The Seeker

I came across this topic on Wednesday and on Friday I experienced the same thing. After every hunt I fully charge my detector and headphones.  This time I did a partial charge on both for a 6+ hour hunt on the next day. I get to the beach and I turn the detector and headphones and they are not pairing up. I tried twice to pair them up as if it was a new set of headphones and nothing.  I did a factory reset and still wouldn’t pair up. On my 3rd tried after the reset they finally paired up and I was able to get down to business. That day started bad right off the bat. When I got there I went to get my scoop and found out I had left it the night before. I was lucky to have parked two spots from the night before. There were some people doing work on a house and they found my scoop and returned it when I asked about it. The day started quite bad but there was a silver and gold lining at the end.

That’s some good hunting/recoveries. Congrats on getting back on the gold train. HH

6 hours ago, Tmox said:

Thanks for the post and information.  That's sand on my grubby little mitts and the only cleaning has been a freshwater rinse.  it's actually pretty hard to read the date on this one, the reverse is in better shape.  I'm pretty sure this one is a small "s". I will follow your sage advice! I have to admit the thought crossed my mind to place the coin on a piece of tin foil, put baking soda on it and cover with boiling water-- the crazy things you read on other detecting forums!

 

I'll just stick to the "detector prospector"!

 

Thanks again,  Tim

That type of cleaning is only meant for coins with no real value. I clean my silver coins using that method since they are worth under $50. If I ever find a valuable coin I will only pour water on it and there will be no rubbing, soap or any other chemical. Congrats on the great coin.

9 minutes ago, Flowdog said:

I just finished assembling and charging my new 800 and components. I am in the final stage of bringing it  online, but the manual is not clear to me on how to rig the WM 08 module with the included headphones. Do the wireless headphones require a wired connection to the wireless module? I understand that the WM 08 module is wireless to the 800 control, but I thought the headphones would also be wireless to the module. The kit comes with a 1/8" connection for a reason I suppose. Any guidance on this would be appreciated.

The WM08 module is not needed at all.  All you have to do is pair the headphones to the detector. It takes about 15-30 to get them paired. 

3 hours ago, groundscanner said:

Cool finds!

Thanks, HH

4 hours ago, GlazedTofu said:

What part of the earth is your beach? That is one beautiful merc!

I have a 600 I love it! 

I went from a Whites MX Tank “sport” to my Nox 600. 

It really has reinvigorated my desires to further my hunts into the backwoods!

I’m located in Southern California. I found the merc last year and just put it in the picture for size reference. I hope the 600 has been treating you well.

These are some of my recent beach gold finds with the 800. I’m glad they are not fish or else I would have throw them back for being too small ? I’ve had the detector since April and really enjoy using it, so now my excalibur II just collects dust. Good luck out there and happy hunting. 

I really hope you got some leather chaps to go along with those boots or else people might look at you weird ?

1 hour ago, Mike Hillis said:

Nice gold.  Is that a gold spinner ring?

HH
Mike

I hadn’t put attention to it but it does look like one.  I checked and tried to spin it but it didn’t move at all so I’m guessing it’s not.

Great looking rings and locket, congrats.

Welcome to the forum from SoCal. Congrats on your EQ800 purchase. Hope to see you at the beach digging some gold. Good luck

On 2/10/2019 at 6:18 PM, phrunt said:

Wow, you would have to be super happy with all that.  Well done.

I am quite pleased and hope I can meet my ring goal for this year. 

On 2/10/2019 at 6:18 PM, Northeast said:

You found Jesus!?  SoCal is always the last place you look  ?

Nice hunting and reward for effort. 

I am continually amazed at how many gold rings (and rings in general) you guys find at beaches and parks, etc. 

I look for Jesus as much as I look for honesty in politics.

I really wish I was into detecting when I visited Australia during my time in the service.

There’s been some sand movement in SoCal beaches and I got there just in time to get a few crumbs. There was another hunter there before me since I could see the opened holes and junk laying besides them. Luckily he left me a few keepers. I hunted 3 days for a total of $35+ in clad and 5 gold pieces. Good luck out there and happy hunting.

On 1/1/2019 at 9:47 AM, Happa54 said:

Wow... awesome Gold Coin...Congrats!!!

I may not have dug that based on the signals you mentioned because so much trash (bottle caps at 20-21) mixed in with iron throw off those numbers but it would have been my loss if it were me on your site. 

 

Thanks Happa.  I wasn’t going to dig it either but since it was going to be my last target I figured why not. HH

On 1/5/2019 at 8:49 AM, Gerry in Idaho said:

Both rings are Stunners for sure.  When you find higher end brands "Cartier", how do you get best dollar when selling them?  Thanks for sharing?

Sorry for the late reply Gerry. You can sell the name brand rings on eBay, Craigslist , etsy, etc... Some places are better then others. I still have the Cartier ring but I will probably sell it to get some more accessories for my Equinox. HH

On 1/1/2019 at 5:21 AM, BeachHunter said:

Happy New Year and Welcome to the forum Oscar from Southern California. 

 

Thanks BH. Hope to see you at the beach sometime. HH

On 12/30/2018 at 11:00 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Welcome to the forum! It would be nice seeing more finds posted. There are quite a few Californians on the forum so you may make a connection. Thanks for registering!!

Thanks Steve.  You have a great forum and I enjoy reading all the very informative articles you write. Hope you have Happy New Year.

On 12/30/2018 at 5:29 PM, BigSkyGuy said:

Way to go Seeker! Can you say what type of site you found this at...i.e. park, house site, military camp, etc. I am compiling a database. Thank you.

I updated the post with some info on the spot I found it.

Thank you all for the kind words. HH

This particular find happened on July of this year. 

I went out today for few hours just to kill time. I wasn’t expecting much so I was just taking my time digging targets. I was digging lots of thrash as usual along with some pennies. I was using the Equinox 800 and since I wasn’t finding much I started just jumping between park 1 and field 1. After a few hours I came across this iffy target that would jump all over the place with negative numbers and hit 20-21 once in a while. I’m like another penny, I guess I will dig it since it’s my last target. I dug it and I see this weird coin staring back at me. I grab it and I’m a little confused now cause it sure doesn’t look like a Penny at all. After a few seconds go by it finally clicks, OMG this a fracken gold coin. Now I’m shaking And trying to figure out what to do next. After a minute or two I figured I should put it on top of the detector to let it breath and take a picture. Well, here it is and I hope this isn’t a dream. Thank you for looking and remember to dig everything because you just never know.  I wish you all a Happy New Year.

The last two pictures are after I finished cleaning it with water without any rubbing. The coin looks better in person but my camera phone can’t capture it good.

 I found the coin in a public place where construction was being done. A lot of old dirt was pulled and spread out, about the size of a football field and 12”+ in depth.  A few of us hunted this site for a couple of weeks till they took most of the dirt back and cover the rest with clean dirt. I will make another post later with my othe finds from there.  Happy New Year to all.

Here’s my two favorite for the year. The first one is a 14k with 7 real diamonds and the second is 18k Cartier.

Hello everyone, 

I am sort of new here as far as posting but have been reading all the great info this forum has to offer since I joined. I also browse all the finds forums for motivation since there’s always some great treasure being posted. Once I figure out how to post pictures I will share some of my finds. I live in Southern California and I hope to meet some other Detectorist, until then I wish everyone a great holiday season. HH

Oscar

Congrats on the amazing find.  Those gold coins sure get the heart pumping. HH