LawrencetheMDer
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- Joined
- Feb 22, 2014
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- Location
- Ohio and Florida
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Took advantage of the super moon low tides to again search my favorite low tide beach on the west coast of Florida with my CTX3030 and Stealth scoop. Given that I had just found 2 gold rings 2 days ago, one with 1ct diamond cluster, my expectations of finding more gold were muted. Fat chance in ... Nevertheless, off I went to spend 7 1/2 hrs MDing and again came home with 2 gold rings as well as a .925 silver and diamond studded ring guard. Found some other cool stuff I'll talk about, later.
The first gold ring was a 14k white gold Men's wedding band (10g, 12:13-14 on CTX3030) that I found about 15 minutes into the hunt. I was in such a hurried pitch racing against the tide that when I found the ring I initially thought it to be stainless steel. Almost missed the find because when I dumped the load of sand I kicked it apart and when I did the ring went rolling 4 ft from the dump down the beach.
My second big find was a sterling and diamond studded ring guard (2.75g, 12:32). Didn't really know what it was until the wife told me. Had I known when I found it I would have seriously searched for the ring itself since it was surely lost at the same time...Oh well, next time.
I started MDing at 8am and took my first break at 2pm to eat lunch. Having already found gold, I considered ending early and spending time with the wife...Back detecting, it couldn't have been 5 minutes when I pulled this gigantic gold ring with stone from the sand (14k, 9g, 12:08). Talk about positive reinforcement.
I was shocked when I got home and found that the gigantic gold ring with a stone at 9 grams wasn't heavier than the white gold wedding band (10g). The ring with stone does fit me perfectly; a rarity given my big hands. A keeper. If I only knew what type of stone? [Stone looks as pictured.]
I'm in a state of shock to have found 4 gold rings in 2 days of metal detecting. These finds bring my coin/gold ratio to 103:1. It usually runs around 300:1. The sad news, if you believe in "regression towards the mean", is that I probably won't find another gold piece for 2 months or more...Man, statistics suck!
The first gold ring was a 14k white gold Men's wedding band (10g, 12:13-14 on CTX3030) that I found about 15 minutes into the hunt. I was in such a hurried pitch racing against the tide that when I found the ring I initially thought it to be stainless steel. Almost missed the find because when I dumped the load of sand I kicked it apart and when I did the ring went rolling 4 ft from the dump down the beach.
My second big find was a sterling and diamond studded ring guard (2.75g, 12:32). Didn't really know what it was until the wife told me. Had I known when I found it I would have seriously searched for the ring itself since it was surely lost at the same time...Oh well, next time.
I started MDing at 8am and took my first break at 2pm to eat lunch. Having already found gold, I considered ending early and spending time with the wife...Back detecting, it couldn't have been 5 minutes when I pulled this gigantic gold ring with stone from the sand (14k, 9g, 12:08). Talk about positive reinforcement.
I was shocked when I got home and found that the gigantic gold ring with a stone at 9 grams wasn't heavier than the white gold wedding band (10g). The ring with stone does fit me perfectly; a rarity given my big hands. A keeper. If I only knew what type of stone? [Stone looks as pictured.]
I'm in a state of shock to have found 4 gold rings in 2 days of metal detecting. These finds bring my coin/gold ratio to 103:1. It usually runs around 300:1. The sad news, if you believe in "regression towards the mean", is that I probably won't find another gold piece for 2 months or more...Man, statistics suck!
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