14k-10k-14k-14k-10k-18k The Excalibur is Hot!!

[OldBeechnut]

Took off a few days to tend to business and hope to get back to the beach later this week, last two weeks have been great. My favorite is the old signet...right after I pulled it, strange copper patina.

 

[OldBeechnut]

Forgot, the 14k white gold diamond ring was my first with the CTX....have to give credit where credit is due.....I am getting better with the CTX just feel like I am at a disadvantage not knowing it that well. I only use the CTX in calm waters and no more then waist deep....battery never submerged....the Excalibur having the op to change out the coils can really surpass the CTX's performance, but in trashy area's the CTX can be faster..but it is a close battle between the Sunray 5 and the stock 6 inch. Both are great cherry pickers....in those area's....

 

[mudpuppy]

Simply outstanding work there Joe!
Looks like the plan you put together over the past few years is paying off big time!
Mud

 

[nagov]

Not so sure if its the machine or the operator that is hot! I'm betting right now you are glad you retired..... Oh to find a spot down here with some history that HASN'T been covered up with new sand...... Now get back out there!

Cliff

 

[Cupajo]

 

[dewcon4414]

I hear you Cliff gets a little frustrating with as much beach area as we have. Looks like you found a way around the gold prices dropping Joe..... just find more gold right? Planning another retirement ..... with all that gold?

Dew

 

[tvr]

What is the story behind the bottle? Eye spot? Did it come up with a scoop of sand? Wife and I find lots of pieces of old bottles, but seldom ones with enough letters to identify the bottle. That is a nice complete bottle from late 1800's to very early 1900's. Very cool!!!
Cheers,
tvr

 

[JOE in MD]

Dang Joe, Your killing me with all these rings your finding. Maybe I need an Excalibur???????? I'm still looking for my first one. I like that old bottle too. Congrats buddy from the "BAND JO".

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Omg, your killin it joe...... im on my way.... bottle looks to be from about 1890s..congrats on some great finds....

 

[diverdrew]

Im wondering. how deep and what they sounded like. im getting a little discouraged with the lack of gold. I here gold is borderline false out on the excal. how true is that in your experience?

 

[OldBeechnut]

TRV I have video of the bottle, Have to find it...came up with another target....


Today...I went to a new method of hunting....I am a AM/PP hunter switching back and forth on targets (reverse Discrimination) ....today there were no targets not even trash. So I stayed in Discriminate, cranked up the sensitivity and moved slow. I got a null I would dig it....the best for today.. all of these were nulls... beyond the reach of the detectors discriminate but just enough to set off the null....Once I had a scoop or two out the targets were easy to hear then with a good tone..And remember detecting is site dependent, it has to be there to find...

 

[lawsonland]

Hi,
When you say null, does the threshold drop and return to the faint whisper you had originally set it to?

If you had no targets why go into discriminate and not in stay in PP with high sensitivity?

If you ever get bored in OC come up to wildwood crest, you can stay in our place and I can pick your brain and maybe learn a few things

I'm still trying to hear the deep stuff but I only get a null followed by the buzzer of iron, never notice the threshold to drop and return unchanged.

I have been trying to hunt in pinpoint but cannot seem to get a good smooth quite threshold and have not found something in PP that I could not get in discriminate.

Thanks
Jon

 

[OldBeechnut]

One advantage to the beach I was hunting there is very little trash/iron out further from the shore. I had just went thru all in PP with full sensitivity with almost no hits at all, think I got one wheaty...SO I have used this method before knowing that maybe I was not hearing all that was going on because of the interference from my surroundings. So I keep it in Discriminate, went slow, I got a Null then the buzz I would dig a scoop and check. Also I even tried running her with lower sensitivity in PP but she was just not reaching deep enough, but it did clean up the raspy threshold .... but still no targets. So I adjust the sensitivity up to a point where it would not false...(10am) and went from there, slow. If I bumped the bottom it would go off, so I toggled over to PP to clean up the audio..then back to discriminate to the smooth threshold. (the same when you swing the scoop in front of the coil to get rid of that annoying buzz).....Just like reverse discrimination with the Excalibur this is just another tool one can use when hunting, one you may only use once in a great while but it works.

