sandchip
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A landscaping friend called yesterday needing help. One of his customers, an older lady who is a dear friend of my family and who just recently lost her husband to a very fast cancer, was working in the yard and lost this earring. It has a half carat diamond and was a gift from her late husband. I hightailed it over to help look for it. I asked if it was silver or gold, and he replied "Silver." Good, I thought. Should be a snap. After an hour, nothing.
Well, I went over to where she works and got the other one, took it outside in the grass that I had made sure was clear of signals. I wanted to see just what kind of hit I could expect. For what it's worth, I'm using a Eurotek Pro and a Deteknix X-Pointer. With the two pieces together, I got a weak 45-49. Stud only, a pitiful little 15, something I'd walk right over. I was running sens at 10, disc at 0, and vol at 11. Even when I set the vol back to 10, I still got a dismal response. I'm glad I didn't push it down into the grass for realism or I may never have found it! That'd be a hell of a note, wouldn't it?
An older fellow who is also a friend of the family (small town, if you haven't already figured that) came outside the store to see what I was up to. I pinpointed the pieces, and nothing, even jam up against them (I get a slow beep with yellow). He held out his hand with his wedding band (lost his wife not long ago to cancer as well) and I held the X-Pointer against it and nothing. White gold? Yep. I went back inside and asked her the same, and she also replied, "Yes, 14 carat." Talk about my hopes plummeting. I had to get back to work, but I'll go back and pay more attention to the low signals, but you get hundreds of hits like that. The flap will slip off, but not easily since the stud is threaded, so hopefully they are still together.
My buddy went back around lunch when the sun is highest (not saying much this time of year) to see if he could eyeball it. No luck. I went back last night about 8 or so with a head light and walked it for an hour. I used the bright white, the low red, and the blue blood tracking lights with zero luck. The dew had already fallen, so I got a lot of false alarms. Of course, if she lost it while planting flowers, then eyeballing it is out of the question.
We're thinking about just screening what she planted through a half inch screen onto a tarp, then screening that with an eighth inch screen. If y'all have any ideas, let me know. Thanks.
Well, I went over to where she works and got the other one, took it outside in the grass that I had made sure was clear of signals. I wanted to see just what kind of hit I could expect. For what it's worth, I'm using a Eurotek Pro and a Deteknix X-Pointer. With the two pieces together, I got a weak 45-49. Stud only, a pitiful little 15, something I'd walk right over. I was running sens at 10, disc at 0, and vol at 11. Even when I set the vol back to 10, I still got a dismal response. I'm glad I didn't push it down into the grass for realism or I may never have found it! That'd be a hell of a note, wouldn't it?
An older fellow who is also a friend of the family (small town, if you haven't already figured that) came outside the store to see what I was up to. I pinpointed the pieces, and nothing, even jam up against them (I get a slow beep with yellow). He held out his hand with his wedding band (lost his wife not long ago to cancer as well) and I held the X-Pointer against it and nothing. White gold? Yep. I went back inside and asked her the same, and she also replied, "Yes, 14 carat." Talk about my hopes plummeting. I had to get back to work, but I'll go back and pay more attention to the low signals, but you get hundreds of hits like that. The flap will slip off, but not easily since the stud is threaded, so hopefully they are still together.
My buddy went back around lunch when the sun is highest (not saying much this time of year) to see if he could eyeball it. No luck. I went back last night about 8 or so with a head light and walked it for an hour. I used the bright white, the low red, and the blue blood tracking lights with zero luck. The dew had already fallen, so I got a lot of false alarms. Of course, if she lost it while planting flowers, then eyeballing it is out of the question.
We're thinking about just screening what she planted through a half inch screen onto a tarp, then screening that with an eighth inch screen. If y'all have any ideas, let me know. Thanks.
