My Equinox died same day I find a big 10k class ring

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Found a 16 gram 10k class ring tonight at low tide along the beach in a nearby creek. Afterwards I tried to turn off my Equinox 600 which Ive had since they first came out but the power button is now broke Oh well it has served me very well over the years and it went out with a bang tonight

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

I am sure if you send in your Equinox it can be repaired. Nice ring .

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Yeah I read somewhere on another forum or article that, that is a issue with older equinox detectors. It also mentioned it was a easy fix.

 

[plehbah2]

At least the machine had the courtesy to die at the end of the hunt and after finding a gold ring. I hunt lots of dumps and really trashy areas, so it usually takes me part of a day to realize that the detector is going through death throes, and I wonder how many hours I have been swinging a worthless stick around and how many finds I passed over.

 

[CoinsAndThings]

Nice find! Good luck with the Equinox

 

[pepperj]

Congratulations on the big gold ring.

It sucks when a machine decides to pack it in for no reason except a manufacturer defect.
Hope you have a back up machine.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Nice ring. I’ll bet Kent was mad at his girlfriend. It appears to have yarn around the back to make it fit a smaller finger. An old trick deployed by many a “steady” especially in the 1970s. Are you planning to research the owner and return it? I notice there’s no picture of the school name or school initials. Good luck and sorry to hear about your machine giving out.

 

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Nice ring. I’ll bet Kent was mad at his girlfriend. It appears to have yarn around the back to make it fit a smaller finger. An old trick deployed by many a “steady” especially in the 1970s. Are you planning to research the owner and return it? I notice there’s no picture of the school name or school initials. Good luck and sorry to hear about your machine giving out.

I was surprised to see yarn still attached after 45 or so years. Their are initials on the inside though

 

[Digger RJ]

Found a 16 gram 10k class ring tonight at low tide along the beach in a nearby creek. Afterwards I tried to turn off my Equinox 600 which Ive had since they first came out but the power button is now broke Oh well it has served me very well over the years and it went out with a bang tonight View attachment 2084244

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a beauty from my class year but the wrong coast, congrats!

 

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Congratulations on the big gold ring.

It sucks when a machine decides to pack it in for no reason except a manufacturer defect.
Hope you have a back up machine.

Thanks. No back up machine but Im tempted to get a $399 Nokta Legend if they indeed fixed its issues in saltwater that I had with thefirst firmware they shipped them out on. Sold it for that reason

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A great looking Ring !
Good luck on the NOX repair.

 

[Gare]

Nice find nice story Thanks for sharing

 

[jewelerguy]

I'm guessing that the tape used on it as a sizer indicates that the guy let his girlfriend wear it and she evidently lost it

 

[scruggs]

Nice ring!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking class ring. Hope you send your Equinox in for repairs.