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Found this Canadian '47 ML quarter about 60 feet from my house, in an area near the old bbq pit where folks tossed their garbage back in the day. It rang up as a 12-45 in one direction and 11-40 in the other direction. It was surrounded by bits of junk metal. I was running in "all metal" mode. I missed it last Fall with a Nox 600, but the CTX sniffed it out this time around. .

While I have been down south of the border scooping a different kind of gold, I was reading some of the reports of all the records of Snow coming down. Some of the videos and pictures is just amazing and seeing how folks cope with and live through it. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/03/15/california-snowfall-record/11435377002/ Then, I got to thinking about when all that snow melts and those creeks in gold bearing areas will be at levels most have never seen. Then to go a step further, some of the rivers should just be roaring with life and movement. Heck I already heard a few washings in AZ that typically don't see much movement, were actually exposing some new layers and a few nuggets were being recovered. I know for a fact what a good gully washer can do in desert regions, as I witnessed such event at Rye Patch, NV one early Spring (April 2015) while I was getting ready for a 3 Day Field Training for customers. When driving in, I noticed the roads below were really torn up and a couple washes with deep cuts and ruts. When I got south of the burn barrel, there was one section of exposed bedrock. I figured there had to be a few pickers in there and as soon as folks started swinging, sure enough. Pics are of a lucky lady and her 1st score with a GB-2. After she swung over it, she looked down and there it was stuck in a crack, finally exposed after thousands of years. Later in the class she was able to score another chunkier nugget with some nice character. Do you think the record snows and rains will be a big benefit to for gold hunters or just a few? How many of you folks do sluicing, crevicing and other gold recovery methods? I would expect later this season to be fantastic for most who are traditional Prospectors of gold. I really don't know as my only means of gold recover has been with a detector. Yes I'll try to get some pics of a few Au rings I recovered down south...just trying to get caught up with customers 1st.

I woke up today with a whole list of things to do but detecting was at the bottom. Chicken and turkey feed were on the top. Then followed by veggie plants for the garden. After collecting all the said items, I was finished early and of course feeling the need to take a trip out to a local park. Running slow and in low recovery I was aiming to snipe some silver from this hard hit park. A lot of pocket change later, I was feeling that silver was just not going to happen this time out. A few more concentrated swings and I got another quarter tone. This one sounded a little different and was. Out pops a 1953 Washington, Ha Ha I beat the dreadful feeling of not finding anything good!!! A few more swings and got another quarter like tone, but it sounded a little hollow. At about four inches down and a finger scrape I saw the edge of a silver ring. At the time I wasn't sure if the ring had dancing Alien's, Monkey's or Bears (my vision sucks anymore). Turns out it was some kind of Grateful Dead inspired ring. I'll take 925 all day long. Another 100 swings and I was done and going home. Man I love Detecting, It's odd how a hobby like this can make you feel so great in an instant.

So, I get a call to help out at a Revolutionary War camp site.... I declined 😥 Hell no 😄. So 4 of us spent the day working with Archaeologists doing the metal detecting survey for them. Total Regiment buttons were 10 plus 3 round ball. This place has been hunted twice before with detectors, so we did pretty good, considering the grass was really tall and there were cow droppings everywhere. 💩 I ended up with 5 Regiment buttons and 2 round ball, plus other good stuff. I only used the GPX 5000 since the grass was so high and iron was rather light, considering the present occupation. I also found a large colonial copper & a small copper coin - both unreadable - and a odd 2 piece button that I can't figure out what the heck it is. Pictured are 3 of the Rev War buttons, since they are the only readable ones, plus the odd button. If anyone has ever seen that odd button before, I would appreciate any info on it. I've detected a lot of cellar holes and other old locations in my life, and have found quite a few military buttons, but these are my first Rev War buttons ever. Nice to get that monkey off my back.

