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Hours detecting to gold found ratio

WW, good advice! The beach I have been hitting is fairly steep and I know most of the heavy gold ends up in the water. The surf is pretty rough but I plan on getting waste deep before too long.
 
Steep beaches are hard to find gold on. It gets dragged down super fast. You tend to find light aluminium and nothing else. Good luck birdman, if its there you'll find it, you'rethe birdman and your flying right now, good luck :)
 
Gold - what is that? Something for the others ...

I detect dry beaches several days in the year here in Germany - accumulating between 400 and 500 Euro in cash and the one or other silver item. But never found gold.
Got me neoprene waders and detected in some freshwater lakes near me - some rings, but no gold. Now the waders are flooding themselves, if they get into the water, so I need urgent replacement.

The only gold I ever found was a wedding ring on a field.

Best greetings from Germany
Olaf
 
Ha Ha! I hope you hit some soon Olaf! Gold does go deeper than most other stuff the same size, it's often a quiet signal, I hope your detector headphones can pick the sound up? What detector do you use? Good luck :)
 
Good question WW. I keep a log of my MDing just so's I know how many hours on my machine. I don't hunt much; 157 hours in the past two years. My 14K gold finds in that time: three rings. So to answer your question, 50 hours/gold. BTW 2 came from the water, the other was a wedding band from a football field. I figure the coach must have been demonstrating how to pass!
 
I bet he was in trouble with his wife! I've read all the replies on here, and I've spoken to lots of detectorists, I have been thinking about the best way to improve my ratio. I've had lots of great tips and advice from friends. I'm going to write a new post with the answers soon! It will help all of us I recon.... I remember I did 2 days straight without hitting any gold, in the same small harbour. I would have quit but there was such a strong wind and swell that all the other good places were no go. I was getting very frustrated and cold, then bingo! A gold signet ring, THE VERY NEXT SIGNAL I found a great 14k necklace with 2 14k gold pendants on! Nearly 3 days of a week long trip, then in 2 scoops I had covered the cost of the whole trip, flights, hotel, everything covered for the week! Then over the rest of the week I only found 1 14k pendant. I had a free holiday in the sun, happy days :) It's a great hobby with skill, luck, timing, good equipment, planning and perseverance it can pay for itself, but you can only find what's actually there. On my home beaches its much harder, not so many people use them, so less stuff is lost..... Good luck :)
 
I do not work in time lol
2 spliffs and a can of beer then of to the next beach lol :twodetecting:
Still beats the boss shouting at you for minimal wage.
 
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