ATPro Finds Gold & Diamonds Second Time Out

[skippers]

I went out Sunday afternoon to a swimming hole in a backwater lake off the Tennessee River. The river level was down so the lake level was down about 5 feet. I noticed that the water was down a couple of weeks ago, but the weather has been too cold to enjoy hunting. Sunday it was in the 60s so I put my chest waders on and went hunting. As you can see in my pictures, I found mostly junk, but I did find that little diamond wedding ring marked 10K. Last summer I water-proofed my Tesoro Cibola and found my first gold ring at this beach. It was a thin girls ring. Before I went out Sunday, I put my ATPro in Std Custom mode and ran some coins, a sterling ring and the gold ring from last year over the coil to see what they sounded like and where they were reading. When I got to last year's gold ring, it didn't make a sound, so I checked and 40 was notched out where the ring was hitting. I changed that to accept 40 and the ring sounded loud and clear. That was a good thing, because this diamond ring came in at 40, and I would have missed it if I hadn't changed my setting. The little aluminum tin foil pull tab next to the ring is also 40. I don't remember where the beer tabs came in. The ground balance was set at 60, Iron Audio was off, Sensitivity in the middle and Iron Discriminate was at 25, I think. I was in and out of the water at the lakes edge and didn't have any trouble with the machine at all. I traded the Cibola in on the ATPro.

 

[Teddybear]

Awesome my friend..........

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose...man that is a sweet ring. Did you have any trouble with the shaft wobbling?

 

[skippers]

Thanks. No, I didn't have any trouble with the machine. Skip

 

[Old Katz]

Nice ring. Have you had it appraised yet
Katz

 

[John-Edmonton]

n/t

 

[JOE in MD]

n/t

 

[skippers]

Nice ring. Have you had it appraised yet
Katz

Thanks, I don't think it's very valuable. The diamonds are small. But, it's better than a zinc penny or a handful of clad. Skip

 

[deepseeker442]

wtg on the gold

 

[BigCatDaddy]

Exposed lake beds, my favorite places to hunt!! Excellent find on the goldie!! If it were me, I'd be in Pro mode, zero disc, Iron at 25 and dig all med and high tones. More chances of getting more gold that may be masked by some iron junk. Discrimination is your enemy when looking for gold!!

 

[wltdwiz]

way to go
p.s skip the at loves gold jewelry

 

[oldranger]

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!

Heres to many more days as good
or better!!!!!!

Great Finds

THINK SPRING

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[skippers]

Exposed lake beds, my favorite places to hunt!! Excellent find on the goldie!! If it were me, I'd be in Pro mode, zero disc, Iron at 25 and dig all med and high tones. More chances of getting more gold that may be masked by some iron junk. Discrimination is your enemy when looking for gold!!

Thanks. I'll try that if it warms up enough again before they raise the water level. Part of the problem with this spot is that I was at the edge where they stopped dumping sand. This area is usually under about 6' of water in the summer. I was getting either almost knee deep mud, semi-soft mud/clay or almost rock hard clay. I could go down maybe 1" - 2" in that hard clay. But, I'm a novice at the water hunting and will consider all suggestions. Skip