Dig those low 40's signals

[Dancer]

Water hunting with my Infinium , scooped a iffy hi-lo signal. Turns out a thin 14K girls ring. Afterwards at home, checked it with AT Pro. Came in 43-44. Admittedly if I was mud hunting, I probably would have passed on it. Mostly due to all the foil & bits of alum. trash. Makes you wonder. Ring worth about $34 in melt weight.

 

[Willee - Texas]

I have found that most of my gold rings come in around the foil / pulltab mark.

When beach and water hunting you need to dig the foil and pulltabs or you leave gold for others to find.

 

[Southwind]

I ran my AT Pro with Iron Audio at 35. I dug many earrings, pendents and chains as low as 38.

 

[mtdoramike]

When I beach hunt, I dig EVERYTHING!

 

[fongu]

I dig most any decent tone on my at/pro. Dancer, excellent find on the 14K ring. HH. I've been trying to go metal detecting, but am not discouraged. Either next week, next month or next year, I will hit the water or some local parks. Mel Fisher's saying: Today's the day spoke of a positive optimism and is good advice.

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Most of my gold finds 10-14k ring in right below tabs in the nickel range.

 

[Fabio]

Okay, now I'm convinced. Next hunt, I'm going all out hunting for the "low" gold.

 

[marcomo]

Congrats on the find, I would have passed on it in the dirt too.

Obviously with any type of beach/water type detecting you better dig those lower signals if you want to get the higher karat and/or small gold.

Detecting in the dirt is different. I do a lot of postwar suburban ranch house yards and in those I won't dig if I don't see an upper end # with at least some low 50s bounce.

I don't doubt that I've probably passed up some tiny gold and a gold ring or two, but I've also passed up countless thousands of pieces of foil and other trash. The amount of gold there doesn't come close to justifying digging the lower than nickel signals for me.

Then again, non-water areas like tot lots where you get a lot of young moms doing potential ring losing activities like pushing their toddlers on swings or down slides can be a good spot for gold. Mike Hillis has made a science out of finding gold on dry land, and he finds a lot of it.

 

[togamac]

I'd have missed it. I've dug soooo much aluminum foil in the 40's that I've stopped digging those numbers. My Infinium is setting on the shelf until I can get to the beach. Too much junk in the ground around here to use except for the occasional plowed field. How are you using yours Dancer?