Out Lake Sifting With The ATX This Afternoon......

[John-Edmonton]

A great day to be out. Not too hot, some sun and a nice lite breeze from the east. I managed about 5.5 hours. I like to use the sand sifter, as it saves me a lot of time and energy, letting the sifter do most of the work while I keep scanning the lake bottom. I have a " "HOW TO BUILD THE BEST FLOATING SIFTER EVER"" article in July's Western and Eastern Treasures. It has no metal parts, so you can scan the sand in the sifter from the bottom.

I got a low high signal, and dug a good 18 inches to pull this vintage spinner. I am building up a nice collection of various vintage fishing tackle. Some of it is worth a lot of $$$.

I got a nice clear, soft high-low on this chain with 3 religious medallions. A great addition to to my religious medallion collection.

The gold rings will come, but not today. Another deep target, and I created a ring out of it. If you can't find a ring, you can at least make one. Back to work tomorrow.

 

[dmnz]

awesome - look forward to seeing the gold!

 

[kaolinwasher]

Nice going on those finds, I like that ring

 

[Treasurehunter1967]

Hey John,

I took your lead and made a lake sifter as well. One thing I did as well was melt the ends of the plastic ties to: 1. Make them less sharp and 2. Keep them from coming apart.

Thanks for the great idea!

 

[Treasurehunter1967]

John,

What did you use for the smaller wire mesh inside the plastic sifter pan? I tried at the hardware store but could not find anything.

Thanks.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I used some plastic diamond gutter covers. Available at most hardware stores.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Good idea.....I have cut myself on those a few times.

 

[Old California]

WTG John:thumbup

Like your positive thinking, if not today always Tomorrow.

Congrats,
Paul