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Well digger27 is rite again.... IN SOOO MANY WAYS!
To give a bit of background for those of you that don't fallow my threads....
I have always been a coin hunter. SILVER. Few years ago I really got on a silver kick. Got into the etrac and ctx machines by minelab and put a spanking on silver. Then one day on accident I was hunting an old dried up swimming hole, and found two GOLD rings, and 4 silver rings in 2 hours of detecting. Well that's when the gold bug bit me. That was well over a year ago.
Since then I have began ignoring silver and digging mid/low tones in search of gold. I have began water hunting regularly in my local lakes and rivers. I have spent dozens of hours studying how, where, and what methods are used to find gold in the dirt. I averaged 5 days hunting a week this past year, digging in the most likely places for gold. Dug over 9,000 targets in just June, July, and August. I keep track of every minute of every hunt, and count each target dug. I catalog all of this info I a journal and compare notes regularly to asses my situation and make changes.
Well, the year came and went with only ONE gold. I was disgusted. I had fallowed the "gurus" rules and watched him pull 12 gold last year.... while hunting and digging only 1/4 as much as myself.
THEN I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM!!!!!
I wasn't having fun anymore. I was too worried about numbers, stats, and probabilities. So January 1, 2014 I made my new years resolution.- "HAVE FUN"
To me that meant putting down the "Fancy gear", don't set crazy goals, and just have fun nomater what. So I set the ctx3030 aside and picked up a t2 at a great deal, and just started hunting for fun. I have had the best time and found some great things in 2014 already! But today topped it all!
I cant describe it, but I just felt great about detecting today.When I saw that plastic moose ring laying on the ground today I said "I'll use this to prop up the gold Im gunna find today".... well it came true! About 15 mins before I dug the ring I was thinking, "just gotta get my coil over gold, because I dig it all and one day that pulltab signal will be gold"
I have been detecting this spot for over a year. Literally pounding every square inch dozens of times. Its my favorite spot. Usually produces wheats, silver, and civil war relics. But I have almost "cleaned it out" I know that's not really possible.... but lets just say that when I run my ctx wide open.... Hardly a peep.
But the t2 has changed that for me. Everywhere is like virgin ground and today was no different! I hunted with my beautiful wife for 3 hours. near the end of the hunt I suggested we move toward the picnic pavilion. So we walked that direction and I began swinging. Dug several pull tabs and then it happened. I got another pull tab signal. So I go to my knees and stick my lesche in the dirt about 1.5 inches. I flip over the small plug and I see "IT"! I instantly looked up and told the wife "I FOUND GOLD"!! "HUGE GOLD!!!" 9.8 grams to be exact.
I found over 35 fake rings last year. 13 of them were plated or gold filled..... So I know what that looks like. I knew what I was seeing was a solid 10k gold ring! I ran with excitement to get my phone so I could take pics before pulling it from the hole!! After she looks at it a moment,..... she goes back to her already open hole and finished her recovery. It was 5 feet from my gold ring hole, and she yells... "I GOT A RING TOO!!!". I rush over and its a beautiful sterling and opal ring. I knew it was time to call it quits, but she didn't want to go. After a few more holes she agreed to end it on a good note. Also dug a 53 wheatie, and a play dime that sais "THE DIME. PLAY COIN"... Just knew I had a seated half dime. Found a Total of 71 trash targets today and 24 keepers. Slow day. I usually dig 60-85 targets and hour in dirt. We played 4 hours of tennis after that and then ate some KILLER Chinese food at "the rice box". Seriously the best fried rice I have ate.
Thank you so much to digger27.... who I have whined and cried to for well over a year. He has taught me so much about jewelry hunting, and is by far the guru in my book. I love my T2, and I love to DIG IT ALL. THe wife loves her f70, and she also loves digging anything that beeps! DIgger27 told me this would be my year to find the real gold.... and I think this is a good start. Im just here to have fun and enjoy spending time outside with my insanely attractive detecting partner!
SIDE NOTE-To my surprise I was excited for maybe 5 minutes then the fun of the trip overtook the "gold". And I couldn't be happier about that. Im finally enjoying this hobby nomatter what I find.
I look forward to taking my "ultimate waterproof compadre" to the dirt very soon. Its the best dig all machine there is, and will sniff out some gold! THANKS AGAIN DIGGER!
To give a bit of background for those of you that don't fallow my threads....
