........HOW WOULD YOU HUNT FOR A GOLD TENNIS BRACELET??

[John(H)]

.....I am part of a volunteer group that provides a finding service FREE for those who need it....I have been told that gold chains and even gold bracelets are very hard to find since the detctor does Not see the item as a whole ...it only sees the individual links.....thru the grapevine....the only detector that can find these seem to be the Tesoro's....I have always like the Tesoro's but up till recently I only had a Banditto about 15 years ago and about at the same time......I had a Montgomery Ward's (Blue) Sabre........I should have kept the Banditto cause I do remember finding some really deep stuff with it.......Anyway back to the present ....Recently I acquired a Cutlass II and a Toltec II...on another forum I have been told to basically turn the discriminator knob to zero and dig all signals.......another person said to dig all signals in the All Metal mode....I would like to hear form from the Tesoro Family on how they would hunt for a gold tennis bracelet.........Thanks Joe

 

[Hombre]

Hey Joe

I have had the Toltec ll since brand new and it's been a good detector for me the last 17 years. I have picked up small gold chains in the iron/foil region of the meter and would think it would pick up a larger bracelet in the foil region just below nickel. Then again, I have never found a tennis bracelet before. Maybe you can air test a bracelet and see where it falls on the meter. Good luck.........

 

[finnfoto]

I'd have to agree on the settings you run. Thats where I run mine just above iron. and I pretty much dig everything anyway. If your unsure . run all metal , you'll find it. lol


It never hurts to air test a few items before hunting either. So if you've got a gold bracelett . try it before you hunt. under the coil with different settings.

 

[amberjack]

whats a tennis bracelet?

is it fine or chunky??

AJ

 

[John(H)]

whats a tennis bracelet?

is it fine or chunky??

AJ

....Sorry my info is really scanty.....I have no idea......although a lot of volunteers are in the area ....no one that I know of ,,,....has tried to find this item.......Some probably feel that it would be a lot of work and the probability of finding it is slim......it seems that most of the volunteers seem to answer the ones for lost rings......a ring is a lot easier to find than a necklace or a tennis bracelet....I may email the person for more info but was hesitating since I have Never found a gold brackelt before........Joe

 

[amberjack]

Yes would be a tough one without a lot of info like a tight area to look in the size and how long its been lost, i sure wouldn't be making no promises to anyone about finding it, but hey found that fine small ring today with Cibola so am sure it can be done, but how much time and effort does one use on something like this?

i know sometimes people expect miracles and don't understand metal detectors i would be right up front about the chances of finding it. just so they don't get disappointed if it doesn't show up.

everyone knows its not easy to detect chain so be nice to yourself no need to put pressure on yourself after all your not the one who lost it.

AJ

 

[tvr]

The image is from a catalog and is a classic version of a tennis bracelet. The stone mounts are large enough to hit well in most cases, unlike thin chains. Discrimination will have to be at the low end of iron at the highest. If you have a cleansweep, I'd go with that but still make sure you overlap the sweeps and go slow. Bracelets like these do not sink fast, should not be deep unless the ground has been moved.

Agree that you should try to narrow down where it was lost as much as possible and find out how long ago it was lost. If you hut for it, take a pinpointer and concentrate on shallow targets. For targets you find with the detector, use the pinpointer and if the pinpointer does not reach the target, keep moving.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[BJ in Okla.]

Take it easy when you dig it, if its been in the ground for a while, the stones can be loose, or popped out, so if you have some stones missing, save the dirt, if some of the stones are missing.... And have it checked out....

See the picture of the ring, it had been in the ground for a long time,
don't know how long, but over 50 years..
HH...BJ

 

[SkiWhiz]

Hi Joe, hope all is well down your way. Every once in a while a Tesoro Compadre comes up for sale on the forums, they aren't real expensive and are about the best thing out there for hunting jewelry. Unless you have tried one you can not believe how hard they hit on all kinds of jewely, from big ole rings to little bitty small linked chains. Steve.

 

[slingshot]

Hi Joe, hope all is well down your way. Every once in a while a Tesoro Compadre comes up for sale on the forums, they aren't real expensive and are about the best thing out there for hunting jewelry. Unless you have tried one you can not believe how hard they hit on all kinds of jewely, from big ole rings to little bitty small linked chains. Steve.

Whew! I thought no one would mention this detector. Get a Compadre-then go into the tiny gold finding business-especially if no one else tries. That's great to know and I may have to get a business card now.