What Id Might This Come Up As?

[FrontierHunter]

I am going to try to help a friend find his wedding band that he thinks was lost in their backyard. I'll be using an X-Terra 50 for the search. The ring should be quite shallow as it was only lost about two weeks ago. Here's the tricky part. The ring material is Tungsten Carbide. I have no idea what ID that might present. Although I will be hunting in All-Metal, I would like to find this ASAP without having to deal with every target I might come across. The house is probably no older than maybe 20-25 years. Anyone have any idea where this might ID?

Thanks for any input.

HH - FrontierHunter

 

[BobNV]

NM

 

[Ex-Sox]

That is funny, I actually ID'd a buddy of mine's Tungsten ring about an hour ago with my X-70. His is a wide ring dont know if that will matter but it hit sporadically between 28 and 32. Never locked on so keep that in mind, you may think it is junk. I just dropped it on the ground and swept over it. Hope that helps you!! Good luck

 

[BarnacleBill]

Does his wife have a matching ring? You could get a little more ID info if she does.

For what it's worth:

1. Turn the sensitivity way down, you only want to examine the top soil. Throw some coins down after GB'ing & Noise Cancelling for some tests on how low to set it. And if you have one of the larger DD coils or the 5x10 use it, you'll get better coverage.

2. Bring some markers along, poker chips, tennis balls etc to lay out grid lines. One of the biggest issues is going to be time management. Yes check the most likely spots first, but don't wander around in circles. It can be very boring doing this, but this is one case where the tortoise wins just about every time.

And pay attention to what he said about "he thinks" he lost it in the yard, it may not be there, so don't thrash yourself over it if it isn't found. Do a good grid pattern and know you've done your best!

Good luck!

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[FrontierHunter]

[quote Ex-Sox]That is funny, I actually ID'd a buddy of mine's Tungsten ring about an hour ago with my X-70. His is a wide ring dont know if that will matter but it hit sporadically between 28 and 32. Never locked on so keep that in mind, you may think it is junk. I just dropped it on the ground and swept over it. Hope that helps you!! Good luck[/quote]

Yes, that should help alot.

Thanks,
FrontierHunter

 

[FrontierHunter]

[quote BarnacleBill]Does his wife have a matching ring? You could get a little more ID info if she does.

For what it's worth:

1. Turn the sensitivity way down, you only want to examine the top soil. Throw some coins down after GB'ing & Noise Cancelling for some tests on how low to set it. And if you have one of the larger DD coils or the 5x10 use it, you'll get better coverage.

2. Bring some markers along, poker chips, tennis balls etc to lay out grid lines. One of the biggest issues is going to be time management. Yes check the most likely spots first, but don't wander around in circles. It can be very boring doing this, but this is one case where the tortoise wins just about every time.

And pay attention to what he said about "he thinks" he lost it in the yard, it may not be there, so don't thrash yourself over it if it isn't found. Do a good grid pattern and know you've done your best!

Good luck!

HH
BarnacleBill[/quote]

No matching ring, as that was one of the first things I asked. Good reminder on the sensitivity. I would think that almost minimum should work. I will be using the stock 9" 7.5kHz as that's all I have right now. Also good suggestion on the markers. He thinks he can retrace his steps, but then it doesn't always work out that way. I believe he was washing the dog, so that could account for the ring slipping off his finger. And yes, the ring may not be in the yard at all, so I will keep that in mind.

Thanks for the input, and I'll let eveyone know how it goes.
FrontierHunter

 

[FrontierHunter]

I didn't get a chance to search for the ring until this morning. Our weather, and my schedule, just hasn't cooperated until today. I found the ring within about 10 minutes of searching. It was in the back yard in the area they thought it was lost in. Unfortunately, I didn't find it with my X-Terra 50 as I didn't bring that one with me. I felt I didn't need it's sophistication as the target should have been just deep in the grass, which it was. Instead, I used my little Eldorado, but any detector could have found this ring. A happy couple was the result.

Thanks again for all of the advice. It proved very beneficial.

FrontierHunter