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11 hours ago, King-Of-Bling said:

Very nice finds. I have been soaking my "green gold" in lemon juice overnight. Has been working wonders for me.

I have used lemon juice and vinegar both on "cents" in the past with good results but this "gold" detecting is new to me so I need to learn the techniques to clean up these more PMs.  Thanks for the tip!

4 hours ago, Compass said:

Congrats on the hefty gold! Looks like a fun hunt with a great treasure to trash ratio.

Yes, I like it when the ocean does the classifying for me and washing the light trash and leaves me with the heavies!!!

Got another piece of gold today with the Impulse AQ.  The clasp and the chain part both test 10K.  I ran it through the ultrasonic cleaner about 6 times and it still has green clinging to it.  Oh well, it gives it character. LOL  

I worked a 4 to 6 foot cut in AM and pulled out 17 quarters, 17 dimes, 7 nickels, 12 cents, one .925 earring, one junk earring, three tent pegs, a bobby pin and just a few other pieces of trash.  I knew that I was digging all of the coins except for the nickels and one of the cents.  Tent pegs and bobby pins are still sounding good though.  

It was a good hunt after being sidelined for two weeks with tendonitis in my right foot.  I think that I would rather have a broken bone than the tendonitis. 😞

Thanks for looking. 

2 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

That's a great chunk of Gold!! And good to see the "AQ" is back on the hunt!

Thanks Joe.  Couldn't have done it without your battery as FT forgot to send back my second battery and battery charger and the battery on the AQ only had a few minutes left on it.  But it's all good now. (knock on wood)  Audio appears to be normal now.

1 hour ago, strick said:

Funny as I thought you were talking about the Donner party of something when I read the title...nice hunk of gold jewelry you got there and spelling is not one of my strong points but I'll bet the donor of that earring really misses it 😉 

strick

And spelling is not one of my strong points either as you have pointed out, and especially with auto correct. LOL  I am much better at listening and digging than spelling. :-)  Maybe I should just post the pictures. He He

6 hours ago, Rivers rat said:

Well done with the Gold price of Gold nowadays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

RR

Thanks RR.  A little over $100 is a good dig!!!

4 hours ago, Slimpickuns said:

Nice one congrats on the 1st 2021 gold! So you got your AQ back, looks like its working good! 😁

Thanks Slim.  Got it back with new headphones.  No audio problems noted so far. (knock on wood)

I would like to thank the donner of this 583 earring for my first AU find of 2021.  Beach find Jan 5.  The AQ hit it hard!!!

Love those old class rings.  I remember my dad wearing his 1924 class ring.  It seemed to be worn smooth back in the 1950's.  Congrats and get that AQ out there and see if you can find more classmates!!!

9 hours ago, mn90403 said:

That's a nice day.  Well done.

Our 'storm' was not that much in the way of waves at my beach.  It was the hardest rain I've ever been in to find less than $.20!

One thing I didn't show was the 24 quarters that I dug on this hunt too.  It moved just enough sand to keep me busy.  My back and legs let me know about it last night too. LOL

10 hours ago, Compass said:

Awesome double gold hunt- congrats! The woman's ring looks like a beauty. I may have gone to the wrong beach today!

Thanks Compass!  My daughter has already claimed the diamond ring and she usually doesn't care unless it has T & Co on it. LOL  Finding a diamond ring that she likes and fits her tiny ring finger has been a real challenge too.  Usually if the ring is that small it is not a diamond ring.  

Congrats on the T&Co.  My daughter has one that I found last year and a bracelet that I found this year.  She goes through my finds with a fine tooth comb just in case i missed seeing the T & Co on it. LOL

Dug the woman's diamond, 14K (2.1 g) within the first 30 minutes of today's hunt.  Got the man's 14K wide band (4.6 g) at about the 3 hour mark in the hunt.  Equinox, 15 inch coil, Beach 1, wet sand.  

Congrats on a great year!  (and the fat lady has not sang yet)LOL  I see you staged "the" bracelet nicely!  And retirement is way underrated too.  I recommend it highly for all.  It is nice to get out anytime you want and not around a schedule.  Congrats again!!!

Joe

OUTSTANDING!!!

The Saint Benedict Medal is 10K and weighs .7g.  The silver ring is .925 from China.  Equinox with 15 inch coil, Beach 1.  Worked the wet down the slope into the negative tide area.  Thanks for looking.

8 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

 All those tiny diamonds must have looked nice in the sun and sand!

Kind of a Bobbydazzer in looks but in reality not much in value.  But it might make a great Christmas gift! 🙂

3 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

Boom!! Love the cross! And that's a great year on the Gold!!

Good year for me for sure.  First year of retirement and I am trying to figure the whole beach/sand/surf/tide scenarios out.  Also my So Cal scenery ain't bad either!!! (all year long)😎  

47 minutes ago, cobill said:

Great gold finds! What's going on with your AQ headphones? I'm awaiting my AQ and was wondering what to look for....

Bill

Audio.  The wired side and if you touch the headphone connector or the cable near the connector you get a lot of static.  The audio is intermittent.  Letting them figure out whether it is headphone or detector related.  

This was my first multiple gold day since my 7 gold ring day in July.  Both the earring and cross are 10K.  The cross has 120 small diamonds on it.  Sure makes it shinny in the sunlight.  The bracelet is SS and is a 2020 Graduation bracelet.  Other earring is a junker.  I used my Equinox today.  Impulse AQ has been sent back to First Texas again. ☹️ 

Congrats on the AU earring!  FT had my headphones for three weeks and then sent them back saying that they couldn't find anything wrong with them and I am still have the same problem you described.  My fault that I didn't send the whole thing in.   

Nice.  I am always thinking "foil or nickel" and love it when I am pleasantly surprised by anything other than trash. That is one sweet looking piece of AU. 

Sweet!!!

Joe,

Nice to see that you have not totally gone to battery building and still getting out to your water archeology sites.  Love the old school rings.  They really seem so classy!!!

Joe

11 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

Buying a drysuit one has to weigh in their plans on what it will be used for...Me, being a cheap SOB, I get mine on ebay. 

Me..

175 dollar drysuit off ebay, a 8 ounce tube of Aquaseal, a can of HH-66, 3 seals..neck, 2 wrist..And a Aquaseal YYK plastic zipper......Will get the same results (staying dry and warm) as a drysuit that cost thousands!

 

 

 

 

 

But Joe, look at the picture of Alexandre in his post.  (and I didn't remember him being so cute in previous pictures!)  Now if you looked like that, wouldn't you go ahead and spend thousands and flaunt that girlish figure and pretty face?  Wouldn't you want to be able to distract all the other detectorist to the point that they could not concentrate on what they were doing?  Just saying...LOL

Or does Alexandre have a "new" LeJag???