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  1. bob.oz

    Some really nice weather this month...let the land hunts begin

    The weather this month has been quite favorable here in Florida to do some land hunts in the mornings...(got whacked by a stingray 3 weeks ago,so land hunts seem a good choice)...managed to get 5 hunts since my last post this month,using the 705 with the 5x10 18.75 coil....Been hunting one of my...
  2. bob.oz

    Treasures in the neighborhood...Foreclosed Homes

    Had a few houses in the neighborhood that have been vacant for the past 3 years....finally,in the past weeks the banks have started cleaning them up on the outside....total yard work....and it just happens.. the weather has been pleasant enough to get out of the water and on to land either early...
  3. bob.oz

    Last 2/3 hunts nothing...Today I got it...

    Right through my shoe and into my heel...... quarter inch of the barb went into the back of my heel and the pain was intense all the way up to my groin...took me thirty minutes to make it to the beach bar for some hot soapy water..there are no lifeguard stations on the beach ,but most anyone...
  4. bob.oz

    Would you know this was a ring?????

    Got out on the falling tide late afternoon....wishing i could find more good targets on such a perfect day,just look at that water!...Void of tourist the finds are mostly trash for me and the DF....56 cents,some hardware and as you can see, the most encrusted silver ring i ever found.Had a faint...
  5. bob.oz

    Cactus......they have a good side

    I've been a cacti collector for many,many years here in Florida...I collect the unusual...and hard to grow...some are 40 plus years old...managed to drown a few and even froze a few...not as easy to keep as many think...but the flowers are beautiful...Thanks for looking...
  6. bob.oz

    Spent 6 hours out there...sore,tired..not much to show..but did some good!

    Spent 6 hours in the water today.....very nice overcast day with clear water and no waves at all...theirs also no tourist. You could steer a oil tanker through the swim zones...I actually did find 2 rings today,one was for a guy throwing a football...titanium wedding band flew off...along comes...
  7. bob.oz

    Found The GOLD,Manatee encounter,Flying girl

    Two hunts on two beautiful days...Started out this morning hoping to end my gold drought.Its been really slow on the beaches now that summer vacation is over,last 5 hunts have resulted in a silver ring on 3 of them,skunked once,and a junk one Friday that i thought was going to keep the silver...
  8. bob.oz

    Spinning rings

    First time post on DIF....Messing around on a rain soaking day with my new camera and a recently found,very large and heavy tungsten carbide ring......I came up with this pic,which i thought cool enough to be my screen saver for now.....the other pic is the ring spinning with another heavy plat...
  9. bob.oz

    Gold has been elusive...But the Silver is trying hard!!

    Got out late this afternoon....Absolutely beautiful till i got started,then it got windy and rain...What THE...!!! Seem to be on a silver streak lately...no gold..digging lots of lead,trash,lures,couple pairs glasses,0.67 in change...but its the silver rings that are ending up in the scoop,4...
  10. bob.oz

    705 to the rescue...late night ring recovery a success!!

    Last night after dinner,I was looking over the Craig's List lost and found section when i saw a lost ring notice.I replied to the add offering to help along with my PH#....I was called back rather quickly by a woman named Jennifer who asked if i could come out tonight....only minutes from the...
  11. bob.oz

    A posting on CL ....a 10pm call...meet at the beach...ring found

    Looking at Craig's list after dinner tonight,a posting got my attention....Lost Ring I replied by email and got a quick response if i could come out tonight...only minutes from the beach i meet Jennifer and her boy friend 30 minutes later at the beach.....we went to the beach chairs and i...
  12. bob.oz

    2 hunts/one silver ring....There's always tomarrow!

    Been out 2 times in the last 10 days...Today was a beautiful day on the Gulf,clear,flat,and pretty much empty of tourist after the holiday weekend....Tried my luck Sunday at 4:30AM with the 705 on the beach.All i got was $3.55 in 2 hours...saw 4 other MDers......Went into the water at sunup with...
  13. bob.oz

    MY X30 Said"I still work,please use me"...so I did!!

    I purchased 2 new detectors at the beginning of the year and have used them exclusively for the past 8 months.The X30 has been hanging on the wall all that time....Today I decided it was more than "wall art",and dropped some battery's in it and went to the park...With breezy and overcast...
  14. bob.oz

    It's Like..Like.."Deja VU".....I found that Ring B4!!!

    I've pretty much been water hunting all summer with my PI,and if i do land hunt its at the beach at night with the 705.... with hurricane Isaac stirring up the water and beach for the next couple days,i thought to take advantage of the overcast sky and breeze....My X30 that served me well for 5...
  15. bob.oz

    Never Found A Ring at this beach before..till today..I think it belongs to King Kong!!

    What a difference a day makes...compared to yesterdays surf,today the gulf was a lake....Having never found a ring at this one beach,i was determined to find one today,even if it took all day......It was the first target i hit after entering the water and turning on the DF...and its HUGE...a...
  16. bob.oz

    Rough water hunt gets a Tiffany & Co. ring....

    Did a few hours after lunch today,tried yesterday but conditions were too rough,not much better today but worth the effort....Lots of trash and sand taken off the sand bar and deposited in the trough..was happy to get a quarter 45 minutes into the hunt... got knocked around alot for a couple...
  17. bob.oz

    What letter of the alphabet is this??

    I thought it was going to be so easy to find the owner of this UNT ring...without my glasses when i found it i could still make out a first(Larry) ,middle(Jonathan),and last name...yet blurry.....Now being able to see it,i cant figure out the last name...I think that's an O???..but the next one...
  18. bob.oz

    Golden sunset/1990 UNT class ring/14k with diamonds/heavy 925 chain

    Was in the water by 5:30 this evening....Had some fallsing issues because of the waves still getting over the sand bar,low tide was 2 hrs away...turned the sens down on the DF and started hunting...had 2 rings in 30 minutes...first was the 10k..11g University of North Texas 1990,(band...
  19. bob.oz

    A silver sunset on the Gulf of Mexico

    Got a few hours in after dinner tonight...forgot to note hours use on the DF last time out,so i don't think i had much battery life left.Still ended up with 64 cents in clad,Mexico 925 silver ring that came at the end of the hunt with the sun going down,silver earring/pendent 925 Italy,that was...
  20. bob.oz

    2 ringer this morning..Old 10k Gold "46" HS...New 18k Titanium

    Did 4 hrs of water hunting this morning,,started around 8am...the tide was going out till noon,so i decided to MD the gulf side of the sand bar...as deep as i could work,Ive always found few targets out this deep,trash or treasure.. you can go for some time with no hits...with calm clear water i...
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