Ammoman
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Today my son and i spent about 5 hours at the swimming hole. He concentrated his hunting in the water while i continued to hit the shoreline and grassy areas.
Right out of the gate i hit my first Ring. It was by far the deepest signal i have ever dug with the impact. About 8 feet from the waters edge with no ID but a nice faint repeatable mid tone.
My guess on the depth would be around 9 to 10 inches.
About 15 minutes later i hit another mid tone that sounded deep. After cutting the plug and checking the hole, i found the signal to be in the plug. A little more investigating with the pinpointer and out popped my first bat gold.
I don't know what it is but it is marked 14k on the back. Maybe its part of a necklace or charm bracelet? I am amazed at how small and thin it is and how well the Impact picked it up. I was running 20 khz.
Another hour went by before i got my second ring. This one rang up in the 70s and was less than an inch below the surface.
Ding dong... AVON calling!
It took another 3 hours of digging trash, clad and sinkers before i finally got my paws on this mercury dime.
No mint mark and pretty worn but, hey...its silver!
We finally called it a day at 4 pm.
Here are some pics of everything i found today. Lots of clad, sinkers, a disabled Indian and even a locket.
After i got home, i took the advice of some of the Members here on the forum and cleaned up the two rings i found yesterday. they turned out pretty good!
Its interesting that the larger ring looks almost blue. Not sure why. the marking on the inside says 929 mexico
Here they are before cleaning.
As for my son and his water hunting...He found massive amounts of clad and a silver ring...I know their is more out there but we need to get a better scoop.
Right out of the gate i hit my first Ring. It was by far the deepest signal i have ever dug with the impact. About 8 feet from the waters edge with no ID but a nice faint repeatable mid tone.
My guess on the depth would be around 9 to 10 inches.
About 15 minutes later i hit another mid tone that sounded deep. After cutting the plug and checking the hole, i found the signal to be in the plug. A little more investigating with the pinpointer and out popped my first bat gold.
I don't know what it is but it is marked 14k on the back. Maybe its part of a necklace or charm bracelet? I am amazed at how small and thin it is and how well the Impact picked it up. I was running 20 khz.
Another hour went by before i got my second ring. This one rang up in the 70s and was less than an inch below the surface.
Ding dong... AVON calling!
It took another 3 hours of digging trash, clad and sinkers before i finally got my paws on this mercury dime.
No mint mark and pretty worn but, hey...its silver!
We finally called it a day at 4 pm.
Here are some pics of everything i found today. Lots of clad, sinkers, a disabled Indian and even a locket.
After i got home, i took the advice of some of the Members here on the forum and cleaned up the two rings i found yesterday. they turned out pretty good!
Its interesting that the larger ring looks almost blue. Not sure why. the marking on the inside says 929 mexico
Here they are before cleaning.
As for my son and his water hunting...He found massive amounts of clad and a silver ring...I know their is more out there but we need to get a better scoop.
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But, then you really need a water machine!
