Marathon Lake Hunt For Some Nice Finds

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Took my new chain rake and my Equinox 800 for an all day lake hunt and spent around 10 hours in the water. During the first couple of hours I pulled the rake and found my first gold chain although it is low carat according to my acid test. Using the rake is not only physically demanding, it is boring IMO. At least when metal detecting you are always finding something even if it is trash. With the rake I can pull it 10-20 times and....nothing. It kind of wears you down- not only physically but mentally. I still need to play with it some more to dial in the weighting and technique but it won't be replacing my detectors (not that I expected it would). 🙂

Once I switched to the Equinox I started to find targets right away. Using the 6" coil in Gold 2 mode I dug every positive repeating Target ID. After about 2 hours of detecting I found my first ring of the day, a 2.6 gram, 14K, white gold band. As I recall it rang up around "7" on the Nox and there was something about the signal that sounded so promising that I almost expected to see something good in the scoop. It sure was a pretty sight in the sunlight after all my recent night hunts!

After a while I moved to a different part of the lake and that is where I found 2 more gold rings, 2 silver rings and a silver heart pendant and chain. One of the gold rings is a real beauty- 2.5 grams of 14K rose gold with a square cut, lavender colored stone surrounded by small diamonds. The picture doesn't really do it justice.

Coin-wise I did pretty well although I was surprised that I found so many nickels. Lots of dimes too but not surprising as that 6" coil hits them pretty easily. I usually find more quarters at this location but there is a coin shortage out there I hear. Thanks for reading. GL&HH!

[Mikeguard01]

Talk about cleaning up. Congratulations on some nice finds. 

HH

Mike

[GB_Amateur]

You're going to make Joe Beachnut envious, and that's got to be almost impossible to do!

 

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1 hour ago, Mikeguard01 said:

Talk about cleaning up. Congratulations on some nice finds. 

HH

Mike

Thanks Mike, One of the Rangers at this particular lake once told me that I couldn't detect where I was hunting so I sent an e-mail to the Chief explaining what I did and the kinds of trash and hazardous materials that I was removing from the water. I got a reply giving me permission so yes, I literally do clean up the beach and often find some nice treasure as well. 😉

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

Mike said it! You sure cleaned up..Great report on the rake also...

I just got in so I may have get back out there to top that day out!! Your going to love the AQ...

10 hour day, they would be fishing me out of the water if I tried that...😁

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16 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

You're going to make Joe Beachnut envious, and that's got to be almost impossible to do!

 

Please GB_Amateur...I appreciate the comment but OBN is in a league by himself! To use another baseball analogy Joe is the Sultan of Swing while I play small-ball. I think that OBN has at least twice as many gold rings this year as I do and the average weight of his rings is probably at least 2-3 times heavier than the average ring I find. He also finds vintage jewelry lost over 100 years ago- something I don't think I have ever done.

The main thing I have going for me is that I am blessed with the good health and stamina to hunt longer than anybody I know. Yesterday's hunt was 10 hours but I was tempted to keep going. My gold fever is borderline addictive sometimes.

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4 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

Mike said it! You sure cleaned up..Great report on the rake also...

I just got in so I may have get back out there to top that day out!! Your going to love the AQ...

Thanks Joe, My total gold weight was about 7.5 grams so it won't take much to top that! I do like the rose gold ring though- it is more like something I might find at the beach and not at the lake I was hunting at.

[Dances With Doves]

 You have taken the rake  twice and have scored twice which is good for trying a new toy.

[2Valen]

Fantastic hunt, wish I could have been there.

Thanks for sharing the photos!

Good luck on your next hunt.

[Aaron]

Jeeeeez, take it eeeeasy! Man save some for the next guy! 
 CONGRATS!