jewelry and the 1350

[JoeinMemphis]

I just made a valuable discovery, I borrowed one of my girlfriends gold hoop ear rings, and a 14K 3mm 7" gold rope bracelet and ran them under the 1350's coil. They only came in at 2.5!!!! I couldn't believe they were so low, heck jewelry mode doesn't start till 4!! All settings were "default" I had just "reset" the machine. This kinda makes me wonder what I have gone right over in "coin" or "jewelry" mode, I just set the "custom" mode up where I notch out the bottom 3 bars (1.5) I think I'll try it there for a while.

 

[Countrykid]

Seems to me that I have better depth, on in ground targets.

And I use relic mode all the time. On my Ace

 

[JoeinMemphis]

The 7" wasn't depth, it was the length of the chain.
HH
Joe

 

[John-Edmonton]

Bracelets and chains are hard to pick up on all detectors, due to the tiny links. Add the fact that its made of gold and it can read just about anywhere. And I'm guessing that you detected that hoop earring with the ear pin not in place, which was an incomplete circle, which doesn't always get a detector too excited either, especially if it's gold.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Trouble with bracelets and chains is that your detector only sees one link at a time - not the whole piece.

Bill

 

[John D.]

Good Morning John-Edmonton,
You and Uncle Willy should get together compile all you have learned about metal detecting, and write a book; I want one of the first copies.
Have a great day,
John D.

 

[Skillet]

I like digging those "foil" signals as alot of lady's rings with nice stones will hit around 2.5 and 3 on the meter. The junk that also hits there (foil and canslaw) is usually shallow and easy to recover.

My nicest ring, a 3/4 Ct diamond solitaire in a white-gold Tiffany setting appraised at $4,805 and sold for $2,500 - hit "3" on the meter in a playground sand-pit. Digging 'foil' pays off better for me than digging pulltabs does. I've found alot of small gold that way.

Just think how rich we'd be if aluminum had never even been discovered!

Skillet

 

[Uncle Willy]

I've been going to write one forever but can't get the lead out. All my writing buddies have one or two books out. Got 42 years into this hobby so I could probably find something to talk about. Have published over 600 articles, was field test editor for Gold & Treasure Hunting magazine before they went under, and have field tested detectors and related equipment for about ten to fifteen years. I also had a regular column in the Online Magazine at Treasure Depot.

Thanks for reminding me I should have done it long ago.

Bill

 

[JoeinMemphis]

Thank You for your input, I am impressed that you keep up with the numbers. I thought gold would be much higher on the meter, guess I won't be using "coins" or the "jewelry" setting again.

 

[JoeinMemphis]

Dang you are good!! The ear ring was NOT closed!! Geez I have a LOT to learn!

 

[JoeinMemphis]

Like I said, I have a LOT to learn!!

 

[JoeinMemphis]

I want a copy of your upcoming book!!

 

[Uncle Willy]

Chains and some bracelets are hard to detect and most folks think because a necklace is laying in the ground in a wad or stretched out that the detector sees the whole thing but not so - they zero in on each individual link one at a time. Same with multiple coins. If you have five coins in the ground close to each other and each at a different level the detector will only see the top coin and the rest are invisible until that top coin is removed, etc., etc., until they are all removed. This is why it's critical to always check the hole thoroughly after removing a coin and continue to check it if you find a second coin.

Bill