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My wife and I were visiting Laguna Beach today and as we were walking down the boardwalk she noticed 2 young women with metal detectors getting ready to hunt. I started detecting over 50 years ago and haven't met many female hunters let alone such young ones - maybe in their early twenties. One was using an Equinox 600 and was new to the hobby. The other had a Garret Apex (?) and started detecting 10 years ago. Anyway - it was cool chatting with them.
On another note, after having one of my best years of detecting last year, this year was shaping up to be one of my worst. I don't think I found my first gold this year until after July but I haven't hunted as much this year either. However, my 2nd gold of the year was one of my top 10 all-time finds - a 13 gram 14k gold chain with a 13 gram 18k gold cross.
The odd thing about this find is that I found it in the darkness and when I turned on my headlamp it looked cheap like stainless steel. It wasn't until I got home and was cleaning out my finds pouch that I saw the unmistakable gleam of yellow gold amongst the rusty iron and corroded zinc pennies. I've been surprised so many times when finding things at night but usually it's the other way around - something I think is good turns out to be junk. It's nice that the opposite happened this time. GL&HH!
On another note, after having one of my best years of detecting last year, this year was shaping up to be one of my worst. I don't think I found my first gold this year until after July but I haven't hunted as much this year either. However, my 2nd gold of the year was one of my top 10 all-time finds - a 13 gram 14k gold chain with a 13 gram 18k gold cross.
The odd thing about this find is that I found it in the darkness and when I turned on my headlamp it looked cheap like stainless steel. It wasn't until I got home and was cleaning out my finds pouch that I saw the unmistakable gleam of yellow gold amongst the rusty iron and corroded zinc pennies. I've been surprised so many times when finding things at night but usually it's the other way around - something I think is good turns out to be junk. It's nice that the opposite happened this time. GL&HH!