All seven areas have gold. Just keep clear of my patch. 😁

Cold and snowing here in Denver on April 22, 2023 so no hunting today. I got bored so I thought I would check out what is new on YouTube for the Legend. For all of you Legend lovers or potential Legend buyers, this is a recent wild target hunt video from last week by Scott from Mental Metal using the Legend, 11" coil running V. 1.11 software at a site that Scott has hunted with Deus 1, Deus 2, CTX 3030, Equinox 800, Equinox 900 and the Manticore. First time hunting the same site with the Legend and its newest software. It's a long 30 minute video. First 20 minutes are hunt footage and the last 10 minutes contain an indoor USA coin program setup. Scott makes pretty good videos. The hunt results, target IDs and depths shown in this video are very similar to mine here in Colorado using the Legend V1.11.

Well I thought I’d shake off the dust from myself and prospecting gear this last weekend. I wanted to keep it simple and easy for the first trip of the year and headed to Rye Patch. I met the whole Gang from Idaho, good group of Men. Ground conditions was OK and will improve each dry day. I found it hard to get my coil over something gold in color, yet enjoyed the chase and the abundance of Horny Toads enjoying the Sun as I was. My second day, I called it a hunt at mid afternoon and loaded up making sure my one little nugget found a safe place in my truck for the 2 hour drive home back to Reno. Until the next hunt! LuckyLundy

This was posted on one of the UK forums - a post from Facebook where a user received a reply from ML confirming a new software update is on the way: "Okay, so here it goes...my first impressions are that I am having problems deciphering the language of the Manticore in heavy iron so far. My main issue is that the Manticore will constantly produce, stable sounding (with stable VDIs), 2-way repeatable signals, with no Iron grunts or red VDIs. However, adjusting the orientation of my swing on said targets by merely a few degrees will then produce iron grunts, red VDIs irregular target-trace shapes, etc. Sometimes, the iron targets will even sound good through nearly a 90 degree rotation. What this means is that every single target that sounds good, I am having to more so thoroughly interrogate, much more so than I ever had to on the Equinox. I am not having noise issues and I am running my detector at 20 sensitivity or below. I have even bumped the sensitivity down as low as 10 to determine if that impacts anything - and it doesn't. I am coming from an Equinox 800. I will admit that the area I'm detecting is extremely challenging but I never experienced this behaviour with my Equinox. What are everyone's thoughts or experiences? I've only been out a few times so far so obviously no final judgment has been made but I wanted to post my impressions so far and reach out for any feedback. Thanks in advance!" "Excessive Falsing in Iron - Minelab Official Response. I contacted Minelab and was happy to receive a very thorough reply: ***The MANTICORE is a very different detector to the EQUINOX, despite some similarities. It was specifically designed with heavily hunted-out sites in mind, which are now much more common for most detectorists, and where finds are becoming increasingly sparse. It is intentionally much more aggressive than the EQUINOX 800, and is designed to stop users on iffy detections more often, but also to provide the user with more information on which to decide whether to dig. We would expect an experienced MANTICORE user to dig iron more often than with an EQUINOX 800, but over time should also find some targets that an EQUINOX 800 might overlook. The consequence is that the MANTICORE can be a more challenging user experience, and we find that most experienced EQUINOX 800 users need to go through a period of adaption to get the most out of a MANTICORE. Heavy iron sites like you describe are very common and a lot of users see this, even more so at European sites where habitation extends back thousands of years in some cases. Some users (more so in North America than Europe it seems) are having particular difficulty with iron. Certain types of iron, combined with low soil mineralisation like what you describe (and is quite common in North America) seem to make this the most difficult. (Interestingly, users in higher soil mineralisation seem to have much less difficulty.) Iron targets often exhibit non-ferrous falsing when the coil is off to the side of the target, particularly when mixed with some ground noise (for example from weakly mineralised ground). With the MANTICORE, the signals are stronger, and so what sounded like a choppy audio response on the 800, can be a stronger, clearer 2 way response on the MANTICORE. However, we find that in almost every case, when the coil is over the center of the target, the response is ferrous. You might say that the EQUINOX 800 choppy audio response is better in the case of iron falsing, and perhaps this is so for iron falsing. But iron falsing is very difficult to distinguish from co-mingled targets, and the EQUINOX 800 will also give you a choppy response on many co-mingled targets, and in many cases won’t be enough to stop you. We can suggest a couple of things that may help. In the short term, on sites like this, I recommend using Pinpoint Mode to locate the centre of a target and quickly checking it again in detection mode with the coil centered on the target. A consistent ferrous response on the center of the target which turns to non-ferrous off to the side is a giveaway that you have iron falsing. A couple of seconds in Pinpoint mode is one of the best ways to distinguish between 2 targets, and one piece of falsing iron. Many experienced users don’t think they need to use Pinpoint, but it can give you more than just target location information. You can also expect a software update in the near future that will provide a setting that helps you distinguish audio signals that have a good chance of being iron falsing. I believe you will find this update will significantly help you in the scenario you describe, and make detecting much easier.***"

