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Been super busy this year but wanted to post about one of my most memorable hunts in recent memory. Last month I took the Nox for a spin and even though I got off to a later than usual start there was still plenty of daylight to dig some targets. As far as targets go there were plenty of them- maybe 10 pieces of trash to every coin but I still am learning the Nox so I dug a lot of "iffy" signals.
A "19-20" flashed on the target ID and a quick scoop and dump left me with a sight I live to see:
There on the sand was the unmistakable shape of a nice sized ring! The yellow color looked about right but I've been fooled before. As I reached down for it I prayed that it would have some weight to it and was relieved that it did. Around the outside perimeter of the ring was a beautiful scroll design and inside the ring I could make out a number of well-made markings.
A quick rub with my thumb left a brilliant shine in the sunlight and told me that the ring had probably been down there for some time. I slipped the ring on my finger for safe keeping and continued to hunt knowing that this day was a already a huge success!
I continued to find a huge amount of trash with a few coins here and there and after a few hours I was nearing the end of my allotted time when another hard "19" TID showed up on the detector. Now I think that 99.9 out of 100 nineteens are not large gold rings and lightning had already struck today so what were my chances that it would happen again? Apparently, this was my lucky day for I soon scooped out another beauty and this one much heavier than the first!
I was now feeling like many of the dreams I have had where gold is practically jumping out of the sand. I drove home reliving the hunt in my mind and glad that I was able to capture some of those moments on my cell phone.
I may have had better hunts before but not in a while and for some reason not as memorable. I sure do love this hobby (most of the time)! GL&HH!
A "19-20" flashed on the target ID and a quick scoop and dump left me with a sight I live to see:
There on the sand was the unmistakable shape of a nice sized ring! The yellow color looked about right but I've been fooled before. As I reached down for it I prayed that it would have some weight to it and was relieved that it did. Around the outside perimeter of the ring was a beautiful scroll design and inside the ring I could make out a number of well-made markings.
A quick rub with my thumb left a brilliant shine in the sunlight and told me that the ring had probably been down there for some time. I slipped the ring on my finger for safe keeping and continued to hunt knowing that this day was a already a huge success!
I continued to find a huge amount of trash with a few coins here and there and after a few hours I was nearing the end of my allotted time when another hard "19" TID showed up on the detector. Now I think that 99.9 out of 100 nineteens are not large gold rings and lightning had already struck today so what were my chances that it would happen again? Apparently, this was my lucky day for I soon scooped out another beauty and this one much heavier than the first!
I was now feeling like many of the dreams I have had where gold is practically jumping out of the sand. I drove home reliving the hunt in my mind and glad that I was able to capture some of those moments on my cell phone.
I may have had better hunts before but not in a while and for some reason not as memorable. I sure do love this hobby (most of the time)! GL&HH!