Skippy SH13
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I went to one of my favorite elementary schools to try for "just one more" gold. Last year from this location I pulled 4 golds from a single hunt: http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=272100
I went back a few weeks later and pulled another one, making 5 golds from this location. This tied my "best ever" elementary school.
This last hunt, there, though really took prize for wowzers.
I went out fully expecting it to be fairly "light" in terms of total targets, because I'd worked over the field pretty good. I knew, however, that in an effort to get coverage last time, I didn't overlap swings, and figured I missed some items. Additionally, I decided to dig lousy signals. The effort paid off.
First gold of the day was the Silver and Gold Cross. Stamped 925 12K, this is the second ever Cross like this I've found. The first was in my first year of Hunting, and Treasure Hunter bought it from me. LOL That one had a chain, though, this was just the cross. Treasure Hunter, did you lose your cross in Idaho? If so, just tell me what elementary school it was, and I'll return it.
At that point, it didn't matter how the rest of the day went, because I had landed some silver AND gold in one find. And... it was on my very first "pass" on the grid. Literally less than 5 minutes after arriving.
About 45 minutes later on the 9th strip (it takes about 5 minutes per strip), I had a lousy signal that was solid in the ears. Bouncy, but decent enough to check out what it was. Sure glad I did!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO-quiT8YkU
Another 45 minutes after that was the last gold. Rang up solid 63. I ALMOST did a live capture, but I was too dang excited to see if it was a 3rd gold. Ooops. 63 signals are usually pretty good when they're THAT solid. It's funny that someone else on the forum found a Masonic ring just like this, not too long ago. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zaQED6GS8
The total of my finds was just $2.76 for roughly 2 hours. Not a lot of clad left out there! I ended up with three junk rings, in addition to the golds, the last of which was gold plated, and sounded good, but was instantly recognizable as fake, because of the tiny size and the 62 range. Just not enough size to justify a 62 signal.
Happy hunting out there, folks! I've hit my target 12 gold rings for the year, and can feel good about the rest of the year no matter what! (it's like when you get that first gold on a hunt, right? the rest of it is just GRAVY!)
Woot Woot!
Some other things:
In the last several months someone asked what my trash ratio to rings was... You can see from this, it's not too bad. The AT Max really helps me ID trash while it's in the ground and skip it. It doesn't hurt, either that Elementary Schools are not "hot spots" for bottle caps and pop tops. Most of the trash there is zippers, gum wrappers, and foil candy wrappers. Aside from the zippers (which I dig a LOT of), the other stuff is pretty recognizable. When it's bunched up in a ball, it's harder, which is why I have so many in the trash bin.
Good target to trash. Usually, I dig more "good targets" (coins, jewelry, etc.) than I do trash. So it's less than a 1:1. When I was first learning my machine, however, it was much much worse!
Yep, the diamonds tested real. And the weights of the items are as follows:
The cross = 3.7 grams silver and gold.
diamond ring = 2.35 grams 10K
masonic ring = 3.58 grams 10K (looked big, but is thin).
Skippy
I went back a few weeks later and pulled another one, making 5 golds from this location. This tied my "best ever" elementary school.
This last hunt, there, though really took prize for wowzers.
I went out fully expecting it to be fairly "light" in terms of total targets, because I'd worked over the field pretty good. I knew, however, that in an effort to get coverage last time, I didn't overlap swings, and figured I missed some items. Additionally, I decided to dig lousy signals. The effort paid off.
First gold of the day was the Silver and Gold Cross. Stamped 925 12K, this is the second ever Cross like this I've found. The first was in my first year of Hunting, and Treasure Hunter bought it from me. LOL That one had a chain, though, this was just the cross. Treasure Hunter, did you lose your cross in Idaho? If so, just tell me what elementary school it was, and I'll return it.
At that point, it didn't matter how the rest of the day went, because I had landed some silver AND gold in one find. And... it was on my very first "pass" on the grid. Literally less than 5 minutes after arriving.
About 45 minutes later on the 9th strip (it takes about 5 minutes per strip), I had a lousy signal that was solid in the ears. Bouncy, but decent enough to check out what it was. Sure glad I did!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO-quiT8YkU
Another 45 minutes after that was the last gold. Rang up solid 63. I ALMOST did a live capture, but I was too dang excited to see if it was a 3rd gold. Ooops. 63 signals are usually pretty good when they're THAT solid. It's funny that someone else on the forum found a Masonic ring just like this, not too long ago. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zaQED6GS8
The total of my finds was just $2.76 for roughly 2 hours. Not a lot of clad left out there! I ended up with three junk rings, in addition to the golds, the last of which was gold plated, and sounded good, but was instantly recognizable as fake, because of the tiny size and the 62 range. Just not enough size to justify a 62 signal.
Happy hunting out there, folks! I've hit my target 12 gold rings for the year, and can feel good about the rest of the year no matter what! (it's like when you get that first gold on a hunt, right? the rest of it is just GRAVY!)
Woot Woot!
Some other things:
In the last several months someone asked what my trash ratio to rings was... You can see from this, it's not too bad. The AT Max really helps me ID trash while it's in the ground and skip it. It doesn't hurt, either that Elementary Schools are not "hot spots" for bottle caps and pop tops. Most of the trash there is zippers, gum wrappers, and foil candy wrappers. Aside from the zippers (which I dig a LOT of), the other stuff is pretty recognizable. When it's bunched up in a ball, it's harder, which is why I have so many in the trash bin.
Good target to trash. Usually, I dig more "good targets" (coins, jewelry, etc.) than I do trash. So it's less than a 1:1. When I was first learning my machine, however, it was much much worse!
Yep, the diamonds tested real. And the weights of the items are as follows:
The cross = 3.7 grams silver and gold.
diamond ring = 2.35 grams 10K
masonic ring = 3.58 grams 10K (looked big, but is thin).
Skippy
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