SE Pro Modded

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Just a guess here as I'm not been a beach or water hunter.

Gold necklaces (fine chains), bracelets and diamond earrings?

How'd I do?


Rich (Utah)

You are two for three...

Fine chains are likely undetectable even with the HF coils, I'm talking the finest chains. Maybe get a hit on the clasp IF very near the surface. Its medium to medium large chains I'm interested in. Detectors only see the individual chain links and clasp so even the medium to medium large chains are mostly undetectable, even if you ball the chain up and rub it on an Explorer coil. When a chain is dug typically its because the gold cross or medallion is still on the chain and its that which was detected.

Diamond stud gold earrings BINGO! Here's what's interesting, I dig gobs and gobs of silver stud earrings. Hardly a beach hunt goes by where I don't dig a silver stud earing and if those are being lost in those numbers there must be diamond stud earrings out there. And since they have been undetectable there should be decades of them piled up. In the late fall/winter/early spring season where storms strip off the summer sand and organize targets by size/weight and wash all the bits of foil away that's probably when I'd slow down with the HF coil and go hunt these.

The biggie...diamond solitaire wedding rings. Wedding bands are routinely lost and dug but the diamond solitaire wedding rings are rare. Those rings typically have a very thin lighter band, to make the diamond look as large as possible. The 'theory' is those rings sink/orient diamond down due to the weight of the stone so they are sitting out there like a coin on edge and thus not detectable. The only one I found was in the surf where targets were getting flipped over. Soft hit, textbook pull tab vs gold wedding bands hit much stronger. Sold for $3,300.

In the dirt similar to diamond solitaire wedding rings...wait for it...coins on edge. Go experiment with the Explorer with coins on edge and you will see why these HF DEUS coils which can get a hit on the edge of the coin is something I'm looking at.

Breaking: I got a report yesterday from Ed, he saw a DEUS dig a large cent a foot deep right before his eyes.

 

[tiftaaft]

The answer is why I ordered a DEUS.

Not to mention that it weighs less than a ball point pen.

 

[BigTony]

Charles, you are getting me pumped up on this Deus thingy.

I am not bragging, but this past spring I found a balled up chain and one engagement ring with a small diamond.
I returned the ring to the owner standing near by. These were all in dirt fields and not very deep.
I was surprised that I was able to hear them - maybe its my hearing aids in both ears.

Best of luck with both new Se Pro set up and Deus

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Charles, you are getting me pumped up on this Deus thingy.

I am not bragging, but this past spring I found a balled up chain and one engagement ring with a small diamond.
I returned the ring to the owner standing near by. These were all in dirt fields and not very deep.
I was surprised that I was able to hear them - maybe its my hearing aids in both ears.

Best of luck with both new Se Pro set up and Deus

The Deus seems like the real deal, time will tell. At my age its definitely time for a lighter machine so there's that.

 

[BigTony]

n/t

 

[tiftaaft]

I just hooked up the WOT coil on my SE Pro... that lightweight Deus is very attractive after swinging that monster for an hour or two.

 

[jtalley007]

Charles, glad to see you're back at it.

I'm talking careful digging with a pinpointer until it's visible but still in the dirt.

I've done it probably 15 times in pounded sites, deepest machine for me in 44 years and the only one I can tote any more

Jerry in VA

P. S. Nice modification on the SE pro

 

[Nuke em]

Now why cant Minelab do something like that ?

 

[MikeO]

Very nice work Charles