Againstmywill

1 hour ago, maxxkatt said:

25% deet won't deter those state birds?

 

I don't like to use it too much if I can avoid it. 

55 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

BTW, try turning down the recovery speed -- that should help dealing with EMI.

I was unaware of this being a solution! Thanks for the information. 

I was detecting along the sidewalk leading to an alternate entrance and in the grass around the entrance. There is a pool, and I think kids must wait there before it opens and sit on the grass. In total, I would guess the amount of grass I detected was about the size of a tennis court, maybe less. It was enjoyable, but moving a 6'3" frame up and down that many times in a short period of time in the heat of Florida is getting tougher as time goes on!

I went to a local rec center today for 1 1/2 hours. The soccer fields were closed due to chemical sprays, so I decide to hunt around the other areas I haven't hit before. On the big field I generally find very little, so I assume it really gets pounded. I still had the 11" coil on the Equinox from beach detecting, so it felt like an Exacto knife rather than the sword-like 15". 

Right off the bat I started hitting quarters. It seemed like I couldn't take 10 steps without hitting another. My initial goal was to search for signals in the 5-13 range. I couldn't do that due to the overwhelming amount of change in the ground. Not complaining, just amazed at how much was in the ground there. Although 42 quarters came out of the ground, I left a good amount behind so I can take my friend who is just getting into detecting. He will have a blast if his knees can handle it.

I bet I covered about 10% of the ground so far. I left close to 20 dimes in the ground just because my legs were feeling it, I was being selective, and Florida's state bird was starting to suck my blood. I was using Park 1, ground balanced, 13 sensitivity (lots of interference initially), all metal, and 7 recovery.

1 hour ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

hunting is site dependent. I'm Very Blessed to have a few good locations that if I stay on them something will eventually open.

So true! My wife and I walked the beach last night for a 1/2 hour. She then left me there so I could detect as the tide was going out. I had new batteries in my headlamp, but I believe they were good until 2017. Who knew that old batteries do not last very long? 😉 Anyway, after using my phone to light the way inside my transparent dry bag, I hit the sand with strong determination, but only found about 70¢ in about two miles of swinging. I tried the water, but after scaring a stingray away, I realized that I should not continue down that road without a better light. I tried the towel line, up closer to the dunes, down on the riffles and along the minimal cuts that were there, but nothing but a sore shoulder to show for the hours. I guess that's the difference between a good beach and a Gulf beach!

Came across this video on the Weather Channel which shows why we all need a pet octopus. Maybe that is the secret to finding 46 gold and 46 silver rings in 2020 so far!

https://weather.com/science/nature/video/octopus-finds-engagement-ring-on-ocean-floor

That is some great reading of the beach! It amazes me how many rings people lose. 😳

2 hours ago, Mike Hillis said:

You know I have yet to find a class ring and I am always a bit envious of those that do.

It is cool to recover one, and if you are into research, it is fun trying to track down the owner. Many of the lost rings are covered by the company with a replacement if it is lost. So, chances are that they have another ring and don't care about the lost one.

Of the two I have returned, the first one (10K) I sent out of state and never heard from him after I contacted him for a mailing address. I assume he got it? He said he gave it to his girl friend way back when, and she lost it. When I made contact with the school, they didn't say it, but the undertone of their comments made it seem like he was not the best of students--as in trouble. 

The second one (not precious metal) was cool because his mom still lived in the area. She came to pick it up for him. He also lived out of state. (The pics are of this return back in May of 2018.)

The third one ( not precious metal) was from out of state as well. I sent an email, called his work and left a voicemail,  and texted his number. I never heard back from him, so I still have it.

It is amazing and somewhat scary what you can all find out on the internet. With privacy rights, the schools are certainly not forthcoming with information. 

For this ring, I may go the route of contacting a local TV station to see if they want a story that doesn't include murder or Covid-19.

4 minutes ago, Mike Hillis said:

Man...that is ugly gold.  It's behaving like plate, though.  

But a ring is a ring and you take them when you get them.

HH
Mike  

 

 

I think there must have been something soldered on at one point. I checked the hole thoroughly just to make sure I was not leaving anything behind. I found nothing else in the ground.

Out for 1 1/2 hours today to the same place and same area. About 50 ft. from yesterday's find was this "beauty". At the price of gold currently, I will take ugly gold any day.🙂 That makes 5 gold rings all found within a line of 100 ft.

Same settings as yesterday except for noise cancel. 15" still rocks on the Nox!

2 hours ago, tvanwho said:

where do you get the small dry bag? Does it go on a rope around your neck or a carabiner to your belt ,or what?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Coleman-Small-Dry-Gear-Bag-2000014518/307580814 

Mine is similar. I just roll the top down and clip the two ends around my belt and let it hang down on my butt. You could use something else to clip it on as well.

