Greastart
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- Joined
- Dec 29, 2014
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- Location
- Far North Corner of CA
- Detector(s) used
- AT Pro and a Garrett Carrot
Excalibur II
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I brought my ATP to Baja with me for some fun in the sand. Having never used it near any kind of salt I wasn't prepared the the wild, unstable readings I got first time I tried to use it near the wet, salt sand.
With the help of some of the folks here on the Garrett forum I was able to go out and have some fun. Found some pretty thrashed modern Peso coins, a modern US quarter, equally salt thrashed, and lots and lots and lots of pull tabs, bottle caps, boat parts, and some fish hooks.
Also found a ring and it's stone. I think the ring was silver plated at one time as I still see a few little hints of silvery color up close.
The ring rang up at a solid 80 in about 4" of very dry sand. Once I got it out of the hole and looked at it a bit I told myself to look for whatever bling it had once held. Soon as I had that thought, there was the stone lying just at the rim of the hole. I think it must have fell out as I dug it. The stone looks like some kind of "Tiger's Eye" thing. I'm no rockhound. It sort of shimmers and becomes a bit translucent in the sunlight.
The stone has been mechanically flattened and smoothed. It fits almost perfectly in the ring prongs and if I look carefully, I can just make out where the prongs were on the stone.
Not much of a ring, but it's a ring with a story. I'll keep it.
Thanks to all that offered assistance to a frustrated newb. I'll be back out as soon as I can find enough shade to swing a coil.
With the help of some of the folks here on the Garrett forum I was able to go out and have some fun. Found some pretty thrashed modern Peso coins, a modern US quarter, equally salt thrashed, and lots and lots and lots of pull tabs, bottle caps, boat parts, and some fish hooks.
Also found a ring and it's stone. I think the ring was silver plated at one time as I still see a few little hints of silvery color up close.
The ring rang up at a solid 80 in about 4" of very dry sand. Once I got it out of the hole and looked at it a bit I told myself to look for whatever bling it had once held. Soon as I had that thought, there was the stone lying just at the rim of the hole. I think it must have fell out as I dug it. The stone looks like some kind of "Tiger's Eye" thing. I'm no rockhound. It sort of shimmers and becomes a bit translucent in the sunlight.
The stone has been mechanically flattened and smoothed. It fits almost perfectly in the ring prongs and if I look carefully, I can just make out where the prongs were on the stone.
Not much of a ring, but it's a ring with a story. I'll keep it.
Thanks to all that offered assistance to a frustrated newb. I'll be back out as soon as I can find enough shade to swing a coil.
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