Well it finally happened. I was hunting one of my favorite spots last night. I started two hours prior to the low tide at my favorite beach. There was a nice slope huge surf. This was about 8:30 pm and there were still lots of people on the beach, and swimmers in the water.
I was the only detectorist swinging my coil. Usually there is at least one other person hunting. I was hunting from the towel line to the water and keeping a loose grid until I observed a few girls walking in from the surf. Just before they got out of the water I noticed they took a step into a deep spot and went waste deep. Prior to this deep spot they were at knee to ankle deep.
There was an invisible cut there and I started hunting in that and there were a lot of coins and trash. I finally got another trash signal, but knowing that this same signal revealed my 60 gram chain several weeks earlier, it was still a noise that was fresh in my head. It even repeated each time I swung the nox over it. This was in the water, maybe 2-3 feet down. It took several scoops and FINALLy out popped a nice looking ladies ring with lots of mini stones! The stones tested fake. I could tell it was gold just by the color.
I could not read the marking on it last night as it was very fine and I did not have my loop in my vehicle. I was able to read it in the morning with natural light and it was stamped "NG 10k". Finally my first gold ring!
I continued to hunt this beach for another couple hours until the tide came in and my feet were raw. Nothing more but a hoop earring and some coins. I found a place to stay for the night and I slept on a cot for the night in the back of my vehicle in order to hunt the low tide the following morning. I tried a beach that I have always been skunked at, and again, I was SKUNKED. the surf was huge and there was even a decent slope, but no luck. I don't see myself hunting this beach much more.
I was the only detectorist swinging my coil. Usually there is at least one other person hunting. I was hunting from the towel line to the water and keeping a loose grid until I observed a few girls walking in from the surf. Just before they got out of the water I noticed they took a step into a deep spot and went waste deep. Prior to this deep spot they were at knee to ankle deep.
There was an invisible cut there and I started hunting in that and there were a lot of coins and trash. I finally got another trash signal, but knowing that this same signal revealed my 60 gram chain several weeks earlier, it was still a noise that was fresh in my head. It even repeated each time I swung the nox over it. This was in the water, maybe 2-3 feet down. It took several scoops and FINALLy out popped a nice looking ladies ring with lots of mini stones! The stones tested fake. I could tell it was gold just by the color.
I could not read the marking on it last night as it was very fine and I did not have my loop in my vehicle. I was able to read it in the morning with natural light and it was stamped "NG 10k". Finally my first gold ring!
I continued to hunt this beach for another couple hours until the tide came in and my feet were raw. Nothing more but a hoop earring and some coins. I found a place to stay for the night and I slept on a cot for the night in the back of my vehicle in order to hunt the low tide the following morning. I tried a beach that I have always been skunked at, and again, I was SKUNKED. the surf was huge and there was even a decent slope, but no luck. I don't see myself hunting this beach much more.
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Nice! Way to pay attention and take advantage of the condition you noted.
