First Ring of the Season with Whites M6

ArthurC · Nov 6, 2014

I recently purchased a used White MXT from my dealer and decided I wanted a great backup detector so I chose the M6 and it arrived today. Long story short....I went to a local park and the second good signal I got came up with a VDI of 4....but the detector didnt give a low signal, it was a high signal...I'm new to the M6 so maybe the trigger wasnt forward in tone id like I thought but I had the discrimination set to the low default

...I knelt down and pulled a middle school class ring out of the soil. I didnt even need a pinpointer. Inside its marked "bal gtc". I know its a Balfour ring but im unsure of the gtc part...any ideas??

ArthurC · Nov 6, 2014

Even if its junk I plan to attempt a return to the owner...and...finding a ring is really exciting...I love this hobby

jewelerguy · Nov 6, 2014

I think the GTC stands for 'goldtone celestrium'. I found the following statement on Balfour's website: "Goldtone Celestrium features the durability of Celestrium electro-charged with the look of yellow gold"

ArthurC · Nov 6, 2014

Interesting and thank you, I was on their site looking and couldn't find a reference. I found another Balfour ring from the 1970's near where I found this one...I think it was "celestrium" too but it looked silver...and had been hit by a mower blade...Still, these get the blood flowing!