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  1. C

    Ring metal ID/questions

    New to MD -> 5th month Searching Salt water beach in the dry sand, V3i in stock Coins and Jewelry program, got a good repeatable hit: VDI +8, foil/gold ring, down +/- 4" pic attached pretty sure the middle band is gold, there is a groove on each side of middle band no stamps on the ring inside...
  2. E

    Rings I've found in my first 2 months of detecting

    The horse shoe ring is 18k gold (plated) and the rest are junk but still pretty neat to me!!
  3. Justinian

    V3i finds Silver and Gold

    Went out to a remote cornfield with my new 6x8" SEF coil on my V3i, and found it performed beautifuly with my new Roman Coin program. Tucked away between the many iron trash artifacts, I came across this lovely coin: Antoninus Pius. (138-161 AD). Silver denarius. Minted in Rome between...
  4. R

    Minelab Explorer SE help with find more gold?

    So I consider myself a professional detectorist with my SE Pro I've found hundreds of coins silver and copper and just tons of awesome finds. But only one gold item being an old gold ring. Which I found in a park I hunted to death and took every high tone out of and decided one day to only dig...
  5. B

    first hunt with a fisher gold bug at the beach in Taiwan

    so this is my second hunt with a fisher gold bug at the beach (dry and wet sand). what i can say is that the machine do pretty well and i have been rewarded with some lovely old and new Chinese coins. for the video w9exq33dkOs hope you like it and next time i will try to be more organised. cheers
  6. rckwrght

    1853 Gold 2 1/2 Dollar Coin (update)

    From a well known and fairly cleaned out sight. White's Prizm V Sure was an exciting find. Much better than the pop tab I thought it might be. Dig everything! Throw the trash after you SEE it. Found in a temporary Army camp, in Utah. The Army was there for two and a half months, in the year...
  7. S

    colorado detector/prospector

    Hi Everyone! im pretty new to prospecting in general but last year me and my brother both bought our own detectors...the gold bug pro and i love the machine. Ive been detecting on my property for a while but it contains alot of iron and trash from the old railroad line that went through it. I...
  8. scaupus

    Enormous Platinum Band, 3 golds, silver chains, etc etc etc

    Just a quick catch-up since my last post, which was back in October. November was slow. The month started off pretty good with a nice double hoop 14k earring in the water. The beach was still eroding then with nice rip currents, but then the beach got sanded in bad, and has stayed that way...
  9. S

    Lost man's wedding band

    Lost man's gold wedding band w/ 1 round diamond and 2 round sapphires, etching around stones. Engraved inside with SKS and SPS Dec 19,1987. Originally lost at Rose Island, small island near Paradise Island Bahamas.
  10. K

    Some Long term Goals Yet to be reached

    I started in this hobby 42 years ago this year. here are some of the items I have yet to find: 1. Gold coin 2. colonial copper 3. liberty capped coin(any type will do) 4. twenty cent piece 5. half cent 6. Seated dollar Now that I have the V3i some of the above items should start appearing in...
  11. TheCoilist

    Prospectors: Pay Dirt

    Online Pay Dirt.... I know there are mixed reviews. Some say it's bogus (I am a skeptic) and some say it's legit. My 7yr old watches the gold shows with me sometimes and wants to try finding gold. So, living in practically the only state that does NOT have gold, anyone have some input on buying...
  12. J

    Silver and Gold

    I had a good week swinging my coil. Watch as I detect in the rain to find some nice finds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyLdt5wqLIc
  13. H

    Golden Goodies and Platinum 1000 Coin

    Found a 6 gram 18k trinity ring this morning. Made me so happy. Thought it must be silver seeing it under the red light of my headlamp. Switched to white light and it was sweet gold. :D 'Twisted Knot' 18k ring was found last week. 3.43 grams. Found a PT 1000 coin set in a bezel a while...
  14. B

    To dig, or not to dig??

    Hey guys, I'm pretty new to metal detecting, so I had a pretty simple question. When I'm out metal detecting, if I get an iron signal, 9 times out of 10 I will skip over it because whenever I actually do dig iron, ITS JUNK!! I just want the good stuff:p So my question is, do you dig iron? Is...
  15. M

    Gold Ring, WW1 Relic, 1918 One Cent Canada, Silver Dimes, Indian Head, Buffalo Nickel, at the RAILROAD DEPOT

    Hello Friends! Hunting some more near the Old Railroad Depot. This is the treasure from 5-6 days of hunts... T8NS8bGnSJ8 scored a gold ring at about 3" a 1960 Rosie Dime, 1939 Mercury Dime, and a 1901 Indian Head Cent a 1915 Buffalo Nickel, and a 1918 Canadian One Cent a World War 1 Army...
  16. Henry Frap

    Walter Samaszko Jr's Gold Auction Coming

    Since many of us who frequent this forum have an interest in treasures, this story seems pertinent- "CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The final treasures of a quiet man who collected a fortune in gold coins will be auctioned off Tuesday in Nevada. The body of Walter Samaszko Jr. was found in his...
  17. A

    Silver finds from last month and 10k Gold :D

    I'm Fairly new here, and am looking forward to posting my finds! I live in Sacramento so we don't have alot of silver coins down here, but i managed to get quite a bit of jewelry finds from last month. I'm wondering what the MEX means by the 925 And the 10k gold necklace says 10k CL If...
  18. Relichunter3

    GOLD!! and Possible Prussian Soldier button

    Found in an old German town not far from where I will be living in Germany. Can anyone ID the button for me please? BTW....This is my first gold. 14K!
  19. Twisted Bones

    excalibur II and gold

    Picked up an used Excalibur II a couple days ago. This morning was my first chance totake it for a spin. Within 15 minutes at a local beach i nailed a 14k wedding band and $2 in clad. Needless to say I am very pleased. That was my first gold ever from a machine i have never used before today. I...
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