First gold with the EQ...

[Darwoody]

Hello from Australia. Hi all, dropped my daughter off at her part-time job this morning then went for a short hunt at a nearby beach with my new partner's son. As with a lot of beaches around, it was a bit sanded in so wasn't expecting much.. A couple of low areas only produced ring pulls and other light trash so I moved over to some exposed rocks and got a diggable signal...I couldn't believe it when this showed up in the scoop. At first I thought it was junk as it had that 'plastic' gold look to it. My eyes aren't the best without glasses, so when we got back to the fourby I used the magnifier on my phone....and there they were. Two stamps....AJD (American Jewellery Design I think), and 916. First gold ring for the Equinox is 22k....wooohooo! It's been so long since I found gold....can't get the smile off my face 😎.
(Oh yeah, the men's silver ring was found a few minutes later).

 

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[Wiganer]

Welcome to the forum, and well done on that real good find

 

[sprailroad]

Now that is one nice ring. Question; What program and around what VDI #'s and tone, just curious in regards to the EQ. (They are BOTH nice rings in fact)

 

[Rookster]

Congrats on the great finds.

 

[sgoss66]

VERY nice digs, sir!

As sprailroad asked, I'd also be curious as to the VDI on that ring...

Steve

 

[dirtlooter]

beautiful rings, congrats on the awesome finds

 

[Darwoody]

Thanks for the replies, appreciated. The ring is only small but weighs 3.4 grams. The TID was jumping between 13-14 in amongst the rocks, then 15 when out.

 

[sgoss66]

Darwoody -- SO, a tad bit above a nickel; in other words, RIGHT smack-dab in the middle of pull-tab range, of course!

Nice job digging that one!

Steve

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Welcome to the forum!

Great ring finds, congratulations!

 

[digger460]

Darwoody -- SO, a tad bit above a nickel; in other words, RIGHT smack-dab in the middle of pull-tab range, of course!

Nice job digging that one!

Steve

Nailed it sg! I guess were destined to dig pulltabs.

 

[fuceye]

great finds. did you catch and release ? not cool to keep such big lunkers.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice rings with the eq. Congrats