Rob

Randy, I had the CTX set on the stock "beach" mode.....nothing special. SL, The small junk ring is made of copper wire. The large coil is a must at the beach in order to get max ground coverage. As long as I'm diggin' good targets, the coil doesn't feel heavy.....funny how that is!! Rob

Headed to a local beach this afternoon for a much needed break and managed to swing for five hours. Picked up $13.75 in change, including a 1942 wheat penny, a large mens 10K gold 1976 class ring (which has initials, so I'll do my best to track down the owner), a .925 ring and .925 earring. The class ring has a gross weight of 17.57 grams giving it a pure gold content of 7.32 grams. Plus found some other odds and ends including three junk rings. Hunted with the CTX 3030 with the 17" coil. Not shown in the photo, 37 corroded zinc pennies that I pitched in the garbage. Good luck and happy hunting, Rob

Steve, That sure is a beautiful nugget! Thank you for sharing. Rob

Wow Strick......those are some excellent finds! Good luck in the park. Thank you for sharing the pictures. Rob

Would love to dig one of these up! Thanks for posting the story Steve. GL & HH, Rob

Headed out for a quick park hunt in the afternoon, not really expecting to find much. I've hunted this particular park many times, as have many other detectorists. Classic story.....heading back to my vehicle, ready to call it a day and picked up a 12.45 signal on the e-trac and popped this 1871 "S" seated liberty dime. It was a shallow two inches deep, next to the curb and ten feet from my truck. This is the oldest coin to date for me! Rob

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Strick, Congrats on the great finds!! Rob

Strick, I was using the stock coil. The 18k gold bracelet iD'd at 12.02...it was low "grunt". The other gold rings iD'd at 12.10 - 12.17. Hit another beach yesterday for 5 hours. 18k gold ring with diamonds, 14k gold ring with emerald & diamonds and 7 silver rings. Plus a tremendous amount of coins....over $50!! . The digging was fast and furious! All found in the wet sand and surf.

This represents about 14 hours of hunting last week over a three day period on an ocean beach.

.....the goodies start to show up. Hit a beach with some major erosion and found some nice items. 18K gold solid link bracelet, 9 gold rings - all 14k - two with diamonds, 4 .925 silver pieces and a 14K gold stud earring. As a bonus.....over $60 in clad. All found with a CTX 3030 (the one I bought from Steve........Thanks Steve!) Rob

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Congrats on the gold ring! What island were you on?

was swinging the e-trac today.

That's some nice gold....congrats!

Managed to get out today for a couple hours in a local park and was excited to pop a nice silver ring and a little over $7.00 in clad. Happy Hunting! Rob

Strick....really great finds, but the true treasure is the stories! Rob

Pin pointing looks like a challenge with that coil!!

Alex....wow! nice nuggets! Rob

Great job Alex.....the first nugget it always a special one! Rob

Hit a Norcal beach yesterday and popped three rings.... two are .925 and the signet ring is 14K. Found with a ctx 3030 with a 17" coil (thanks Steve!) Un-cleaned Cleaned GL and HH! Rob

Condor, Very nice yellow!! Congrats! Was there much trash in the area?

Here's a video of some fabulously large nuggets detected on Oct. 6th, 2013 on a dig in the Swauk Mining district located close to Liberty, WA. The claim owner, Mike Corbley passed away five months later on Mar. 3rd, 2014. Liberty WA, is also known for producing spectacular wire gold....check out this video...

Strick, Fabulous jewelry finds.....congrats! Rob

Beardog, thank you for posting. Jasong, very informative video. I've just subscribed to your youtube channel.