The three year long golden drought has ended!!!!!!!!

[game over man]

Went to go detecting today in my Great Lake, but the waves were crazy rough, so I tried a trashy spot on the dry sand of a beach nearby a not so great lake. I had the equinox 800 set up to reject anything 10 and below and between 13-19 so basically looking for nickels , coins and silver jewelry. I dug two good targets in about 2.5 hrs The first was a crusty clad dime , the second one was a nickel or so I thought , it was a nice solid 11-12 signal, scooped twice to get down about 6 inches. I look in the scoop as I have thousands of times in the past but it wasn't a nickel or a piece of a pull tab or a piece of whatever. It was this. I try to savor these moments as they are truly rare for me.


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This is a nice big man's ring marked 10K and 1/5 TW (of diamonds? no tester) So this year has been pretty slow so far but September is looking up with last weeks find of the Pandora bracelet and todays ring.

 

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[basque-man]

Blingy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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[Shakakka]

Awesome ring, congrats! That's the one tough thing about the Nox, nailing nickles. I like to set the tone in that range to beep higher, so I look down at the machine more when it runs over that range.

In honor of your avatar, I leave you with this great man, who passed away earlier this week:



The only true marine in that (my favorite) movie. Two purple hearts. Combat awards too. Damn, I love me some Aliens

 

[game over man]

Awesome ring, congrats! That's the one tough thing about the Nox, nailing nickles. I like to set the tone in that range to beep higher, so I look down at the machine more when it runs over that range.

In honor of your avatar, I leave you with this great man, who passed away earlier this week:

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The only true marine in that (my favorite) movie. Two purple hearts. Combat awards too. Damn, I love me some Aliens

RIP Sergeant Apone!

 

[Subterranean]

Beautiful ring, Congratulations! Get a diamond tester, because if you are digging beach areas, you will find more gold with ice like this one. Sub