Aquaman
Elite Member
All this was found within the past 10 days along with 3 tumbler loads of clad. It came out of an area that I hit with my PI awhile back. The results of that hunt were a ton of trash, screws, pull tabs, bottle caps etc. I left frustrated
Looking back now, I was just scooping near the surface in the 4-6" loose sand where stuff w/o weight tends to float around with the tide.
I recently purchased an Excal II and during my vacation (last week) decided to try it out in that same spot. Initially all the targets came back similar to the PI minus the iron stuff. Then I discovered that if I used my fins to fan down into the sandy bottom the targets seemed to transition to the good stuff the deeper I went. I'd dig a little trench and then fan out the area very carefully with my hands. At this spot I don't even bring my scoop now and I've barely touched it. I'm not so sure the Excal is any better than the PI in this spot although it does factor out the iron. The PI is definatrely deeper.
The gold rings and bracelet are all 14K...even the odd earings, broken chains etc. There are a few more silver rings not in the picture that need some serious cleaning. Any one got an easy way to clean silver?
The only thing with a higher karat weight is the necklace which is 22K.
Looking back now, I was just scooping near the surface in the 4-6" loose sand where stuff w/o weight tends to float around with the tide.
I recently purchased an Excal II and during my vacation (last week) decided to try it out in that same spot. Initially all the targets came back similar to the PI minus the iron stuff. Then I discovered that if I used my fins to fan down into the sandy bottom the targets seemed to transition to the good stuff the deeper I went. I'd dig a little trench and then fan out the area very carefully with my hands. At this spot I don't even bring my scoop now and I've barely touched it. I'm not so sure the Excal is any better than the PI in this spot although it does factor out the iron. The PI is definatrely deeper.
The gold rings and bracelet are all 14K...even the odd earings, broken chains etc. There are a few more silver rings not in the picture that need some serious cleaning. Any one got an easy way to clean silver?
The only thing with a higher karat weight is the necklace which is 22K.
