Skippy SH13
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Went to a close elementary school today. The field there is so big, I'll never be able to detect it all by the time it fills back up, so I hit it when I want to go close, but I never expect too much from it, other than the standard kiddie-stuff.
I found my first ring within minutes, and pull 5 more (6 total) by the end of the 1 and a half hunt. It was pretty quick action, with a couple or three digs a minute. mostly trash, of course, but there were enough rings in there, I was SURE I was going to find a decent one.
Toward dusk, I got a really nice solid mid-tone, but the VDI was scattered from 46 to 54 on the AT Max. The signal didn't sound trashy at all, so I dug it. Out popped the gold and pearl ring. The color was right, for 4 inches down, and the dirt didn't stick to it, anywhere. Gold for sure! I thought...
Brought it home and found it had a K on the ring! Sweet... but what's that?? "KREMENTZ"???
That's not a Karat marking... Quick google search, and it's rolled gold/plated gold.
Beauty of a ring, but definitely not solid.
Ah well... hunt #6 for the year, yielded 6 rings. Can't complain about that. The other "nice" ring didn't even fool me. As soon as I saw it pop out, I figured it was stainless steel, given that it rang up at 46. Nice ring, but worthless.
The $3.48 in change was more than worth the 90 minutes out there, though. Plus I got to "save" a kid who was near tears because his bike broke down and he was going to be late getting home. His chain had come off. Flipped the bike upside down, pulled the chain out, re-wrapped it on the sprockets, and away he went. One happy kid.
Cheers!
Skippy
I found my first ring within minutes, and pull 5 more (6 total) by the end of the 1 and a half hunt. It was pretty quick action, with a couple or three digs a minute. mostly trash, of course, but there were enough rings in there, I was SURE I was going to find a decent one.
Toward dusk, I got a really nice solid mid-tone, but the VDI was scattered from 46 to 54 on the AT Max. The signal didn't sound trashy at all, so I dug it. Out popped the gold and pearl ring. The color was right, for 4 inches down, and the dirt didn't stick to it, anywhere. Gold for sure! I thought...
Brought it home and found it had a K on the ring! Sweet... but what's that?? "KREMENTZ"???
That's not a Karat marking... Quick google search, and it's rolled gold/plated gold.
Beauty of a ring, but definitely not solid.
Ah well... hunt #6 for the year, yielded 6 rings. Can't complain about that. The other "nice" ring didn't even fool me. As soon as I saw it pop out, I figured it was stainless steel, given that it rang up at 46. Nice ring, but worthless.
The $3.48 in change was more than worth the 90 minutes out there, though. Plus I got to "save" a kid who was near tears because his bike broke down and he was going to be late getting home. His chain had come off. Flipped the bike upside down, pulled the chain out, re-wrapped it on the sprockets, and away he went. One happy kid.
Cheers!
Skippy