Got out today for 2 hours and detected a spot that had been grown over by Florida vegetation. Someone came in and scraped the top layer off and cleared tons of brush. I thought I would see if anything old was there. Seeing the area was settled in the 70's, I was not expecting much. And that is what I found! I only found clad around the area where the homeless must have been. Around a blanket that remained, I found about $2 in quarters and dimes. 

Having exhausted that area and becoming exhausted in the 108% humidity, I thought I would try my trusty neighborhood football field again seeing the gate was opened up again. About 20 minutes into that location, I got a strong 6-7 that had that special sound to it. I flipped over the plug and had to get the camera.🙂 This is my 4th class ring , 2nd in FL at this complex. It has the date, school, name and boyfriend's name, so I'm hoping it will be able to be returned. Looks like it has been in the ground over 10 years just going off the date. It is 10K.

The field continues to give up the gold and the 15" on the Equinox continues to earn its keep. I was using Park 1, ground balanced, 18 sensitivity, 7 recovery speed, and all metal.

I'm including more pics for those who are not able to get out yet. I always enjoy looking at pics, so maybe others do as well.

UPDATE--I got a hold of the school office, and a very helpful woman took my information. She said she would reach out to others to see if they could contact the owner of the ring. A day later, I received a text from the possible owner. I asked her about the ring, and she gave all the correct answers. Just the other day I was able to meet with the owner's sister in person for the exchange. She was very thankful and happy that someone would go to all the effort to return a ring; her smile says the same. She said she would likely see her sister this weekend. Today, I received a picture with the ring on the owner's hand. Always cool to know it was a positive thing on the receiving end. I didn't know it at the time, but after polishing it, it turned out to be white gold, my first! As an aside, I had to ask the sister about the inscription inside. She said her sister and the guy did not work out. 🙁  

18 hours ago, CmonNow said:

I live in Wisconsin

What part? I'm visiting there coming up in the next month if all is OK with distancing, etc.

I use a small dry bag that when rolled up is small enough to buckle to my belt. I wear it on my back vs. front side so it does not get in the way. I have never had a problem with it leaking or coming off. I keep keys, wallet, and phone inside.

Got out today for about 2 1/2 hours to a local rec. center/pool that has been closed down due to covid-19. I have not detected there before, despite being close to home. At first I hit the side of the gravel parking lot because the gates had all been padlocked to any fields. I found quarters, the large coin/token and the .925 pendant from Thailand. The signal for the coin/token was a STRONG 35.  https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=14173 I thought it was another buried can, but the sound went away as I lifted the coil, unlike all the cans I was digging. It was on the edge of the parking lot close to a flower patch of the neighbor next door. I moved to a new spot  and in the front of the building was the .925 ring on the first dig up front. After that I saw that the field was open and went onto the kickball/small baseball field. There were a lot of quarters and dimes. This spot is close to virgin because the quarters would be gone otherwise. There is more jewelry waiting! The 15" coil impressed me again.🙂

You aren't by chance trying to metal detect and dig a hole on Skinwalker Ranch?

 https://www.history.com/shows/the-secret-of-skinwalker-ranch/season-1/episode-1

 😱😉

6 hours ago, afreakofnature said:

Does it lock to the mount too?

1 hour ago, 1515Art said:

Good eye you know your Chrysler’s. Anyway it looks a lot like the center piece from one of these.

 

Looks like you tracked it down! After your response, I looked up just the center cap for the Lebaron, and it is a match. Thank you to all for solving this fun mystery!

1 minute ago, Tom Slick said:

I think its a red lens off a railroad lantern. I used to have a larger lantern than the one in the photo and it had larger lenses. 

Interesting...Does it have a convex or concave lens?

7 hours ago, phrunt said:

I'll play this game, is it these?

Close!

Thanks everyone for your help! No exact matches yet, but at least I now know it is a center cap for sure and it is from the 50's. 

30 minutes ago, 1515Art said:

These are replicas for a Mercury I think, could be this with the center emblem missing?

These look to be flat. The one I found has concave glass. Looks close though.

5 minutes ago, 2Valen said:

Is that wheel bearing grease on the edges and inside of the piece

No, no grease. I washed the sand off and it was still wet.

I took the15" coil off the Equinox today to try some relic hunting in a very trashy area. The 11" seems so small! I found this along an old railroad located in a city environment now. In front of the red coloring is glass. My thought is off the center of a wheel. Any ideas? 

33 minutes ago, okara gold said:

South west coast. 12 minutes to the beach.

I'm midstate, west coast about 20 minutes to the beach.

19 minutes ago, okara gold said:

Nice cross and chain. I have hound a few small gold crosses with my Nox. Nothing too deep, only a few inches.

I'm in Florida too!

East or west?