Silver U-max scores old gold from the river!

[Darkflight]

I've hunted this spot for a few years & this is the 1st (possibly) old ring I've found.... The spot has tons of potential and history-but it also is strewn with heavilly mineralized rocks & sand-and the usual trash/iron.

The sand swallows most stuff never to be seen again. But occasionally the current clears out the sand & heavy gravel holds some goodies. I went with my daughters for a fun hunt. I detected barefoot in the wading area & the girls making sand castles . I have waders & a water box etc... for this river but today it was just shallow wading with no extra gear & don't drop the dang detector!.

When I saw this I did the happy dance. The band is split-I guess the sized area solder is long gone(1st clue as to age)...Also-the script is vintage in style at least. No date sadly but I'd say it is clue #2 that this is an old ring.

It is marked 18K and very thin-just under 4 grams. But I was sooo happy to score at this spot after so many times getting skunked.

Cheers!

 

[Tajue17]

I gotta get me one of those SilverUmax's,, hey darkflight do you find the sensitivity knob comes in handy for tricky gold rings or do you leave it set at a certain point all the time ,,,, oh and nice ring too!

 

[Hank68]

I think will all done a happy dance ever now and then, the silver umax is a fantastic machine I still have mine, and the ring is very nice indeed, congrats,

 

[Darkflight]

I have to say this one is a tricky one-being split & in the rocks...Around here the sand & rocks will hide gold very very well-even on the surface. So I use the all metal & go by the tone only. Iron/caps tend to stutter more but if you want chains you gotta dig anything that makes a consistent beep.

I learned this after sight finding a small gold ring-throwing it on the sand during a snackc break to get a VDI# with my fancy new (later sold)$500.00 detector...Zilch-nothing. In all metal it rang true. I had my silver with me & tried it later-same deal. Even at 0 disc it would not pick up the ring on the sand. The rocks are even worse-Red ones I think are cinibar sound just like a deep target even with the GB perfect(I have added a GB & voided the warranty).

And thanks-It is a really nice ring....

 

[Hombre]

Nice one Darkflight,

Glad to see someone finding the gold, must be some nasty ground where you are hunting. It's nice to have ground balance pot, makes things easier..........Congrats

 

[phinbolt]

Good job what a way to kick off the weekend gotta love that the Tesoro's and the way they sniff out the gold!

 

[tvr]

Darkflight,
Absolutely terrific find! Splits will normally put gold rings in the iron range and any discrimination will make them disappear. 18K and near 4 grams is nice too. Most gold rings I find are 10K or 14K and many of those are around 2 grams plus or minus a little. That is indeed a happy dance ring!
Cheers,
tvr

 

[Tee1up]

Did you have to drop that ring into a fire before the marking showed up?
Well done, nice find!

 

[Pap]

That is lovely! Great find and looks to be old.
Pap

 

[Beale]

Congrats on the very sweet gold ring! I know you were happy to see it! Good hunting! Beale.

 

[scott.f]

That is a beauty, congrats!

 

[The Magician]

This is starting to look like a beach detecting forum.

 

[bipListener]

Very Nice, Found !!!

So good; it must be last Century gold Ring; I'm quite sure !

 

[charlie dert]

18k. excellent... most is 10k when it comes to rings...