Popular Post mn90403 Posted September 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2020 I looked at my Equinox 800 screen when I heard it. This Sound had potential. It was not like the familiar sounds of pennies, quarters and even the nickels. The screen read 9 and that had Potential too. I swung over it in a couple of directions and it still had a solid 9. Then you dig. Still a 9 and a good sound as you go down 3-4-5 inches to the patch layer. Then it is in the scoop and you look down in the dim light and you don't see a coin. You can see a shape and the wire mesh too! That is real POtential. I turn on my light and voila it's a ring and its yellow! POTENTIAL! When I got home I looked it over. It is not the best ring that I've ever found but it was the BEST and only ring I found last night. It is 10k/RL/CZ/BOUVIA. Potential realized. Now, this is the rest of the story as Paul Harvey used to say. Last night was a hunt pattern that I have repeated before. It is a normal beach detecting pattern for me. I put my son to sleep about 8 PM and when he is sleeping a couple of hours I get up and detect the beaches for 4 hours or so. The beginning was the same with parking and beach entry. After walking about half a mile I could see a detectorist light up ahead working the beach. I could not tell which direction they were working but I knew this spot. It could be good but I was going to let them have it. I walked off the wet sand into the dry and avoided the spot for quite a distance and then I dropped back down to the beach. Someone had been to this portion of beach before me but they were gone or it had been the detectorist I avoided. I could not see them any more and no one was in front of me so I relaxed and looked for the clues. Pretty soon I found a coin. I circled and found another. I saw some recent (within 2 hours) unfilled dig holes and I included those in my pattern and then in my grid. The picture emerged and I could see the beginning and finally the end of the patch. It was a small patch this time but I'll take it. No one came across me while I was working this patch. There were no seagulls. I hope this happens for you on your patches. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbert Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Great find. Congrats. El 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 That’s a nice looking ring, congrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hillis Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 That is a pretty ring. I'd be happy to see it. HH Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtimehermit Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Do the seagulls ever sleep? cool little ring, nice scooping! ht 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Like the drama leading upto finding the patch! Then moving in for the kill..🥇..Got to love this hobby! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King-Of-Bling Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 It does happen to me , so thank you. The seagulls tend to fly inland to the dumps at night down south. But the sandpipers , they are still zipping around ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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