Thanks for posting this. I used to watch his channel when I got back into detecting 1 1/2 years ago. At the time, I was watching so many detecting channels, and I somehow forgot about his channel. Anyway, that was quite the haul given the circumstances. I wonder if he would have found even more coins in that trashy site, by using the LG24 coil with its superior unmasking and separation characteristics. Something else I noticed, is at 10:45, he's getting an ID much higher than a dime, yet he pulls out a dime. I kept saying, "recheck the hole", but he didn't hear me 😁

Dang it all. Why wasn't I smart enough to just ask an internet forum where to go detecting instead of wasting all those years doing history research, geologic studies, digging hundreds of pounds of trash and hiking for days on end with little to show for it. Boy am I dumb. That being said; Mr. fartraveller, I truly wish you the best of luck and sincerely hope you enjoy the journey as much as I have. Expecting some stories and photos from you soon.

Found two of these today, and one at another site a while back. Every one has the back shaft bent over in a hook shape. These are both stamped C G Hussey & Co PGH PA. I know this company made copper goods including copper rivets. I am guessing they are a copper rivet? If so, anyone know how they were used? Thanks!

Hi, two things: - Why low recovery speed? Because in the water your swing is going to be lower than in dry sand and you need more deep. - Iron sounds like iron, but in the end of your SMF (more 12' inches deep) your detector can't know what is... You can see negative ID's and that sound that you know in 90 degree...just dig It. Positive attitude!!! One more tip: - Threshold, this was taught to me by an old man... I use in 9-12 in Minelab detectors (Legend it,s bullshit). When the sound stops, dig a couple of scoops. Probably you got it a good target under your coil... Another day, we talk about gold chains...

Sniping is an easy and successful way to find gold, if you get into the right river/creek. Finding gold by eye is unique, there's something exciting about seeing every piece of gold you find. Going for extended periods without putting your snuffer bottle away is simply exhilarating.

I wasted a lot of time as well g-j in 1979-80 looking for the fabled virgin patch instead of going to where it had been found by the old timers, eventually I caught on. Last summer I finally found my virgin patch, but I had something the old timers didn't have, a 7mm wetsuit and mask.

Yes they were Yes this is true because the old timers were everywhere. The old adage was "gold is where you find it", now I believe it may be "gold is where it's been found before".

This seems to be a better link to the story that can be read outside of the US https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdnyuz.com%2F2023%2F04%2F22%2Feureka-after-californias-heavy-rains-gold-seekers-are-giddy%2F Sounds like a good time to hunt the creeks.

guess what, still have the Pantera, still near perfect, will take some pics and post in Classified soon!

I hadn’t watched any of his videos lately either. I think he hunts somewhere in Maryland most of the time???? I watched the hunt part of the one I posted and was calling those targets too before he dug them. Sometimes a detector manufacturer really produces a stunning detector both in the really positive, WOW category and sometimes in the ugly dog category. The Legend continues to really impress me every time I use it and has done so since I first used it back in March of 2022. I didn’t want to get too excited about it at the time in case I was wrong about it or some huge flaws appeared later on. After over a year it has totally blown me away with its outstanding performance.

Be careful of the temperatures for the next few months. They kill seasoned desert folk every year, including a couple of people i knew in last couple of years alone.

