Beginners Luck!

[tjware]

Beginner's Luck!

I hit the beach for the 4th time since getting my Garrett GTI 2500, hunted the waterline (after many many adjustments) and got a good hit. I kept working the spot with my hand, trying to find whatever has in there (don't have a sand scoop yet) and the waves were coming over and back, washing all of the sand back into the hole. I had a headlight on and as a wave swept back out I saw the glimmer of a gold ring!! I reached down and grabbed it before the next wave came in.

It is a small gold ring with an emerald in the center and a small round diamond on each side. I feel blessed because this is after 5 or 6 hours of hunting TOTAL since I began detecting and I know many of you guys have worked the ground for a while before even getting anything worth something.

I am really hooked now!! Can't wait to get back out there!

 

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[DewGuru]

Re: Beginner's Luck!

Excellent find - WTG!!

 

[Bonestockz06]

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Thats an awesome find. I'm a beginner myself with about 12 hours on my AT Pro and I've only found about $1 of clad. And yes, I'm also hooked.

 

[trsrseeker]

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Wow - what a beauty - get a scoop and get cracking, never know what you may find with the right tools!

 

[wavecrazed]

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That is a beautiful ring.

 

[dirtdigger1581]

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Doesn't hurt to have good luck on your side as a beginner. There's no going back now...This hobby has you! Congrats on your first GOLD!!!

 

[DrJoePrime]

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Nice! I like it! Congrats!

Get a scoop..it's much easier. I can't even imagine detecting without one.

HH joe

 

[JimDon]

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TJ,
Congrats on your first gold. Your life is over. Welcome to the obsessive world of md'n!

 

[general]

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Congrats on your first gold. Its a beauty! You were very lucky to snap it up without a scoop.

 

[gold nuggets]

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Excellent find for your first gold ring.
It's a good looker too....love the color
of the emerald against the gold. HH
Gold Nuggets

 

[sniffer]

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time to find a scoop, so you can haul in some more excellent finds. congrats

 

[Silver Surfer]

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Absolutely stunning ring!! Emeralds are the most beautiful stone imho... Way to go, and you will NEVER forget your first ring!!!
My very first was also an emerald ring very much like that one, but 10k..

 

[Lorrain.]

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Beautiful find, tjware!

Emeralds....my favorite!

Lorraine

 

[tjware]

Re: Beginner's Luck!

Thanks everyone! I want to go look at some scoops but I can't find a store with scoops/metal detecting supplies anywhere! I want to look at a few before I purchase one, or I might build one myself. Does anyone know of somewhere to look at some scoops near West Palm Beach?

 

[lookindown]

Re: Beginner's Luck!

Thanks everyone! I want to go look at some scoops but I can't find a store with scoops/metal detecting supplies anywhere! I want to look at a few before I purchase one, or I might build one myself. Does anyone know of somewhere to look at some scoops near West Palm Beach?

Reilys Treasure Gold.....Pompano Beach......the 6 inch Pro aluminum long handle scoop is very popular.

 

[Acquisitor]

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to get more you should get into water... dry beach and water line kinda suck.

 

[lookindown]

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to get more you should get into water... dry beach and water line kinda suck.

See ring above.

 

[beachboy]

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That is a great first ring!!!

 

[tjware]

Re: Beginner's Luck!

Thanks everyone! I want to go look at some scoops but I can't find a store with scoops/metal detecting supplies anywhere! I want to look at a few before I purchase one, or I might build one myself. Does anyone know of somewhere to look at some scoops near West Palm Beach?

Reilys Treasure Gold.....Pompano Beach......the 6 inch Pro aluminum long handle scoop is very popular.

Thanks, I will check them out. As for getting into the water I am having trouble getting the GTI 2500 ground balanced. It took me two days of tinkering to get it to work in wet sand but when I get into more than an inch of water I just get all kinds of crazy beeping. I found the manual ground balance menu and went from the lowest setting to the highest and back a few times with no progress. Does anybody hunt the water with a Garrett GTI 2500? I know there are better machines for water but it is what I have for now. Thanks!

 

[tjware]

Re: Beginner's Luck!

Thanks, I will check them out. As for getting into the water I am having trouble getting the GTI 2500 ground balanced. It took me two days of tinkering to get it to work in wet sand but when I get into more than an inch of water I just get all kinds of crazy beeping. I found the manual ground balance menu and went from the lowest setting to the highest and back a few times with no progress. Does anybody hunt the water with a Garrett GTI 2500? I know there are better machines for water but it is what I have for now. Thanks!