I have always been a coin hunter. SILVER. Few years ago I really got on a silver kick. Got into the etrac and ctx machines by minelab and put a spanking on silver. Then one day on accident I was hunting an old dried up swimming hole, and found two GOLD rings, and 4 silver rings in 2 hours of detecting. Well that's when the gold bug bit me. That was well over a year ago.
Since then I have began ignoring silver and digging mid/low tones in search of gold. I have began water hunting regularly in my local lakes and rivers. I have spent dozens of hours studying how, where, and what methods are used to find gold in the dirt. I averaged 5 days hunting a week this past year, digging in the most likely places for gold. Dug over 9,000 targets in just June, July, and August. I keep track of every minute of every hunt, and count each target dug. I catalog all of this info I a journal and compare notes regularly to asses my situation and make changes.
Well, the year came and went with only ONE gold. I was disgusted. I had fallowed the "gurus" rules and watched him pull 12 gold last year.... while hunting and digging only 1/4 as much as myself.
THEN I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM!!!!!
I wasn't having fun anymore. I was too worried about numbers, stats, and probabilities. So January 1, 2014 I made my new years resolution.- "HAVE FUN"
To me that meant putting down the "Fancy gear", don't set crazy goals, and just have fun nomater what. So I set the ctx3030 aside and picked up a t2 at a great deal, and just started hunting for fun. I have had the best time and found some great things in 2014 already! But today topped it all!
I cant describe it, but I just felt great about detecting today.When I saw that plastic moose ring laying on the ground today I said "I'll use this to prop up the gold Im gunna find today".... well it came true! About 15 mins before I dug the ring I was thinking, "just gotta get my coil over gold, because I dig it all and one day that pulltab signal will be gold"
I have been detecting this spot for over a year. Literally pounding every square inch dozens of times. Its my favorite spot. Usually produces wheats, silver, and civil war relics. But I have almost "cleaned it out" I know that's not really possible.... but lets just say that when I run my ctx wide open.... Hardly a peep.
But the t2 has changed that for me. Everywhere is like virgin ground and today was no different! I hunted with my beautiful wife for 3 hours. near the end of the hunt I suggested we move toward the picnic pavilion. So we walked that direction and I began swinging. Dug several pull tabs and then it happened. I got another pull tab signal. So I go to my knees and stick my lesche in the dirt about 1.5 inches. I flip over the small plug and I see "IT"! I instantly looked up and told the wife "I FOUND GOLD"!! "HUGE GOLD!!!" 9.8 grams to be exact.
I found over 35 fake rings last year. 13 of them were plated or gold filled..... So I know what that looks like. I knew what I was seeing was a solid 10k gold ring! I ran with excitement to get my phone so I could take pics before pulling it from the hole!! After she looks at it a moment,..... she goes back to her already open hole and finished her recovery. It was 5 feet from my gold ring hole, and she yells... "I GOT A RING TOO!!!". I rush over and its a beautiful sterling and opal ring. I knew it was time to call it quits, but she didn't want to go. After a few more holes she agreed to end it on a good note. Also dug a 53 wheatie, and a play dime that sais "THE DIME. PLAY COIN"... Just knew I had a seated half dime. Found a Total of 71 trash targets today and 24 keepers. Slow day. I usually dig 60-85 targets and hour in dirt. We played 4 hours of tennis after that and then ate some KILLER Chinese food at "the rice box". Seriously the best fried rice I have ate.
Thank you so much to digger27.... who I have whined and cried to for well over a year. He has taught me so much about jewelry hunting, and is by far the guru in my book. I love my T2, and I love to DIG IT ALL. THe wife loves her f70, and she also loves digging anything that beeps! DIgger27 told me this would be my year to find the real gold.... and I think this is a good start. Im just here to have fun and enjoy spending time outside with my insanely attractive detecting partner!
SIDE NOTE-To my surprise I was excited for maybe 5 minutes then the fun of the trip overtook the "gold". And I couldn't be happier about that. Im finally enjoying this hobby nomatter what I find.
I look forward to taking my "ultimate waterproof compadre" to the dirt very soon. Its the best dig all machine there is, and will sniff out some gold! THANKS AGAIN DIGGER!
As far as the wife......well you sure married out of your league didn't you? 
GL HH
Congrats! Good job for the both of you. Great rings. Waiting on my first gold. 