Exactly. Learn to use your detector. Listen to their language. Low tones, all metal, threshold... Low recovery speed, no iron filters, no bottle cup reject, go down your break tone...a world of things! Take your time. Deep old gold sounds like iron, you can see negative ID's ... don't worry. Trust your ear!!! Your Items: old/green coins, fisher weight, iron, perhaps silver... Easy. 😉

I have already sent bigtim some info via private message on another forum. I own and regularly use the Equinox 900 and Deus 2. Anyway, I can see a few reasons why bigtim might want to use an Equinox 900 versus Deus 2 which he already owns. One is the really easy to read display. If he is having trouble seeing the Deus 2 remote display I personally can understand that along with the ease of use of the Equinox 900 versus Deus 2 interface in general. I also really prefer to be able to switch from SMF to single frequency within the Park, Field and Gold modes by just hitting the frequency button. I definitely prefer the easy, unlimited single digit notching on the Equinox 900 compared to the weird, cumbersome, very limited notching of Deus 2. Small target sensitivity difference especially using the Equinox Gold modes versus Deus 2 Goldfield and Relic modes has already been mentioned. Finally, for occasional water use such as I am at the beach or at a lake just working the shoreline and I decide to just get the coil submerged a bit, hopefully I brought my Deus 2 antenna wire. No worries with the Equinox 900. Conversely, I could make a substantial list of the things about Deus 2 that I like better than similar things about Equinox 900. Weight for me would be near the bottom of that list by the way. These are all very lightweight, easy to swing detectors depending on the coils being used. Otherwise, so far for me anyway, there is no way that I would sell my Deus 2 and replace it with an Equinox 900. That does not mean one is overall better than the other. They both have strengths and weaknesses that do not match up and instead support each other. If bigtim said he wanted to sell his Deus 2 and buy a Manticore.......that would be an entirely different discussion.

Oh yeah, GB... I also found this cool suspender clip with a turtle on it near the 1870 IHP in the same park, same day.

...Gold is everywhere! Just, go out and dig. There's no pattern to follow. Specific weight is high, that the only guide. Study your beach, winds, tides, bathing areas. And a little luck!...

Now that's a ring ! Your assessment on luck of the draw is very accurate when it comes down to it. Only advice I can give to up the odds are hunt where the more affluent play. You would think wearing expensive jewelry comes with commonsense and intelligence , but that's not always the case.

Joined a local prospecting club to find those who do detecting and have found that everyone I have met are not using detectors, but weekend digs. I told them what I bought and was where my interests were. When to new members event and was told that they are mostly weekend warriors and don’t really get into detectors. Mainly weekend digs. Was invited to a dig yesterday to see what they are all about. Pretty much a backhoe trenching and sitting on 5 gallon buckets sifting dirt. Friday through Sunday sitting in the sun and drinking beer. Don’t get me wrong, but no interest to me using a detector. Also the dig is mainly old tailing areas and what they mostly find is what they call “Flyshit” gold. Most of them found nothing. one found a small nugget with a detector and nothing from the dig. Tried out the Axiom and agree it’s easy to used with what has been discussed here in setup and a 13 DD FC coil. had many hits and only found some scraps of metal and a 22 shell casing. Going to go on my own quest and I’m sure will be better off. Like I said in my original post. Not doing this to strike it rich. Mainly exercise and the scenery. The Axiom will give me an edge I’m sure. Thank you guys for the encouragement.

All the posts I’ve seen about people successfully finding nuggets in the US these days mentioned digging in areas with trash and pellets. Steve also mentioned recently that presence of trash and pellets was a good way to know an area hasn’t been thoroughly detected. It doesn’t come easy, and that’s been something I started learning as well.

