sandgroper
Elite Member
Most of the rain from the cyclone has cleared now, so I decided to hit a park which I regularly detect (found a 9k ring there last week). I spent an hour or so there, and only found a few dollars, so I decided to move on to a nearby university.
15 minutes into hunting, I get a strong 12:41/42 on the CTX at 3cm. I think to myself ‘probably just another bottle cap, a silver ring if I’m lucky’, so I scrape away the top layer of leaves and dirt, and to my disbelief I see what appears to be a gold ring sticking in the dirt. I pull it out slowly, and notice how thick it is, and given how high it rang up, I just think to myself “No way, that’s too thick to be gold, its probably just another brass fitting”. I wipe the inside clean and to my delight I see a ‘9ct’ stamp!
It's been scratched by a mower, but the damage is repairable, and I’ll take 11g of 9k gold any day, in any condition! 
Clad total for today wasn’t too impressive (about $4.50) but I don’t care, I’ve found my second dirt gold ring for the year!
15 minutes into hunting, I get a strong 12:41/42 on the CTX at 3cm. I think to myself ‘probably just another bottle cap, a silver ring if I’m lucky’, so I scrape away the top layer of leaves and dirt, and to my disbelief I see what appears to be a gold ring sticking in the dirt. I pull it out slowly, and notice how thick it is, and given how high it rang up, I just think to myself “No way, that’s too thick to be gold, its probably just another brass fitting”. I wipe the inside clean and to my delight I see a ‘9ct’ stamp!
It's been scratched by a mower, but the damage is repairable, and I’ll take 11g of 9k gold any day, in any condition! Clad total for today wasn’t too impressive (about $4.50) but I don’t care, I’ve found my second dirt gold ring for the year!
