F 75 jewelry readings

[jim tn]

I have had a bit of a jewelry run so far for the new year and have paid quite close attention to what the various silver and gold pieces were reading and would like to pass this info along. All were recovered from the turf at depths of 1-5." 3 of the jewelry pieces were gold and 7 were silver. 2 of the gold recoveries were 10k rings and 1 was a small 14k heart pendent. 1 ring was a white gold men's band and it locked on 30. (Every white gold ring I have recovered <4> read a solid 30) 1 was a medium size gold nugget ring that read 33. The small gold heart read 24, but was a nice soft, repeatable, signal. Of the 7 silver, 5 were somewhat varying sizes of rings, 1 was a sterling book page marker and the other was a man's size id bracelet. 2 of the rings were plain 925 bands and both read 79. 1 925 was of a heart shape design (a little heavier then the others) and read 84. 1 925 Mexico with small green stone read 83 and the last 925 ladies with a red stone read 82. The 925 bracelet read 85 and the sterling book marker read 83. As one can readily see, gold will read from in the 20's up. One gold class ring I dug shortly after getting my F 75 read 55. It, however, was in the same hole as a clad dime. But, the 75 read both targets. Over the last couple of year's I have dug numerous silver items and all id'ed close to quarter readings, whether clad or silver. 84 and higher readings are almost out of the quarter reading range and begin getting into the older, rusty bottle cap range as well as brass and denser pieces of copper. Silver, though, stlll has that sweet sound. My observations, anyway, on a rainy day here in West Tn. HH jim tn

 

[cometguy]

Interesting post. I have been looking for a lost engagement ring whenever the weather permits. I had waved what I thought was a similar ring and came up
with a number of 24 pretty consistently. I had limited my digging to targets close to this for two hunts when I realized I didn't have a great description of the
missing ring. I had assumed gold engagement ring I guess.
I called the person and found out that it was a gold engagement ring but it was soldered to the matching simple wedding band. I didn't have a way to
test this exactly, but my wife's engagement ring plus band read about 32. I went back last night armed with that info and dug three nickles and no ring.
Do you have a guess? I also found that the two rings together didn't lock in very well. So my theory now is to dig anything between 24 and 34 even if it
bounces.

Thanks, HH, Don

 

[jim tn]

dig readings even into the 40's and for sure, the bouncy ones considering the two rings were soldered together. Gold at any reading just seems to have a touch more of a mellow tone then do nickels and the round tab tails, of which, the latter often reads as a nickel, too. Good luck and remember, where someone thought an item was lost ins't always the case, so you may have to expand your search area, too. HH jim tn

 

[ziphius]

I forget, what tones are you using? DP, 3-H, 4-H? Good work on pulling all that gold and silver out of the ground. - Jim

 

[jim tn]

Jim, my settings over all depend on the site. Usually, though, for coinshooting, de, disc. 6 and lower, 3 & 4h tones and sen. 85-95. I do dig everything, regardless of depth, that sounds good. HH jim tn