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    Good day on Beach

    Absolutely right - I also found an engagement ring and could tell it also had a guard, so went back to beach area several times over a month before I also found the guard. Another time, I also found a pair just a few feet apart!
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    METAL DETECTING HOBBISTS DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT!!

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    Park Hunting

    Actually, the ratio of good targets vs junk targets is very good. At least compared to many places I hunt.
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    Gold Wedding Band Found

    My guess is that it was lost around 1970s. At least most coins found in my yard date to the 60s and 70s and are about 4" down. Any other takers? OK mdsteve, you have to find the answer and declare the winner of this contest...so far I'm winning!
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    Wrapped Gifts on the Beach

    Like ALL metal detectorists, I like finding gold. But I also like finding wrapped gifts while hunting the beach. Let me explain; once in a while I detect an unrecognizable clump of iron-rust that I’ll refer to as a “wrapped gift”. Usually, the gift is very heavy and concealed or “wrapped”...
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    First Equinox Gold of 2024

    I can see why you would be disappointed with the Equinox 800 for finding you a gorgeous diamond ring, and it took so long; 3 months! Take the machine back and demand your money back! Your wife will be / is disappointed in you. No wonder you feel so bad. But a really nice looking ring, even...
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    My Manticore tone chart

    Great info, particularly that high K gold, 22k, 24k, can have VIDs as high as 80s. Below is a graph of about 34 gold rings by weight (grams) with the Manticore VIDs. The sample doesn't have any 22k or 24k gold rings that I recall. The graph shows a high relationship between gold ring weight...
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    290+ coins! at a Switzerland beach

    OMG I want to get in the water soooo bad! Thinking about a vacation...Switzerland....Hmmm interesting. Oh, almost forgot, Switzerland is way up north. COOD water, but I see rafts so they must swim! Calling travel agent, now. What are you doing blogging about it? Get your butt back out there...
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    Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Metal Detectors

    I imagine somewhere someone is building an AI metal detector. Combining AI with metal detectors (AIMD) might/could/will change metal detecting as we know it. The advent of AIMD will be a shock to the field, somewhat similar to when metal detectors first became relatively easily available and...
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    Taking Friend Metal Detecting for Her First Time, I was Rewarded.

    NaNaNaNaNa, My wife lasted twice as long as your wife! Eat Short cake! Some like it. Some Not.
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    Taking Friend Metal Detecting for Her First Time, I was Rewarded.

    A friend’s wife heard all the stories about finding diamond rings while metal detecting. She knew someone who knew someone who metal detects and her closet was full of, not clothes, but gold and diamond rings. She wanted to find “Hers”. Of course, any seasoned MDer knows how hard it is to find...
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    18K Gold Tiffany Ring. Retail $1,200!

    I pulled this wreath of leaves gold ring out of dry sand on a near deserted beach. Marked “AU 750” and “Tiffany & Co.” this 18k beauty fits my wife perfectly and it is already gone. Looked up on Tiffany site and retail listing is a cool $1,200! Funny thing, when I first found it, I thought it...
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    Gold Ring Numbers on Equinox 800

    Listed below are the visual display numbers (VDN) to 19 gold rings. The gold rings varied from 10k to 18k and weight varied from 0.8g to 11.05g. The numbers are based on air test, but generally, these match well with the numbers I get at the beach. Based on Equinox 800 with 15” coil in Beach 1...
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    Today's been a good day hunting

    Several of the stones are missing from the back of the poodle. The stones appear glued and diamonds are usually mounted and the mount or host is usually open on the back side to let light through, although the poodle looks solid. Looks highly suspicious. Highly unlikely it is real. Can you...
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    Crash Course In Beach Detecting?

    Sounds about right for this time of year. Historically quiet period. I, too, have been snagging some 925 silver (6 pieces so far in past month) but the gold just isn't around right now on the west coast of Florida. I did snag a gold dental crown/cap, but need a gold ring to start off season...
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    Excalibur finds rings

    I tell people on the beach "I haven't found much today, but last night I found a big diamond ring! And then I woke up!!" Looks like you haven't woke up. Congrats and I'm searching for a flight now...honey, where is my passport?
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    Manticore vs 3030 vs e-trac

    Own a CTX 3030 and drowned it twice. Very heavy, but I still used the 17" coil. Owned 2 Equinox 800s, drowned the first one twice and after warranty was up gave it to sister and bought another 800 w free 15" coil. Hunt mostly Gulf. Basically retired CTX 3030 to my back-up (no longer under...
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    Equinox in the gulf

    Been hunting the Gulf for 3 1/2 yrs w Equinox 800, 2 in fact. ONLY submerge unit if it is still under warranty!!! I've drowned my first Nox 800 twice in 3 yrs and bought a new one for the warranty (and free 15" coil). Gave old one, albeit newly replaced but no longer under 3 yr warranty, to...
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    Crash Course In Beach Detecting?

    Owned 2 NOX 800s for beach hunting and just gave my old 1 (no longer under warranty) to sister, a dirt digger, for Christmas. Also gave her Andy Sabisch's Equinox book - an absolute MUST read for anyone who has the 600 or 800. Careful, I've drowned 2 of them in past 3 1/2 yrs so advise, if no...
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    Tiny Things Detected with the Equinox 800 and 15” coil

    I have 3 recent finds I’d like to share with you that demonstrate the sensitivity of the Equinox 800 and 15” coil. I have been using this combination for the past 3 years in the Gulf surf and dry sand. The first is a wire type ring, found in 3 ft of water, that measures 0.25g. I’m talking as...
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