Two Gold Rings In Two Swings

[DrJoePrime]

Now this one is hard to believe, even for me (and it happened to me!).

Finishing off a mediocre hunt the evening of the 5th ... (my scouting at noon showed many many beach goers) I was trudging along back to the parking lot and wondering if I should turn my machine off. I was thinking, what are the odds of finding a ring at the last 100 feet of the hunt. Just then got a quarter signal (85)...and a quarter in my scoop. Well OK..I'll keep it on.

THEN... the last swing before the parking lot I get a foil signal. 99.5% of the time it really is foil and I usually kick the spot to the side and the foil is exposed. This time 'something' moved but it was heavier than foil. Just before picking it up with my scoop a thin gold edge was visible! YIKES. I scoop it up and it's a 14k gold ring! happydance.gif YES! No trudging back to the car I literally bounced all the way!

Not done yet... Wait: we scout out the action at the beach the next noon and it looks GOOD. So I arrive at the beach 6:30 PM but no parking available close up. I take a farther away spot and decide to start the hunt from the blanket line there. First swing ..a foil signal. I scrape at it and the signal didn't move away. KI pick up the first scoop full and it's deeper... second scoop gets it. A RING... 10K with a single diamond!

The last swing from the day before got me a 14K and the first swing this day got me a 10K. WOW. Pretty anticlimactic after that...but I kept trying...for a third one ... but only clad.

Well anyways ... got 30 rings in my 36 ring case (photo available upon request)...I'm happy.

HH Joe

 

[RUDY2003]

WAY TO GO DR. JOE!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ant]

Hey Doc you ripped um a new on with those finds. Fantastic gold rings , thanks for sharing .

HH

 

[juju]

Now that's what I'm talkin about. Outstanding finds. I never stop swingin til I hit the concrete. Congrats.

JuJu

 

[Captn SE]

Nice rings, Joe!
That beach area has been good to you. You've got the magic swing there!

Next time we meet up, I'll bring my diamond tester so we can test all your rings with stones in them.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[willpond & LLK]

Great job, post a photo of all your rings, my daughter thinks that may rings is "way cool"!

 

[wizard]

Nice swing there!! Keep swinging!

 

[civilman1]

Just what the DR. ordered.....Instinct!!!

 

[bootybay]

wow...super great finds... big time congrats to ya..

 

[beachboy]

nice, now i need to dig those tinfoils....

 

[dave-enc]

great finds joe wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[DrJoePrime]

Due to Overwhelming demand (well I got One demand)...hrere's the ring case. It was an early B'day present for me. It's got a glass case and spots for 36 rings ...PM me if you would like to know where I got it it was very reasonable..like $8 but S&H was also $8 (I bought 4 cases plus a bunch of other goodies).

These have been found since about June 2007 and are in chronological order.

HH Joe

 

[civilman1]

AWESOME!!!!....Thank's!!

 

[Moonshadow]

Very nice collection you've got started there! I've just recently purchased a ring case as well. I'm proud it! I also purchased a "charm" holder case. It has little round plastic containers with sponges in each one, then you pop it in it's little slot. It's fun to display your finds that way.

Good luck on future hunts!

Moon

 

[Prober]

SWEET! What a great beach! My beach finds consist of pop tops & the occasional clad. Congrats on some great rings!

 

[kimsdad]

Congrats on the great finds!!! Good gold is still eluding me, so reading posts like yours is like being there myself!

 

[stillgottawork]

8) Rule #1.....Never turn off your detector till you put it in your trunk.....

Rule #2.....See rule #1...

That was a great find you got ....................

 

[TN-Joe]

Dr. Joe, congrad's from another Joe.
nice ring(s)

 

[Jack(IN)]

Congrats on finding two gold rings!! Sure is fun seeing gold come out of the ground!

 

[FloridaBill]

Great job I love rings but then who doesn't