.) but with that being said I never got the V3i for that reason, it just became a natural evolution to want to find gold rings... since I am out there anyways. No matter how discouraged I sound I will soldier on and I know its just a matter of time... I will find the gold I am seeking!
Chukers