Fourth gold ring this year:smile:

[tabdog]

Drove to Hot Springs today and checked the lake depths after all this rain.
The water is almost to it's highest point. Lots of debris in the water.

I then went to check out two parks that I haven't metal detected at. The first
one is an old park. I used my Vaquero and found some old pieces of steel
stuff and a few modern coins.

The next one is a baseball park and also has a playground. I decided to use
my Euro Sabre. I dug lots of trash, and some kids jewelry. Found two of
those shinny magnets. Was tired and decided to leave. As I was leaving I
kept swinging my coil. Right out side the tot lot I got a weak signal. It
discriminated like aluminum, but it had a smooth tight sound, so I decided
to dig it. It was this old silver ring at about 6" deep. It has some kind of stone
that looks cracked from being in the ground.

When I got home I look at the ring with a magnifying glass, and to my
surprise it says 14k. Must be white gold.

HH,

 

[TonyTX(MXT)]

WTG Tabdog! I will be heading out Saturday morning to hunt with a couple of hunting buddies. Will post what I'm able to find... HH TonyTX

 

[rmptr]

You are doing great Tabdog!

...surprised you set that new V down!

now we'll never know if it would have found gold #4????

HH

 

[tabdog]

We'll know soon.........

I wanted to use the small coil.

Don't have one for the Vaquero.

But it's on it's way.

Richard at Back Woods Detectors just got me a slightly used
5.78" concentric with coil cover for $70, with free shipping.

Kan't Beat That!!!!!

HH,

 

[tabdog]

Good luck Tony,

I'll be looking forward to your post.

Than's for the encouragement,

 

[JB(MS)]

Nice ring Tabdog, and good start for the year. Grubbing around down in the iron and foil range does have its benefits doesn't it?

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[Ray(Ca)]

Beautiful old ring! It appears to be from the 30s-50s era. Very nice!

Ray(Ca)

 

[tabdog]

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[Pap]

if it can be found you will find it!
Pap

 

[Dimesworth]

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[Dimesworth]

Tabdog. You should probably change your post name to Luckydog. Lost all of my metal detectors back in the 80s and treasures back in the 80s to a house fire. Started detecting again three years ago. I found gold rings back then along lakeshores. But I haven't found one ring in the since I started detecting again. You find four gold rings in three months. Would you please stop boasting - you're making me jealous. Four rings in three months is obscene. Just Kidding. With your luck I'm kinda reminded of a fellow that I used to detect with in the 80s. Now I'm not insinuating that you hunt this way, but this is the way he hunted. He would jump from the vehicls after I stopped and swing his coil about four to six inches above the ground and walk close to three miles an hour. He would hit way more targets then I in a days time. I began to become jealous of him. I even began to think that if he would fall into a river, drunk - that with his luck he'd probably float up-stream. I don't know why I held any animosity toward this fellow. He would even offer me somes of his finds, and I with prideful indignation would decline them. He has since passed to the other side. I should not have been so prideful. I should have excepted his offer of his bounty. I think of him often, I shall forever miss him. He was a true and great friend. So Tabdog - I hope that you find thousand gold rings in the next three months. Hang in there. Dimesworth

 

[Dimesworth]

Tagdog - I posted this mesage before but for some reason it didn't take. Forgot to check for errors but I think the readers can decipher it. I notice that I left out some letters and miss typed some . Dimesworth

 

[tab-nabit]

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[xwyokid]

I got my first ring this year about a month ago. Funny thing I was doing the same thing you were doing. I kept swinging as I left the tot lot and got a good signal. It was a tiny 10K ring with the letters spelling, "baby". Guess it doesn't hurt to keep swinging as you head back to the truck.

 

[tabdog]

and just about to leave. I had to try just a little more before I left.

I've got to where I half way expect to find something under such
circumstances.

That's just one of those hunches that drive me.


HH,

 

[tabdog]

I guess I am lucky, but I am just doing what some experienced hunters on this forum suggested I do.
I am disabled but I get a chance to hunt a lot. I do short hunts, but I go back time after time.

I was lucky in February and found a swim beach that was only hunted by people using discrimination.
I could see their holes all over the place, but they left me two diamond rings, and more. That was my
biggest day by volume, ever.

In January I found I found my best single find. A 1/5th ct 18k gold diamond ring. It was at a site that
whooped my butt time after time. I had used seven different metal detectors on that same site in that
many months.

I have had an enormous amount of non-productive days. Just a few real good days. If I didn't like this
hobby so much, I would find something els to do. But nothing els is this much fun.

HH,

 

[tabdog]

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[ironpit]

That ring will help you smile.
Its amazing how that one find can sure make a day better, even a good day.

Your right about the fun part tabdog. My only problem now is that with turkey
season opening the end of this month I am having mixed emotions.

 

[tabdog]

I got to thinking.

I have found five gold rings I think.

On January 6th I recovered my best single find.

A 14k gold woman