I use a Garrett GTI 2500 and I am a Garrett dealer for part time hobby,I mostly coin hunt locally at a nearby school and where ever I have time to go. I have never actively searched for rings or jewelry but would like to start more actively looking for these lost treasures. I have found some junk rings and such and bracelet or necklace pendants. I once was asked to use my machine to locate a lost ring that had been lost for about a month, an avid coin and jewelry hunter had one of the other top brand detectors and had looked for the ring off and on for several days with no luck. The lady that lost the ring even layed out the general area where the ring was lost which was where she had been throwing horse shoes. I brought my 2500 down the next day and within 10 mins located the ring. I have pretty much mastered my GTI 2500 with pinpointing and retrieving objects quickly and I can consistenly dig nickels which most people pass by because of the possiblility of digging junk. What advice do you guys have on searching for jewelry and machine settings and do you dig alot of pull tabs. Thanks for the info.
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jewelry
- Thread starter bcoop
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All I can tell you in general is that just above a nail all the way up you'll find jewelry. With probably foil through tabs being the hot area. Also hunting where jewelry would be lost. If you read the beach hunting forum you'll see that jewelry is more abundant. I wish I lived on a beach!
Kenny:
I know what you mean would be nice to be closer to a beach,I am in southeast Missouri and it is a long way to an ocean beach. I have lots of coins but I try to stay away from digging pull tabs but I have come to decide if I want to find rings I better dig it. Thanks and good luck digging.
I know what you mean would be nice to be closer to a beach,I am in southeast Missouri and it is a long way to an ocean beach. I have lots of coins but I try to stay away from digging pull tabs but I have come to decide if I want to find rings I better dig it. Thanks and good luck digging.
John 'n' W.Va
Active member
Kenny is right. You can get more rings on the beach. You need to have a good MDer for going in the water. On a crowed summer beach you can find rings in dry sand.
Most of my detecting is on dry land. In the past year I have found 3 rings in dirt parking lots. I have found 2 rings in a soccer fields. I have found a 4 rings in playgrounds underneath swings. I have found 3 in the park outside the playground. I have found 5 on the beach with bracelets and ear rings. The strangest was finding one in the woods. My favorite setting is the jewelry setting, for the beach, dry land or the park. I dig most everything as pictured in most of my post. All my rings have been good solid hits. Yellow gold mostly hits on nickel with my Ace 250. It will very depending on the size of the ring. I have had silver rings hit from penny to quarter.
Sports field, parks and playgrounds are all good places to look.
Most of my detecting is on dry land. In the past year I have found 3 rings in dirt parking lots. I have found 2 rings in a soccer fields. I have found a 4 rings in playgrounds underneath swings. I have found 3 in the park outside the playground. I have found 5 on the beach with bracelets and ear rings. The strangest was finding one in the woods. My favorite setting is the jewelry setting, for the beach, dry land or the park. I dig most everything as pictured in most of my post. All my rings have been good solid hits. Yellow gold mostly hits on nickel with my Ace 250. It will very depending on the size of the ring. I have had silver rings hit from penny to quarter.
Sports field, parks and playgrounds are all good places to look.
I'm in central Missouri. I really believe you'll find the most jewelry if you use the beep dig method. I would scout out sand volleyball courts and fresh water sand beaches. I have just recently been planning some trips to some sand beaches because of the ease of digging. Bark chips are also good for the beep dig method. I to would like to up my jewelry take!
Leslie(nova scotia)
Well-known member
From the land ofthe Bluenose.....found that with my old freedom 3 if i turn the discrimination totally off I pick up more rings. Got half of my 45 gold and silver rings last year on land at soccer and sports fileds. Gotz to know your machine and not be affraid to dig a few pieces of junk. Good luck
I appreciate the input seems everyone has pretty much my same thoughts on the subject as I do. I like to go to the old country churches and old school yards. Those are areas you can likely still find some silver. I once was at an old country church site my machine bounced between a dime and a nickel one time it said dime at 8 inches next time nickel at 10 inches. Turned out the dime was about 8 inches but was not silver, the nickel was at least 10 inches and was a buffalo nickel. I once got a hit and the machine held strong for penny but bigger than coins. I figured a piece of copper tubing or something but I was in an old driveway.I dug the site and ended up with what I thought was 5 wheaties but turned out one was an indian head. YOU NEVER KNOW.
I don't know about other detectors but with the Ace, rings hit where nickels and pull tabs are. It's just the nature of the beast. I live near the beach. I have gone over a lot of volley ball courts and don't seem to find much. Most my rings are from parks. Dig all good targets.
Uncle Willy
New member
Yeah unfortunetly gold rings ( depending on composition ) fall into the junk range. Sterling and white gold will most often read in the coin range.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
One way to overcome many iffy signals is to do the "twitch" over your target and it will most often turn into a credible signal. Since all motion detectors discriminate better and go deeper the faster you scan the twitch solves many problems.
When you get an iffy signal just scan side to side over the target a couple of inches each way very rapidly and wonderous things will often transpire. The Minelab boys call it wiggling but I think twitch is more appropriate.
Bill
When you get an iffy signal just scan side to side over the target a couple of inches each way very rapidly and wonderous things will often transpire. The Minelab boys call it wiggling but I think twitch is more appropriate.
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
Yeah foil and high karat gold have the same conductivity.
Bill
Bill
And dig smooth sounding pull tabs for gold. 
tucky_tector
Member
Maybe with everything going plastic(thats the trend anymore) we won't have to put up with diggin foil much longer. After we get all the existing foil dug up. I'm doing my part(diggin foil and tabs)to clean up and help our future MD'ers. All trash I dig goes to the trash dump.
Bud
Bud