When you say null, does the threshold drop and return to the faint whisper you had originally set it to? null to the buzz, also null to a higher pitch

If you had no targets why go into discriminate and not in stay in PP with high sensitivity? With the surrounds the PP was not clean, so I felt I might be missing disruptions (targets) covered by the noisy threshold.

If you ever get bored in OC come up to wildwood crest, you can stay in our place and I can pick your brain and maybe learn a few things, just may take you up on that, but the big thing is knowing your beach, and what works...each beach is so different it takes you awhile to figure what is needed,,,or maybe it's just out of reach...I have a lot of that...with plans to fix I hope...

I'm still trying to hear the deep stuff but I only get a null followed by the buzzer of iron, never notice the threshold to drop and return unchanged. Once and awhile it does happen but more ..the null n then the buzz. I am not a big discrimination hunter...in fact I hate it but just this summer I have found it can be a usefull tool in a few areas...

I have been trying to hunt in pinpoint but cannot seem to get a good smooth quite threshold and have not found something in PP that I could not get in discrimina.... is your sensitivity set high in PP?

 

[Metalhealth]

One advantage to the beach I was hunting there is very little trash/iron out further from the shore. I had just went thru all in PP with full sensitivity with almost no hits at all, think I got one wheaty...SO I have used this method before knowing that maybe I was not hearing all that was going on because of the interference from my surroundings. So I keep it in Discriminate, went slow, I got a Null then the buzz I would dig a scoop and check. Also I even tried running her with lower sensitivity in PP but she was just not reaching deep enough, but it did clean up the raspy threshold .... but still no targets. So I adjust the sensitivity up to a point where it would not false...(10am) and went from there, slow. If I bumped the bottom it would go off, so I toggled over to PP to clean up the audio..then back to discriminate to the smooth threshold. (the same when you swing the scoop in front of the coil to get rid of that annoying buzz).....Just like reverse discrimination with the Excalibur this is just another tool one can use when hunting, one you may only use once in a great while but it works.

When you say null, does the threshold drop and return to the faint whisper you had originally set it to? null to the buzz, also null to a higher pitch

If you had no targets why go into discriminate and not in stay in PP with high sensitivity? With the surrounds the PP was not clean, so I felt I might be missing disruptions (targets) covered by the noisy threshold.

If you ever get bored in OC come up to wildwood crest, you can stay in our place and I can pick your brain and maybe learn a few things, just may take you up on that, but the big thing is knowing your beach, and what works...each beach is so different it takes you awhile to figure what is needed,,,or maybe it's just out of reach...I have a lot of that...with plans to fix I hope...

I'm still trying to hear the deep stuff but I only get a null followed by the buzzer of iron, never notice the threshold to drop and return unchanged. Once and awhile it does happen but more ..the null n then the buzz. I am not a big discrimination hunter...in fact I hate it but just this summer I have found it can be a usefull tool in a few areas...

I have been trying to hunt in pinpoint but cannot seem to get a good smooth quite threshold and have not found something in PP that I could not get in discrimina.... is your sensitivity set high in PP?

wow. i have a lot to learn .................

the patina on that ring looks similar to the orangeish coating you see on coins dug in or near the red clay here in nc

 

[tvr]

OBN,
I had heard that Bling had found some success hunting null targets; but had not read such a good description of conditions and technique as your post.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge wealth!
Cheers,
tvr

 

[don tyler]

Nice finds Joe, Always nice to get out. Don Tyler Merrimack,NH

 

[fongu]

Well done, OBN. Glad you're finding gold. Like the bottle and that's something I would like to find is some old bottles. Gold & silver first, bottles second. Of course, some of those bottles are valuable. I just like to look at them and this guy owns a restaurant near the river and has a great collection, especially some bitters bottles and I worry somebody is going to break in and steal them. Sure puts you in a nice mood setting down and eating at his place and seeing all those bottles.