Whoa!! What a piece of foil!!!

[slingshot]

Had a hard foil tone hit that ID'd at 12. Sad, sorta. Monday is our anniversary and today's the last time I get to hold it! Beautiful butterfly with diamond in center, surrounded by 6 blue stones in a 14k setting!!
Just recounted. FIVE blue stones!

 

[Hombre]

Slingshot.....

Every time you hold her hand that ring is right there, my wife wears several rings I've found over the years. The MX5 does the job, I'm guessing,

oh and you too...lol

 

[wasp]

Amazing what comes out of the ground when you dig those "foil" or "tab" VDIs.

Congrats on a great find Slingshot and Happy Anniversary!

 

[Old California]

Nice!

Congrats,
Paul

 

[iqwozpoom]

A beut! Nice find, every time I hear foil I want to pass it by but it screams "Dig me!"

 

[slingshot]

Thanks!! This foil tone hit hard, and I did forget to mention it was the MX5. I only had 4 bars sensitivity because I was just cherrypicking an oft searched school and the MX5 was so smooth and quiet at that level. I'm sold on just setting the disc to just small iron nails. I'm so into the tones I hardly look at the screen anymore.

 

[Nauti]

Setting the disc to just small iron nails..........there's a blast from the past.With all the high tech screens and tones we have lately,we are forgetting the basics of metal detecting.I'm afraid that you just can't pass up foil tones without missing some valuable stuff no matter what detector you are using.
It's amazing over here to see how many are still ignoring foil tones/vid on our ancient sites......you just can't afford to do it unless you want to pass over small hammered coins.
Setting the discrim to knock out small iron and dig everything else is still the most effective way to detect even if it is hard graft.Screens and tones have made us lazy to the point we take what the machine is telling us as the gospel.......it's a good job you dug your foil signal,maybe that is why it is still there,i just wonder how many have had a foil signal on this ring and just ignored it.
Beautiful find that has taught everybody who reads this a very valuable lesson for their future hunting,well done.

 

[MattBullSummerville]

Way to go Slingshot! Those low numbers can be real misleading for sure. I found a 10K 1.7 gr. ring at a school yard reading 8-10 about 3 inches down with my MX5. Like yours, the tone was solid lower tone, no crackling or breaking up. It is frustrating sometimes but I dig a lot of foil tunes.

 

[JJdigs]

What a GEM for sure nice Show !

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Great score and happy anniversary. ..

 

[slingshot]

Thanks, everyone. It was bent and I gently spread it to round it and there was a weak spot where it apparently had been resized, so now I have to have it repaired for a slightly unhappy wife.

 

[Gabe232]

Nice.

 

[HaroldILL.]

That why I have to Have Tone ID on my Detector as who wants to stare at a screen all day? And Nice ring! Its good to see these turn up on land as Water Hunting is such a Production.