Swimming lake hunt

[Steve and Bia]

Bia and I took the kids out to Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland for a bit of water hunting. It was slow starting and looking like a waste of time but I pulled a nice toe ring (925) and within minutes Bia snags a nice 10k Opal with two dinky diamonds. After that it went back to bleaksville and I couldn't find any targets. At least we found something!

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[size=large]here is Bia scoping the parking lot for anything dropped[/size]
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[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

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[alex]

What kind of lens..? 70-200 mm.

 

[Steve and Bia]

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[Gulf Hunter]

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[PaPa-Joe-Fla.]

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[Steve and Bia]

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[Steve and Bia]

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[David from Suffolk]

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[AllenOK]

Dahlonega, GA. That's where the first gold rush for the county happened. Maybe find some streams to prospect, or one of those mines where you pay them for some dirt, and sluice/pan the stuff to see what you get.

 

[Steve and Bia]

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[BEACH HUNTER]

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[gold-digger]

Great pics and nice opal. Looks like a great place too take the family.

 

[Steve and Bia]

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[goldenapples]

Hi Steve & bia
Nice finds, please explain the electro cleaning you use as i need to make one, I.E Battery used wire and solution.
Thanks

 

[Steve and Bia]

NOTES:

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If you "click" on the picture it will take you to the hosting site where I have "notes" on the photo indicating everything you need for a DIY Electrolysis device.

1. You will need a piece of stainless steel. Like many other detectorists, I have found plenty of stainless steel spoons and they seem to work well.

2. A 12 volt power source. I use a power supply for PC speakers. It's an 800mA, DC 12volt and is considered a tad on the powerful side for small finds. 12 volt, 250mA is a minimum. (800mA is common, easy to find, and works well.) Here is an example of a good power source Just a note, it took 10 seconds to clean the silver ring in the above photo.

3. A glass or plastic (recommended) container.

4. Fill it with water mixed with table salt (of no particular ratio)

Connect the (+) to the spoon and the (-) to your target.

A special note about copper wire. Although I use a copper wire to wrap around my target it is not recommended to use as a contact with anything but it does seem to be OK with silver. An alligator clip made of steel (or any non-copper) should be used. It's also an easy way to hold your target! Copper wire used with coins will cause them to change colors. It doesn't wash off either.

 

[JT in Virginia]

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