No, the 6000 doesn't reveal any specifics because all it's settings are hidden. But auto reduction of sensitivity, auto adjusting ground balance, etc that's the general concept behind "Geosense". Plus it's easy to test, and I've tested it and witnessed the sensitivity decrease firsthand. Anyone else could do the same with this machine, it's instantly observable, though the degree to which it auto adjusts and how long it retains those adjustments has so far been semi random from what I can tell. That said, I'm just talking about the detectors I own and use, I don't know anything about the Manticore or any other recent VLF releases from other companies either. I'm also not talking about noise cancels specifically in my prior posts, I'm talking about a range of topics. In terms of anything Manticore specific, I'm not the one to talk to. The topic was next gen detectors in general though, which is why I was speaking about machines other than the Manticore or whatever other VLF's people are talking about in the VLF world that I'm not connected to much.

Fartraveller, It may help a little to know what state you are considering. From your references/tools used you are in the southwest US correct? But there are a bunch of states that have 6000+ elevation. I am with Norvic - hunt ground where there are no big mines, more chance of nothing, but more chance of untouched spots. They are still there- old timers didnt have detectors, and older detectors cant handle ground modern ones can. Geology map will show the right ground

Every?...bad luck. I found a lot of junk jewelry too. This Big one sound a little bit more...ID in Nox 800 20-21, because got It a lot of Cooper. Usually 9-10k, rose Gold. If sounds higher (near to 30-32): Junk! No dig It... If you find brass you are near of gold. Be patient...

It is very hard to find gold in virgin location. When the nuggets were laying everywhere in 1979-80 I spent about half a years working hours searching virgin ground with no finds. It taught me you have to be in the right ground near (a few miles) known mines or diggings. However once you have got the eye and feel it can be very rewarding. Have a look at an old post of mine.

Tough times for me lately to edit a whole video 🥲. Shorts seem to be the only way to hold and share the memory of a session. Here, the baptism of Deus2 🔥 Happy hunting to all of You! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrXhZHQqDpU/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I have found that after any rainy season here in the mid-west I always have better luck running the sluices than in a dry time of the year. More gold flows from it's source to the creeks and rivers when there is heavy rains over a few days all the time. That is why I always set up 2 sluices and run them side by side when working with the girlfriend. She always picks the one on the right to claim for herself and makes sure I put more pay dirt in that one.

My thought.

These pics are a couple replies to a post I made back in 2020. Credit goes to dogodog for his wisdom.

Ridgerunner, I appreciate it but I'm not a dealer. I just love the hobby and enjoy learning more about the people behind the machines. I like to spread the information about all detectors...but I'm trying to focus on a couple of "the little guys" in Nexus and Tarsacci. I may also have something coming from one of "the big guys (or gals)" in a month or two...Nokta.

That's a real honor to be digging those buttons, congrats! Despite my area being settled very early, it was very much a farming community and I wouldn't be surprised if all hands had to be on deck at the farm so to speak. Your unknown button seems to have scrolls and tools on it, maybe a later quartermaster or historian? 🤔

Gerry Said "Yes the Rocky Mountains are certainly earning their name this winter with all the snow records." Pretty normal (but loooong) winter here. Don't expect any major runoff in my area plus I'm not anywhere near any rivers so won't affect my searching any. There's snow higher up (pic) and still snow patches limiting where a guy can go as of today. I hit 2 places today, one was a bust so moved and picked up 3 little guys for 1.4g. Also grabbed 9-10 pieces of float for the geo's from a new spot for them to eyeball? So first hunt of 2023 season and we're on board..... It was good to get out FINALLY......

Both of us using the same sized coils in a trashy park that neither of us had been to before..that would be fun.. but heres the clicker we hunt for gold only... everything else is considered junk... if neither of us finds gold then it's considered a draw and we both pay for our own lunch..now who buys a plane ticket you or me 😁 disclaimer I've not picked up a detector in about a month and a half so I'll need some practice and my watch may be off a little so don't get mad if I'm a little late. strick

here is a treasure map. if you take the time to learn how to use it. http://www.mylandmatters.org/

Yes you are. Why else would you be asking? The best general areas to go is where gold has been found before. Do your own research & the hard yards out in the field, it is half the fun of this game. More so when it pays off. Self reward & satisfaction. Instead of expecting someone else who has done all the hard work & put in a lot of their own time & effort to find places with gold tell you exactly where to go to find it. Don't you think that would be something they would rather keep for themselves? D4G

