DrJoePrime
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2007
- Messages
- 1,535
- Reaction score
- 949
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Long Beach, California
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus, White's Surfmaster Dual Field, Tesoro Sand Shark, Garrett ATX
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Decided to take a late afternoon hunt with my Dual Field at my local beach. Weather was beautiful. Detecting the wet sand I attracted a small group of kids following me asking questions. Looking a lot like the Pied Piper.
They were quite excited by my picking up the quarters and other coins. When they left I ambled up to the dry for a few minutes. Picked up a small band and quickly put in my pouch..then two feet away another band. Quick into my pouch and with a hope and a prayer ...before looking at it closely enough...maybe gold. Third ring just a few feet more looked like a band with diamonds. I lasted about ten minutes before I couldn't stand it any more. Took off my glasses and looked closely... number 1:junk, number 2: junk, number 3: not diamonds..junk too.
So..at least it's a beautiful day and a nice cooling breeze off the ocean. I head back hitting the wet sand a bit higher on the slope. Nice strong signal but the target is very deep...close to a foot. Ring number 4. I couldn't wait on this one...took off my glasses and my heart sank a little at the scuffed appearance of the outside of the ring. But then I notice an engraving inside! I turned the ring a bit and there it was 14K. Big smile all the way home..weighed in at 6.1 grams.
Gotta Love this hobby!
HH Joe
They were quite excited by my picking up the quarters and other coins. When they left I ambled up to the dry for a few minutes. Picked up a small band and quickly put in my pouch..then two feet away another band. Quick into my pouch and with a hope and a prayer ...before looking at it closely enough...maybe gold. Third ring just a few feet more looked like a band with diamonds. I lasted about ten minutes before I couldn't stand it any more. Took off my glasses and looked closely... number 1:junk, number 2: junk, number 3: not diamonds..junk too.
So..at least it's a beautiful day and a nice cooling breeze off the ocean. I head back hitting the wet sand a bit higher on the slope. Nice strong signal but the target is very deep...close to a foot. Ring number 4. I couldn't wait on this one...took off my glasses and my heart sank a little at the scuffed appearance of the outside of the ring. But then I notice an engraving inside! I turned the ring a bit and there it was 14K. Big smile all the way home..weighed in at 6.1 grams.
Gotta Love this hobby!
HH Joe
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