Need help locating a ring

[Ukee]

Hello everyone from north west. Just received word that someone lost a gold ring on this beach. The problem is I hunted there a month ago and it was beeping like crazy. There's lots of iron from shipwrecks and stuff. What can I do? Turn sensitivity down? I did a bunch of noises cancels but nothing seemed to work. Any help would be great also I'm using a safari minelab.


Thanks
B

 

[scubadetector]

If its a fresh drop it probably will not be too deep. I do NOT know your machine, but I would turn the sensitivity down and if it has discrimination up until the machine is stable. Then make SURE it will still find a gold ring with using a test one. If that doesn't work, you can go to the beach and diving section right below this heading and see if you can locate a beach hunter in your area. North west is really vague.

 

[Ukee]

Thanks for reply? I'm on west coast Vancouver island. My machine is a minelab safari. I'm gonna turn sensitivity down and head to beach and see what happens.

 

[Ukee]

Well I went down to the beach looking for ring, didn't touch anything settings and it ran fine. Didn't find ring but found lots of wine and beer caps. Gonna go back when this west coast storm is over

 

[mudpuppy]

Hopefully whoever lost it is SURE! Its not too bad when they notice it when it falls off their finger, and take the time to triangulate or otherwise mark the location....some folks lose something and have no idea where exactly it could be...after a storm you may find other rings or all sorts of loot, and THAT particular ring might be buried under 3' of sand for the next 100years..after a storm is good hunting time, keep an eye out for cuts in the beach or blowouts from the waves and hunt those good, if you are finding lots of lead fishing weights, you are in the right spot for the gold and silver. Good Luck! Oh, a lot of old wooden ships had a gold coin placed under the mainmast when it was stepped for good luck.
Mud

 

[skookum]

Hi,
With the name Ukee and living near a west coast beach on Vancouver Island, you must come from Ucluelet.
Been there and in Tofino cutting shake blocks for Windfall Cedar around Kennedy Lake in the early 80s
Back to your problem:
If you can/have one - use a smaller coil.
Usually these can handle higher sensitivity without false signaling on beaches.
Drawback is that it takes longer to cover the same area as opposed to using a bigger coil.
If it is Long Beach that you

 

[Ism]

You might to get some beer (crown) caps and a ring similar to the one that was lost. Do some ground testing on them (lay on the ground near each other).
Set your detector so that it gets the ring and discs out the bottle caps if possible. Sure things will be different in the real world hunting but at least it will give you an idea what to expect.
Wine and soda screw caps are not going to be disced out before the ring. However the Safari should have no trouble IDing the difference between screw caps and a gold ring unless the ring is huge.

Sadly gold rings quickly sink in the wet surf. Hopefully its in the dry sand.

 

[fongu]

Good luck finding the ring.

 

[Wetdogg72]

I live in similar area.. My ace hates salt water.. tons of falsing the closer to the water I get..