Scooped very old Sterling silver knot

[Sandscoopdan]

Hi guys, wanted to share with u my finds today from Santa Rosa Island, Fl. Found a very old silver knot piece of jewelry. It is I graved 925 and looks like reads LAA . The stamp is hard to read. Not sure what the LAA stands for. I was using the whites PI DF and the tone response for it was solid and I could pin point it very easy surprisingly with 2-3ft waves crashing around me. U know, it didn't have a halo that extended to the edges of the coil. Was a nice solid under the coil response

 

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[bluediamounds 55]

Nice find congrats looks to be old good luck on your next hunt

 

[Midas_touch]

Very cool find. I haven't seen one before like that. The LAA could be a makers mark but I wouldn't know that for sure. I also have a white dual field surf pi and the one thing about that detector is you definitely know when you've hit something. It's got a great solid tone.

 

[Jim_W]

That's good to hear I just ordered the same detector on the advice of a friend. Do use your inland at all? I will be using mine on the beach 98% of the time but was wondering how it will do in the woods? Cool find!
Jim

 

[Midas_touch]

Actually it would be great for relic hunting. Because you are going to dig everything anyway. The larger coil may be a bit tough for dense wooded areas. If you utube the detector there's a few vids of guys using them on land too.

 

[fredinbelize]

Never seen one like that.
Cool.

 

[fongu]

Interesting and unusual find. Congratulations.

 

[RobRieman]

Really neat! It looks like its been in the drink for a while. If you figure out exactly what it is please share it, it would be neat to know a little history on that one.

 

[Sandscoopdan]

I use the whites df for salt water, lakes, rivers. I use an AT pro for inland. I have heard of people using DF for looking for deep targets. It is so sensitive , it was driving me crazy digging a bb shot 18in deep. It takes practice to learn difference in response of iron, foil, silver, ect. Clive Clynick wrote a really useful book called The Whites Surfmaster P.I. Dual Field: An advanced guide, also a book called Pulse Power. These books are loaded with tips

 

[Sandscoopdan]

An update on the research on this one: this is stamped 925 S LAA and it is a Troll bead. These were originally made in 1976 in Europe. Not sure what year this one was made.