Almost skunked today

[fongu]

I planned to head to this different place to detect but something came up. I went to the river instead and those guys with the PI's have it so cleaned up, I didn't even find a penny in the water. Found a 10K ring that weighed 1.72 grams and no stones. The guy who is the care taker must be sick or something because the bathrooms were locked up tight and I couldn't change out of my wet clothes. So, I went to this other boat landing about a mile or so from the park and for some reason the power lines over the river made my At/Pro go nuts. Couldn't get it to work right and headed home. I never had any problem here before except with my GTI-2500 on land and wonder if it was because I changed the regular batteries out and put the rechargeable ones into the detector. Drove to the place I wanted to go in the first place and looked it over and hope to hit it Monday, even tho the water is still pretty deep and they're running an irrigation pump out of this stream. Did see part of a sandbar I hadn't seen before and hope to check it out next week. Last place on my list the owner had given me permission and I hadn't been back in about a year and they had changed the combination lock out to a regular padlock. I'll call him next week and see if I still have permission and can get a key from him. It's a swim hole that's seen lots of folks, but some guy told me he and some other people worked it over with a dredge several years ago and it might not have must left. The owner promised to show me where the old home place was, but don't know if I can detect there now because he has a crop planted. Can't take any photos because of thunder and lightning, even tho it's not raining. My photos taken inside just have too much glare for some reason. Hope the rest of you had a better day than I did, but when I first got to the river a flock of geese flew right over me and that made my day and just getting out in God's outdoors is a blessing.

 

[Wandering Yoda]

Gold in the pouch is sweet Fongu!! And the adventure is never dull is it? And we'd never want it any other way I'm sure Here's to the new sandbar and a great next week

 

[mudpuppy]

Hey! Congratulations on getting out and finding some GOLD! You had a very good day!
Mud

 

[kaolinwasher]

Nice Gold ,

 

[fongu]

Here's the photos. Didn't find the first coin, but would rather find gold rings anyway. First two photos of ring and two small items the At/Pro found. The little round item looks like a copper or brass spacer. 3rd photo all the trash. Two pieces of tin foil to the left of the pull tabs and pop tops was in almost chest deep water and looked like somebody used it to barbecue and then dumped it in the lake. Sounded just like a ring. The ring I found was 39-41 on the dvi.
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The fish leader was all over the place in tone and dvi reading. I had the 5 X 8 coil on and it pulled some tiny targets from 6-8 inches including what looks like part of a watch with the bullets and casings inside the snuff can lid. HH.

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

Good read me bouy and you gave it the old college try!

 

[togamac]

I know how you feel Fongu; I did get skunked today after having high hopes with my new 5x8 coil. I think I'll save it for trashy dirt. It doesn't seem to me to work as well as my 8x11 in the water and it's not all that much easier to swing. I actually came up completely empty after an hour.
One positive out of the day is that I found my sunglasses that I dropped two weeks ago!

 

[senda]

"... but when I 'first got to the river a flock of geese flew right over me and That made ​​my day and just getting out in God's outdoors is a blessing."

With this I would also have a good day, nature and a little gold.
Senda

 

[fongu]

Father God created Mother nature for us to enjoy and it's really a blessing to see something like that. Two previous trips to the river I saw an eagle with a fish in it's talons and another bird doing the same thing, but it was not an eagle.
When I use the 5 X 8 coil for a few detecting trips, it takes me a while to get back used to the stock coil and vice versa. The same thing when I get used to using the grey ghost amphibian headphones and switch back to the stock headphones. I have found some small ear rings with the 5 X 8 that I might have missed with the stock coil. I really have to make myself slow down with the smaller coil.
I've wanted to hit this isolated spot everyday for the last two weeks, but it always seems to run into Murphy's Law because something comes up everytime. It's a different spot than the river and not only can I not go today, but tomorrow is taken up already. Maybe Friday and the grass needs cutting so I may have to wait until next week. Hope the rest of y'all are having more opportunities to detect than I am, but my day will come. GL & HH.

 

[upnorth]

I planned to head to this different place to detect but something came up. I went to the river instead and those guys with the PI's have it so cleaned up, I didn't even find a penny in the water. Found a 10K ring that weighed 1.72 grams and no stones. .

Nice ring score bud. But your finding a spot vacuumed up is a portent of the future I believe. There are only X amount of old finds, with newer stuff being replenished. Personally I feel that we are on the tail end of the ''good old days''. New technology and fellows with accumulated decades of experience are helping to still get the good stuff. But for the more easily accessible older coins\relics, I think that it is a hobby of diminishing returns. Yes we can still find the odd keeper from hard hit sites, but they are diminishing. I suppose that we should be thankful for jewelry as it seems to be renewable.

 

[fongu]

I went to the river Friday and the guys with the PI detectors had dug holes all around the sea wall and it's just a matter of time before the recreation dept kicks all metal detectors out of the place. I'm hoping they don't do it because I plan to hit it hard when they let the water down in November. This all depends on how Mama is doing, tho. I found another ring, 1952 quarter, 1964 dime and some other clad, a marble and few other jewelry items. No markings on any of them and they passed the magnet test, but will have to test them with the acid kit. I lost the 1964 dime and that's the second silver dime I've lost this year. I've only found 3 silver coins and lost two of them. Must be something in the water. When I'm in chest deep to neck deep water, I put my finds in my shirt pockets. One pocket for good finds and another for trash. My finds pouch is around my waist and I'm prone to drop things trying to put it in the pouch when I'm in deeper water. So, when I got ready to go I was taking my good finds out of the pocket and dropped some of them.
Found a penny near my sifter, but the dime with the dark patina blended right in with the pavement and I was tired and hurting and didn't see it. Hope to post photos tomorrow. HH.

I planned to head to this different place to detect but something came up. I went to the river instead and those guys with the PI's have it so cleaned up, I didn't even find a penny in the water. Found a 10K ring that weighed 1.72 grams and no stones. .

Nice ring score bud. But your finding a spot vacuumed up is a portent of the future I believe. There are only X amount of old finds, with newer stuff being replenished. Personally I feel that we are on the tail end of the ''good old days''. New technology and fellows with accumulated decades of experience are helping to still get the good stuff. But for the more easily accessible older coins\relics, I think that it is a hobby of diminishing returns. Yes we can still find the odd keeper from hard hit sites, but they are diminishing. I suppose that we should be thankful for jewelry as it seems to be renewable.