(I'd rather get less gold if it means less trash) the old timers were everywhere. when you are finding miners trash from the 1800s its probably a good idea to slow down and have a look around. (I don't prefer locations where I know others have detected already) you might be surprised just how far some will go to find nuggets. (The more remote, the better.) ill just say be careful. this morning i found a 60 year old guy from Texas broke down. he was nugget hunting. he was pretty far back in there. he had busted his oil pan on a very bad road. i had to use a tow strap to pull him out over some spots i don't even like to take my 4x4. kind of messed up my day. you didn't say when you were planning to do this, its 90 degrees here in AZ today and will be pushing 100 next week.

Lots of good information .

May 31 2002 We were all up early before daylight and had breakfast and coffee. We finally got the excavator delivered around 10:00 AM and took it up to the dig site. Vern and Jim were already working on a big grizzly setup to protect the tom. Our plan was to feed it directly from the bucket on the machine and also use it to remove tailings as needed. We set the tom up high on a platform of compacted gravel so the tailings would have a place to fall away. Then as needed when they piled up near the tom we would push them aside and remove them. The excavator had a blade on the front which could be used to push them away. We wanted to find out how many yards of gravel the home built tom is capable of handling. We are hoping for a minimum of 5 yards an hour. That might be pushing it so we will see. Part of the day will be used to deal with tailings so we are planning on washing pay gravel for 9 or 10 hours a day. If the tom is capable of the 5 yards then we should get close to 45 - 50 yards of processed material in a day. Also, we are already discussing the possibility of buying a small trommel. One step at a time for now as the season is still early. We also added a larger water pump that should handle the increased volume of gravel being washed. It was past 5:00 PM by the time we were ready to give the new setup a try. Vern fired up the pump and Jacob hollered out “Here she comes” as the water came down and across the mountain. Jim ran the excavator and the first load was fed into the grizzly feed hopper. We didn’t push it too fast and just let the tom take what it could. I set my watch on the operation and calculated nearly 7 yards for the first hour of run time. We decided to shut down and do a good cleanup. By then it was around 7:30 PM and we hauled the concentrates back down to camp and set them off at our cleanup station. We decided to go ahead and do the cleanup which we finished around 9:30 PM and called it a day. We took a look at the gold as Vern weighed it up. There was ½ ounce. We figured if we could run 9 - 10 hours a day we could get around 5 ounces of gold per day if those numbers held up. We were all pretty darn happy when we finally sat down to eat our supper and have a drink with Jacob. He was already saying that if we proved those numbers over the next week or two we should buy a trommel and triple our production. He was really getting into the operation now. Everyone’s eyes were full of dollar signs. Then Jacob gave us a stern warning. He said that when the big gold comes we must be very careful not to talk about it with any outsiders. He also said we should not let anyone near our camp or dig site. Period. He said big gold means big trouble. Then he said absolutely no woman will ever come near the claims because they are a jinx to miners. TO BE CONTINUED .................

I've pretty much abandoned using these GPT AI's alone for anything prospecting related. They are ok for asking questions, but for some of the work I wanted to do with them, they aren't sufficient at this stage. Too complicated to explain here, but the problem is with the general design where they are language model AI's, and the way they interpret language. They are ok for ingestion of large amounts of language based data, like reading and summarizing a lot of papers - which is one thing I wanted to do. But they fail entirely with spatial recognition and certain number based computation. So for exploration work, they are no where close to sufficient as standalone tools and require other API's as well as other AI's, and the whole project has gotten beyond my technical ability. That said, in the process of research I did find some pretty interesting hybrid-AI type tools that look promising for prospecting/exploration. But I just don't have the time to learn tangential stuff with no immediate application right now as I have too much other stuff to take care of first. When I get more time to learn these things I'll try to post on them if I can make them useful.

