Gold among the sea of lead

[Dan(NM)]

I went back to the spot where I dug my last gold ring last week and started to grid the area. I dug nothing but lead for the first 2.5 hrs ;( I moved further down and started another grid pattern. Again, lead almost every hit. Luckily nothing is deep and recovery time is just 10-15 seconds per target.

I was running the Deus 2 in General mode with 3 tones, 97 sens, recovery speed 2 and tone break set to 24 and was digging everything from there and up. There is every size and shape of lead weights and it hits solid. The lead was ranging from the low 50's to the mid 80's, so, I had to dig it.

4 hrs into the hunt, I got a solid 57, scraped about an 1" of sand off and bingo, finally a nice 10k ring. She's a 3.7 grammer with fake stones. About 30 minutes later I get solid 97 and ended up with a silver ring.

I had to empty my pouch 3 times and knew I was getting close to beating my record of 6lbs Sure enough, I had 9.2lbs!!! Nice thing about it, the lead is worth more than clad and I can sell it at some point.

After 6.5 hrs, I was ready to call it day. I would have stayed if I was digging a few more keepers instead of all the lead.

 

[MuddyMo]

SILVER & GOLD, Congrats

 

[Dan(NM)]

SILVER & GOLD, Congrats

Thank you.

 

[Ray(Ca)]

Nice haul Dan! Seems that a steady 57 is a magic signal on the D2.
Ray

 

[Dan(NM)]

Nice haul Dan! Seems that a steady 57 is a magic signal on the D2.
Ray

Thankyou Ray. In the last 2 weeks, I've found 4 gold rings, 1 read 43, 2- 47 and 1- 57, all solid lock on VDI's All were at fresh water lakes and only 1-3" deep.

 

[sprchng]

You need to avoid the detecting forums and find a good one involving alchemy!!

 

[Dan(NM)]

You need to avoid the detecting forums and find a good one involving alchemy!!

Lol... I'd be sitting on easy street bout now.

 

[jim tn]

Silver and gold, yep, good hunt! HH jim tn

 

[Dan(NM)]

Silver and gold, yep, good hunt! HH jim tn

Thank you, always nice to have a couple of keepers after that kind of hunt.

 

[Mark kus]

Nice Dan theres gold in that lead!
Mark

 

[Dan(NM)]

Nice Dan theres gold in that lead!
Mark

Thank you. I'm gonna find a buyer as soon as I'm done with this area.

 

[fwcrawford]

Man, what a pile of lead!!
Nice score on the two rings!

 

[floodplaindetector]

You earned the silver and gold with that pile of lead.
Nice job on the rings.
Dave

 

[Odanscoils]

Nice ones.
Lead
You could always open a bait shop.

 

[JimmyCT]

You have the patients of a saint. That is an incredible pile of lead . You certainly earned your gold and silver on this trip!

 

[Dan(NM)]

Man, what a pile of lead!!
Nice score on the two rings!

Thanks!!

Nice ones.
Lead
You could always open a bait shop.

Thank you. I'm building up a nice inventory

 

[Dan(NM)]

You have the patients of a saint. That is an incredible pile of lead . You certainly earned your gold and silver on this trip!

Thanks Jimmy, you certainly have to be in the right mindset to do something that nuts

 

[Dan(NM)]

You earned the silver and gold with that pile of lead.
Nice job on the rings.
Dave

Thank you Dave!

 

[JimmyCT]

Thanks Jimmy, you certainly have to be in the right mindset to do something that nuts

And I’ve done it with shotgun brass so I’m just as, if not, more nuts

 

[JimmyCT]

And I’ve done it with shotgun brass so I’m just as, if not, more nuts

No intention of hijacking, just showing some of the brass I dug out between two large boulders near a river. I ended up finding a Buffalo nickel and a silver rosey for my efforts