Bootyhunter1971
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- Joined
- Nov 24, 2007
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- Location
- Kingsport, TN
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett SeaHunter Mark II, Tesoro Stingray
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey everyone, I bought an Excal II in Feb. 09 and found 20 rings of which 2 were gold, 2 silver chains and a silver bracelet at area lakes and 2 trips to East Coast beaches. I had to go to Emmitsburg Maryland to the National Fire Academy in March for a 1 week class, I researched the area and found a State Park with a lake and swimming beach nearby so I loaded the Excal for the trip. I only had one evening during the week that I had good enough weather and out of class early enough to go hunt for an hour or so. About 5 minutes into my hunt I got a really good low tone, scooped up the target in one scoop and saw a little golden colored ring with an amber stone in my scoop. It was not tarnished at all and looked really good and was heavy for its tiny size. I continued to hunt finding only clad coins then packed up and left. On inspection of the ring it had no markings
but did have markings where the ring had been broken and repaired or possibly re-sized. I thought this would be odd for a junk metal ring. When I returned home after my week long class and got settled in, I weighed it on my scale and it was .8 DWT(pennyweight). I took it to one of those "We Cheat you out of your Gold" stores and had it tested. It tested 14K
I have found my first gold of the year!! They offered me $10 for it, using the Dendtrics Precious Metal Calculator it has a little over $26 scrap gold in it, I declined to sell it to them. Hopefully by the end of the season I will have alot more to send to the refinery. Thanks for Looking. The dime in the pic is for size comparison. Thanks to you Minelab for a great machine!! HH



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