Gold Heart Ring With 6" Coil

[mn90403]

I'm getting ready for another gold nugget trip.  I've been told where we are going to bring a VLF for all the bedrock.  That is a style of detecting nuggets I don't normally do so I thought I would need practice with the 6" coil.  I live in Santa Monica so where am I going to 'practice?'  The beach of course.

Waves have been very small for a week or more.  I went out a couple of days ago with the 11" coil and got so few targets in the tide zone I detected back to my car in the dry sand.  I prefer wetter detecting.  That is what I did with the 6" coil for about an hour and a half.  There still weren't many targets but I was going to dig everything I heard.  It is a little weird going out there with such a little coil but I did it when I first got the 6" coil and I got 4 cheap rings that day but the conditions were better because of the waves.

This afternoon I used Beach 2/F2 4/25 sensitivity/5 or 6 speed.  I had just reduced to 5 (for the ring) when I got a slight negative target but it was repeatable.  I turn up the negative sound so I can hear it and see it.  I dug a bit and the sound was solid.  It took several scoops and it was still in the wet sand hole.  I was not fighting the waves but the hole was filling with water.  My scoop is 6" and I was now down a full scoop and the number came in at a solid 10!  Its been a long time with any of my coils for that sound.

It came out of the hole and I swung over the pile and it was still 10 so I was hopeful.  I might have hit it with the scoop.  When I shook the wet sand away I saw it.  It looked good now and it sounded good so ... please don't be a cheap ring ... haha  There were lots of people about and I didn't want to answer questions so I put it in my pouch and hunted for another hour after I found it.

It's a 14k Lee that is .1 oz (2.7g) with 5 little diamonds.  It seems I'll have to use the 6" coil on the beach more often.

 

 

 

[steveg]

NICE ring!  Great dig!

Steve

[2Valen]

I need a beach near me!

Nice finds and hope you luck on your next hunt.

[Lacky]

10 hours ago, phrunt said:

Very cool Mitchel, I wish I had a good beach to hunt nearby, it seems they can be very productive.

Dude, really?!! Not sure your allowed to wistfully wish right now.

[Gerry in Idaho]

The small coil will do just fine and even better on tiny stuff like earrings.  I just feel the little coil is not getting the ground coverage I want.  When the 10" Ellip comes out, it will certainly fill a void many of us want.

Are you heading back to Rye Patch for your 6" bedrock hunt?

Good to see a little gold in the sand on occasion for you and the diamonds are a bonus.

 

[mn90403]

55 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Say what now? when the 10 Elliptical comes out? not IF? Do you know something we don't? 🤞

Of course he does!

[mn90403]

1 hour ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

The small coil will do just fine and even better on tiny stuff like earrings.  I just feel the little coil is not getting the ground coverage I want.  When the 10" Ellip comes out, it will certainly fill a void many of us want.

Are you heading back to Rye Patch for your 6" bedrock hunt?

Good to see a little gold in the sand on occasion for you and the diamonds are a bonus.

 

I'm going to some Southern California mountains with Jim.  😊

[Chase Goldman]

On 10/16/2019 at 9:42 PM, Gerry in Idaho said:

The small coil will do just fine and even better on tiny stuff like earrings.  I just feel the little coil is not getting the ground coverage I want.  When the 10" Ellip comes out, it will certainly fill a void many of us want.

Are you heading back to Rye Patch for your 6" bedrock hunt?

Good to see a little gold in the sand on occasion for you and the diamonds are a bonus.

 

 

On 10/16/2019 at 9:46 PM, phrunt said:

Say what now? when the 10 Elliptical comes out? not IF? Do you know something we don't? 🤞

Hmm...Vanquish fringe benefits for Nox owners, perhaps...

[flakmagnet]

Nice going Mitchel, you earned that one. Have fun in the mountains. Hope you are staying safe from the nasty stuff...

[NCtoad]

Nice find!  I've gone over areas I've pounded with the 11" coil and that little 6 incher will still make a good find.  If one can be patient and slow down and not worry about the coverage the 6" will find the goods.