Well I am glad the scoop is not gold Tom. It is quite heavy and I would owe you a fortune!
The dental bridge just paid a visit to a pawn shop. Fellow says it is 9 karat, weighs 1.3 pennyweight (whatever that is) and is worth $20.
Worth a lot more than that to the poor soul who lost it.
While I was detecting two different people stopped to chat and each said there were two fellows who frequently pound the place.
I started out in knee deep water trying out the goofy Rube Goldberg kit Deus sells to let you submerse the XP DEUS coil. As there is no cable to the control head you have to employ a long wire antenna.
I got several signals but each time after a scoop they completely disappeared. Then I tried the dry sand and it seemed to be more of the same.
So I tossed the Deus into the car and grabbed the ORX. With that I found the dental bridge and a nickel.
I used a high frequency coil set to 54kz.
Don't know if that made any difference but it was fun to uncover some bling!
Only other gold I had found was a fat ring a year ago, a recovery for a friend so I could not keep it.
So what do I owe you Tom?!