Skippy SH13
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"Agreed. This one would have been in knee deep water had the tide not been down though. Makes me wonder how many we’re missing."
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A LOT. I can think of 6 gold chains I have found while diving. Two because I was fanning for a coin and saw the end moving back and forth. Both of those were over 18 grams. Two because I was fanning for a target and saw a pile of gold in the hole. One when I came across a scoopers hole and saw the end sticking out of the side. The scooper got most of it and the pendant but I got about a 12" piece. Scoopers should know if they bring up part of a gold chain to dig out the hole! And one because it was just laying on top of the sand.
I have found three that my machine did pick up. One huge necklace and two large bracelets. I know for sure I have missed chains also.
That's definitely scary. It also explains why I've never found a single gold chain. I wonder if those scratch 25 signals are chains, sometimes, and sometimes I'll dig them, just to check. I've found a few that way, but never gold...