evilxenu
Junior Member
I snagged a Garrett AT Pro as an upgrade from my Ace 250 from Craig at ShowMeTreasure this past week (who, by the way, gave me a GREAT deal -- look him up!!!) It arrived a couple of days ago and the first two days were spent messing around in my backyard in Pro / Zero / 00 Iron mode. I thought I had cleaned that area out completely but the ATP picked up some things I had missed with my Ace 250. The killer for me was to find a small silver ring with "Sterling" marked on the inside. Wahoo!
Yesterday's finds are below. I included the bolt -- I lost that from my lawnmower a couple of years ago. I chuckled when I pulled it up:
Today it was off to a park that I've hit before without much luck. I started off in a volleyball court, meandered around a shelter and got a bit discouraged with all of the junk. So, I headed off into an area that was open but was a bit away from all the pull-tabs and beer bottle caps. I had initially been running at 4 bars of sensitivity but since I was in a 'quieter' spot, I decided to max out the sensitivity rating, hoping to pick up old dimes or something. Well, after traversing this area, I got a ring / pull-tab reading of around 55 at about 6" down. My first thought is a pull-tab, but I'm still learning the machine so I figured I'd go for the dig. After I saw the gold color emerge from the dirt I was literally yelling "No way! Noooo wayyyy!" This is the very first time I've been lucky enough to pull gold from the ground. I'm super pumped!
The ring is stamped with "10KP" and "S.H.C." on the inside. I weighed it on my postage scale and it says 10 grams (but the resolution isn't that great so I don't know the exact weight.)
Yesterday's finds are below. I included the bolt -- I lost that from my lawnmower a couple of years ago. I chuckled when I pulled it up:
Today it was off to a park that I've hit before without much luck. I started off in a volleyball court, meandered around a shelter and got a bit discouraged with all of the junk. So, I headed off into an area that was open but was a bit away from all the pull-tabs and beer bottle caps. I had initially been running at 4 bars of sensitivity but since I was in a 'quieter' spot, I decided to max out the sensitivity rating, hoping to pick up old dimes or something. Well, after traversing this area, I got a ring / pull-tab reading of around 55 at about 6" down. My first thought is a pull-tab, but I'm still learning the machine so I figured I'd go for the dig. After I saw the gold color emerge from the dirt I was literally yelling "No way! Noooo wayyyy!" This is the very first time I've been lucky enough to pull gold from the ground. I'm super pumped!
The ring is stamped with "10KP" and "S.H.C." on the inside. I weighed it on my postage scale and it says 10 grams (but the resolution isn't that great so I don't know the exact weight.)
Looks like it will open up "new" old ground to hunt. Best of luck with the new machine.
That gold ring is a BEAUTY !!!!
