Eyeball the little stuff

[Goldringer]

[attachment 27293 1Caratdiamondearringcopy.jpg] keep your eyes open when fanning up that bottom. This 1 carat 14K ear ring stud gave a sparkel that caught my eye. It still was hard to relocate and took a few minutes if gently fanning the top layer of sand. it of course would not trigger a response from the CZ 20. And yes, the diamond has tested positive.

This is another reason for not using a scoop in the water. I have accululated a rather good collection of small gold and platinum item from using paying close attention while fanning holes. Always expect small stull and you will collect it. Hundreds of tiny ear rings are lost and few ever recovered.

 

[Sanddigger]

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[Gulf Hunter]

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[Goldringer]

Sure I believe it. Silver has a high conductivity and most decent machines will respond to even small bits. Gold and Platinum are a different story. It takes a very sensitive machine to find these small pieces of low conductivity metals. The problem with that much sensitivity is that you waste an incredible amount of time sifting through sand to retrieve tiny bits of alum and pieces of gold that really have little value unless they are like this diamond stud.

I have actually found 7 Gold diamond studs over the last 10 years. This is the first one with a full carat dia. I have one other that measures 3/4 carat. I have found as you have many silver with Fake stones.

 

[Anonymous]

using a Gold Bug II in the dry sand. You need something that can screen the sand and still catch the small stuff.

Last year, I was searching a beach, out so deep only my head was above water, when I noticed an older couple had arrived with some Tigershark's. Now, I've found a small silver earring at this beach. That earring doesn't form a complete loop, so the signal was marginal, at best, bouncing from Iron/Pulltab on my CZ-20. I know that Tigershark's will get smaller gold, like stud earrings. Sure enough, when I was talking to the gent, his scoop is lined with a fine screen so he can catch the small stuff. I kind of surprised him, as he didn't see the headphones on my head while I was out deep.

One of the gent's from up north here in MI uses a 1270X to wade with, and has pulled a lot of good stuff out of the water. Maybe, now that FRL has been bought by First Texas, they'll make a new water machine based on a 1270, or maybe a Gold Bug or Gold$trike?

 

[BEACH HUNTER]

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[Gulf Hunter]

I guess whenever Eric gets around to sending Aquasearches to MrBill, maybe I can find some of the fine gold pieces as well. Can't wait to have 1. Looking forward to it!