So... Two years ago on April 4th, I took 250 modern zinc cents and hid them about an inch deep in our sand driveway for our nephews and niece to find with my metal detectors. The detectors were too big and heavy for them so they just used my smaller pin pointer detectors and a couple of sand scoops. The had a ball for a couple hours and found quite a bit of them. Since then after a rain a couple of the modern cents will surface & I smile thinking back how much fun the kids had that day... Fast forward to tonight, I was walking back from the barn with Jody after doing the evening chores and I looked down and saw a green cent on the ground. When I picked it up, I could see that it was a worn Indian head cent and I told Jody, "Holy smokes, its an Indian head cent". She said "You must have thrown it out there that day you buried the coins for the kids". While still walking back to the house I told her "I wouldn't have thrown an Indian head cent out for them to find". When I got in the house and put it under the magnifying glass, I see that it's a 1872... I looked back at my records and old face book posts and I have never found a 1872 Indian head cent. Could this be that this 151 year old coin has been on the property all this time? Not only is this a 1872 Indian head cent, it is an error coin as well. The error is that it's a "Shallow N FS-901 1872 Indian head cent". Here is the link to the PCGS website that explains the error: https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1872-1c-shallow-n-fs-901-rb/404547 I did find some old stoneware last year on the property that was made prior to 1897, so anything is possible.

Just took my Deus 2 to a beach this week, I'm still here, and I'm finding it finds just about everything. It's not a high end beach so there's not a lot of gold, but I'm seeing it find tiny stuff even with the 13". Two tiny bits with a Zincoln for scale. First time out I nailed a tungsten ring and a bunch of old jewelry bits. I wouldn't spend a nickel on another detector. 😀

What made this unlikely spot a bit more likely than the hundreds like it was an old fence post in a cleared area.. This is on the ocean-side of the lagoon at Horseshoe Bay.. It's a bit of a bush bash getting there but as part of my new mindset: 'You never know until you give it a go' I thought I'd better put my money where my mouth was.. Anyway, the new mindset worked again with a penny, half-penny and six pence (1942-1946) as well as a few 1 and 2 cent pieces and the compulsory bullets.. But what made the new mindset really worthwhile was a little gold ring (22 carat) which rang up as a solid 11 on the Foxy Noxy.. I was hoping for some old silver coins but didn't expect a gold ring..

Places where many green coins are found are usually where things have consolidated for a long time, which do mean jewelry and other objects of value tend to end up in the same area. I also found that areas where i've found stuff before could keep providing more as long as the conditions are right. Usually when I check places that historically I've found very little or nothing, I won't find much there later on no matter how often I check. But places where I have found stuff, (as long as it isn't sanded in) I will often find stuff there. The kind of stuff found varies though, based on wave action and the pattern that gravels move. (if your beach has gravels and rocks) Stuff tends to end up in front of gravel patches if you have any. So a gravel patch that is deep onto land is usually a good sign; check in front of that. If you have a gravel patch out near the waves check behind it, sometimes stuff like coins and jewelry can end up stuck behind the patch and to the sides of the patch where waves are uninhibited from pushing stuff up from the water. When finding stuff like jewelry, if you find at least one, circle around from that spot and go slow. Like objects stay with like objects, so heavy stuff like silver and gold will hang out near each other. I can tell you a number of times where I found 1 ring, and then found something of similar caliber near it. I found a silver ring and near the ring was a silver dime. A gold ring found, and a silver ring was not too far off. Much like coin lines you will find jewelry buried near each other if you've found a patch. Coin lines and jewelry also tend to stay near each other because both are heavy, especially if the coins are green. I personally just dig every target I can hit in a coin line (which is often horizontally trending), because i'm not too far off from digging something cooler than green coins. If you find an abnormal amount of can slaw you're in a bad patch. Light stuff only means something is inhibiting the heavier stuff in that particular beach or part of the beach from being carried up higher onto the beach. Move on quickly if you keep finding can slaw. These are all just from my observations and the numerous times i've gone to the same beaches over and over again. I'm new to this, only 3 months in the hobby of metal detecting but I think I got a pretty okay track record for silver rings thanks to all the tips and tricks I learned from youtube and here.