GaryC/Oregon Coast

Man that's a honker! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Ya, that's a keeper! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Thanks Joe, I remember that photo now. Nice to put the hunted place in prospective to the old photo. How deep was the silver ring? Thanks for the info. GaryC/Oregon Coast

Joe, What kind of makeup is that bottom? Sand, mud or a mix and do you sink into it at all? Also are those losses coming from old docks or what along those reeds? Why would people be losing stuff in that area? Thanks for all the great videos and giving the great shots of the areas you are hunting. Good Stuff!!!! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Those are tough pictures to see, but reality for a beach hunter. People coming into the hobby have this fantasy that every trip or even every other trip will bring jewelry and coins in abundance. You certainly have the persistence to come out on the positive side, eventually! Thanks for the posts. GaryC/Oregon Coast

Ya, four ring days happen all the time!!! No way! You had a good day too! GaryC/Oregon Coast

OK, Been in Oregon bout three years now. First two years were spent on getting my house in order and new additional garage built. Then came the Nox, waited on a list for months. Kept myself busy with my old X-Terra 705 until the Nox arrived but did not go out as much as I should have. Waiting for a new toy to arrive is not the thing to do, you lose your edge for hunting. Fast forward now to the waiting list for the AQ limited. This one is also driving me nuts. I watch the email daily hoping it's coming soon and follow this website for AQ tidbits. It's like the Nox all over again. I haven't gone hunting with my trusted Tesoro Sandshark P.I.for two years now and that's just not acceptable. Well today I jotted down a couple of pocket beaches I spotted driving up the coast a few months ago and decided to hit them at low tide. The first one I hunted with the Sandshark just at the waters edge where the water riverlets started to separate the mud. This is where most of the coins settled out. At high tide it's about three feet deep here. No gold but good to hear those crisp coin tones and the sinker was about another 12" deep. Decided to do the last beach with the Nox. Went down the steps, out about fifteen feet to a used fire pit/burnt area. First signal was a solid 12. The ring couldn't have been there very long because it wasn't more than three inches deep in soft sand. Nice 2.9 gram, not marked but acid tested 10K gold. Fake diamonds with pearlescent type stones. The gold is there, I just have to keep telling myself the will is there and get off my butt and quit watching my email. What will happen will happen for a reason. Persistence has always put gold and silver in the bag. This was a good day! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Nice to know you have Rick as a Go Between! That's going to be a big plus in all the little problems we will all have down the road. Good to hear the quick response from the company. GaryC/Oregon Coast

In Oregon permits are a fact of life. They are woven into the fabric of local clubs with city, county, state jurisdictions. Coming from California I have been a low profile hunter like so many others are here. Not asking a lot of questions while doing my hobby unless of course when it's on private or cultural land. Well that doesn't work here. You are going to be asked to see your permit some where some day, guaranteed! It's even worse being on the coast. You can hunt in "selected" State parks, only on the off season for tourists, with a permit. That leaves you the winter months. I'll take that but does put a damper on things a bit. I'm 60 miles from Eugene, they require you to have a city permit and you can't get it online. You have to go in person every year to the City Hall. Haven't done that yet, but mean to every year. Then every county up and down the coast requires a permit some online some not. At least the beaches belong to the public. High tide line to low tide line you are good. I've been here three years and still haven't learned all the ins and outs of this goofy state yet when it comes to my chosen hobby and the right to pursue it. GaryC/Oregon Coast

Just because it's lab grown doesn't mean it doesn't have value, especially in that size! It's value I'm sure is going to be in its ring metal makeup. Not gold, I assume. A nice chunk of a ring though! Great find on both rings. GaryC/Oregon Coast

What's the 2X Battery on the box mean? GaryC/Oregon Coast

I believe the first U.S. customer of Fisher to find Gold with the new AQ! Congratulations! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Looks like a finial to hold a lamp shade on to a lamp. GaryC/Oregon Coast

Great detective work Tim!!!!! What a find! I've never seen one like it, for sure. GaryC/Oregon Coast

I googled "royal sheaf in box" and some of the designs (only of the sheaf design) did resemble rice sheafs! So saying you found it on a rice plantation is interesting. I would say it has some connection to the rice industry or harvesting history? Thats a nice riddle you have there. GaryC/Oregon Coast

What does that mean? " I trimmed the coil". Putting tape on it so you can see it under water? GaryC/Oregon Coast

Very Exciting News! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Yes you did Joe, it was just covered by water!!!! GaryC/Oregon Coast

I don't think it would matter what settings you were using if they were only a few inches in the grass! I would have just stayed on my knees with a pinpointer!!! Nice haul. GaryC/Oregon Coast

Miller, You don't mention where you are located, but if you have a club near by you might consider contacting them. They LOVE to find bullets for Police Agencies. In fact most clubs have trained teams which work with their local law enforcement agencies to locate all types of evidence. Just a thought, as there is success in numbers, depending on your time restraint. GaryC/Oregon Coast

This is where we need Fred's expertise!

I've dug rougher! At least you can see the date easily. NICE! GaryC/Oregon Coast

I really appreciate the Then & Now picture. It really gives me a good perspective of how you work and the dock areas that are so common to a lot of other river and port type areas. Great food for thought. Wish I was ten, ok thirty years younger. GaryC/Oregon Coast

I agree! GaryC/Oregon Coast

I use it on the mid-coast Oregon, on the beach and parks right out of the box with factory settings. Have had no problems getting silver at 8" where my park soil is mostly sand and bottoms out with compacted small rock. Hits deep at the beach too with stock coil. You will not be disappointed with the 800 or 600, in MHO. GaryC/Oregon Coast