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Where Have You Found Your Most Rings? (Besides The Beach)
- Thread starter Critterhunter
- Start date
My conclusion on this is that silver rings,jewelry is easy to find by any detector that has a tone id.
Gold is where it becomes tricky.you are dealing with.
1.the carat of the gold.9,10,12,14,18 etc.these all change the id tone.
2.size and mass of the ring,Again,these all change the id tone.
I am running an e trac,and from mine and others gold ring finds,so far they are coming in on the ferrous
line as 12,and the size effects the conductive numbers, I just found a 10K ring about a 5-1/2 in size
that came in at 12-10 on a soccer field.have read of some coming in at 21-21,and 12-27 for bigger
Mens rings.
But a lot of pull tabs register right in there as the gold rings will.so for me its dig it ,and dig some more.
anybody need any pulltabs? LOL
LabradorBob
Gold is where it becomes tricky.you are dealing with.
1.the carat of the gold.9,10,12,14,18 etc.these all change the id tone.
2.size and mass of the ring,Again,these all change the id tone.
I am running an e trac,and from mine and others gold ring finds,so far they are coming in on the ferrous
line as 12,and the size effects the conductive numbers, I just found a 10K ring about a 5-1/2 in size
that came in at 12-10 on a soccer field.have read of some coming in at 21-21,and 12-27 for bigger
Mens rings.
But a lot of pull tabs register right in there as the gold rings will.so for me its dig it ,and dig some more.
anybody need any pulltabs? LOL
LabradorBob
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
dreamsville said:
Dreamsville that 90 acres could hold roman coins you never know.
Check if there,s broken pottery or old brick pieces in the summer fallow stubble that could be signs of old habitation.
Anywhere else check for old rockwalls and these type of old constuction in the woods and fields.
Good luck you may find a cache or hoard of jewelry or coins.
I have found a total of 28 rings thus far this season and most were found at a school soccer field and ball field.... Of those 28 rings, two were 14k gold... I swing a IDX Pro with the stock 950 coil and it has served me well over the past four years.... Is this one great hobby or what...
dreamsville
New member
Wow thats amazing... question, on the soccer field ( we call them football fields) i have a couple questions
1) is this allowed you " digging holes " in a public area?
2) are you finding most on the touch lines or on the pitch?
3) in my inexperience please forgive me , but its not the ovbvious place to me where you would find rings so in experience why is that?
thanks my friend for sharing your wisdom in advance..
Peter
Xterra 70 dd 10.5 18hz coil
1) is this allowed you " digging holes " in a public area?
2) are you finding most on the touch lines or on the pitch?
3) in my inexperience please forgive me , but its not the ovbvious place to me where you would find rings so in experience why is that?
thanks my friend for sharing your wisdom in advance..
Peter
Xterra 70 dd 10.5 18hz coil
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
dreamsville said:
When you extract the coin or jewelry out you make sure there is no evidence you dug a hole.
I probe my target with a screwdriver then pry it out.
Result is a slit that can be folder on to itself and tapped down with your foot.Thats good to about 4 inches.
After that you have to dig out a plug about three inches round as long as your pinpoint is true.
A good pinpointer will definately help you in recovering your target
TURNMASTER
Active member
dreamsville
1) is this allowed you " digging holes " in a public area? Depends on the local regulations. The city next to here says no digging in parks period but you can still "pop" coins.
2) are you finding most on the touch lines or on the pitch? Is the pitch the playing surface or play field? Are the touch lines the same as the side lines? Sorry my grasp of the English language is not very good sometimes. From what I gather yes to both. Sometimes it depends on the sport being played. Around my area girls softball requires all jewelry to be removed before playing or you can be removed from the game. So hunt the areas off of right and left field where the parents or spectators would sit. I assume the same would go for many other sports. A sand vollyball court at the local park maybe a different case though.
3) in my inexperience please forgive me , but its not the ovbvious place to me where you would find rings so in experience why is that? Spectators digging in purses and pockets, oversized jewelery. Players leaving stuff loose on top of bags. You name it it has probably happened. Hit a ball ring falls off, hit another player necklace gets snagged and dropped, etc.
Bottom line, it is almost always accidental.
Jeff
1) is this allowed you " digging holes " in a public area? Depends on the local regulations. The city next to here says no digging in parks period but you can still "pop" coins.
2) are you finding most on the touch lines or on the pitch? Is the pitch the playing surface or play field? Are the touch lines the same as the side lines? Sorry my grasp of the English language is not very good sometimes. From what I gather yes to both. Sometimes it depends on the sport being played. Around my area girls softball requires all jewelry to be removed before playing or you can be removed from the game. So hunt the areas off of right and left field where the parents or spectators would sit. I assume the same would go for many other sports. A sand vollyball court at the local park maybe a different case though.
3) in my inexperience please forgive me , but its not the ovbvious place to me where you would find rings so in experience why is that? Spectators digging in purses and pockets, oversized jewelery. Players leaving stuff loose on top of bags. You name it it has probably happened. Hit a ball ring falls off, hit another player necklace gets snagged and dropped, etc.
Bottom line, it is almost always accidental.
Jeff
colorado14ers
New member
parks for most fo my rings, found 1 at the beach
Southwind
Well-known member
The vast majority I find are from tot lots. Schools come in 2nd and parks 3rd.
I've got a Tesoro Compadre I bought just for tot lotting, and it works OK when the discrimination is adjusted properly, but my DFX is the better gold machine. I have small gold chains that it is almost impossible to get some of my other detectors to even see in all-metal. Here is some of the gold I've found this year so far. A good 99% is from tot lots.
I've got a Tesoro Compadre I bought just for tot lotting, and it works OK when the discrimination is adjusted properly, but my DFX is the better gold machine. I have small gold chains that it is almost impossible to get some of my other detectors to even see in all-metal. Here is some of the gold I've found this year so far. A good 99% is from tot lots.