Practice finding gold jewelry

[Hunt4Fun]

Hi all,

On quite a few forums lately people have been asking for advice about how to find gold jewelry. The responses are usually good advice and very informative. Then someone will suggest that the questioner can learn a lot by putting gold jewelry items on the ground in their yard and practice finding them with their detector. This is good advice too ........... but

A number of years ago, not long after I started metal detecting, I realized I was not finding any gold items. After giving the matter a great deal of thought, I hatched an idea.

I decided that I should use some of the wife's gold jewelry items as training targets. So, I went in the house and got 3 gold rings and 3 gold earrings. I took them to the back yard and placed them at various locations in the lawn.

I learned a lot while retrieving the 3 rings and first 2 earring. The first thing I learned was that I had a lot of trash targets in my yard. The next thing I learned was that trash and gold items can have the same sounds and indications. I soon realized the detector I had, not a White

 

[Treasure Nut]

I'm a dig-it-all detectorist. I've come across solid hits that are jewelry and can pick them up at good depths all over the visual display, many of which show up as iron for the small gold earings. Tedious digging tons of trash, but in it there may be gold.

 

[Hunt4Fun]

Hi Treasure Nut,

The point of my rambeling story is when people are new to detecting, they should take precautions so as not to loose the jewelry they already have. When I say "loose" I mean even temporary loose.


Good Hunting
Hunt4Fun

 

[maxcrucial]

I have been detecting along time......so, my theory is that you must work in all metal mode.This is for any brand of detector.it will increase depth and hits.and you must dig everything that is if you wish to find the holly grail!!! good luck diggers

 

[Phanntom]

In reading your post about finding all the junk but not the missing ear-ring I couldn't help recalling my most unusual find. I use a 6000Di Pro and was searching in a large park after dark...I'd found a few dimes etc and was about ready to call it quits when I got a signal that sounded like static for just a spit second. I went back over it and kept getting the same spit-second static signal...it wasn't even a descent trash signal.

I decided to scan it slowly...when I did I'd get the split second static, and then to any side I chose I got a good signal...I called it my sucker signal...but because of the accuracy of my units pinpointing I decided to dig. At about 12"...and finding nothing obvious I shined my light in the hole and saw a very small glint...when I reached in and began to pull it out....it was an 18" 18k ladies gold chain...that was lying in the hole completely extended straight up and down.

I concluded that the target being just a tiny end gave a very shot signal as I passed over it and the signal problem was compounded with the gold. When I passed over it slowly I was getting for all intense and purposes and echo from it's length with was a much stronger signal...this taught me to use various methods to rule out trash and has since resulted in a nice 4ct sapphire in a 14k gold mens ring...another target I almost didn't did.
The learning curve never stops.

 

[jackintexas]

I do not have the time or desire to dig every target. Most gold rings lost are ladies small rings with stones I hope. If you do some testing of all the gold rings found you will find a great many in the nickel-foil range. When I don't have time to dig everything I have a program saved that only picks up nickels and foil. Notch out everything else. This technique has done well for me many times in the past when I have only a limited time or far too many pulltabs.