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Nice assortment of finds! Looks like you covered a lot of the bases. Ever find any old bottles?

No problems with mine yet but I use mine mostly in the water so there isn't any dirt or grit on my fingers or gloves to wear or scratch anything. My Nox is one of the originals issued and has no signs of button wear.

I'm in the water constantly and the external speaker does not work anymore unless I remove the bung to the battery compartment to relieve / neutralize the pressure. On 2 occasions I was able to remove the 4 screws on the bottom and dump the water and that fixed the speaker problem, but that "fix" does not work anymore. I seldom use the external speaker and only do so when testing in my back yard. At this point I don't even bother trying to fix it so as not to take a chance with damaging the O-ring and potentially causing flooding into the battery compartment.

What a stellar hunt! Congratulations on those great finds. I stepped on a Ray several years ago and have lots of respect for them. Good luck!

Looks like a lot of great potential on that site and a long time to be spent hunting it. Good luck and heal fast!

There's nothing like hunting on virgin ground and finding a huge range of dates and interesting finds. Good luck and keep 'em coming!

That looks so inviting to hunt! Good luck!

Very nice-looking crucifix! And about the number of finds decreasing dramatically... Not too many years ago, maybe 8 at the most I would average one piece of gold for every 4 times out. Not even close anymore. Now it's 4 guys on the beach every time I go out. Keep the gold coming!

So... With all that lead, is it more popular as a fishing area? We had a storm here in Florida a couple months ago that moved a lot of sand off the beach. In one area I started finding sinker after sinker and I was thinking I am sure to walk away with multiple gold rings. Nothing came about in the gold department except loads of lead. And it was all in front of rental units. Ya just never know.

I don't think I've ever seen so much lead in one hunt! No wonder you had to keep emptying your pouch! Congrats on the coin and jewelry count. Glad you got some gold for all the work!

Here were a couple of methods I used to get into 2 small beaches once the gate was locked at the end of season. The year was 2011.

How long do I have to hold that position?

That is a good looking ring! It has some nice company next to it too! lol

Wow! That's incredible! Big congratulations on all those excellent finds!

This is on page 61 of the Manticore instruction manual. Tracking Ground Balance is the default and recommended Ground Balance method for Beach Surf & Seawater mode and Goldfield General mode. It effectively manages the constantly changing conditions in saltwater and mineralised goldfield soils. I have been playing around with the setting and when in the salt water it seems to smooth out the constant changing conditions of the sandy bottom. Sweep speed is very important. As the manual states... it is the default and recommended GB method for Beach Surf & Seawater.

Your photos are really distinct. What are you using for a camera to get those close ups? Thanks

Wow! You really killed it out there with all that great jewelry. And the junk to jewelry ratio doesn't get much better than that!

For sure... I would never throw that one into the melt pile. There must be a Nancy out there somewhere that just has to have that ring. lol

That's perfect! I hereby declare that we are now the founding fathers of the 333 Club. Any other members out there? LOL Nice looking ring!

Nice chunky piece! Congratulations! Now to break that record!!

Thanks Joe. I was wondering if you ever found a low karat. I have found only one 9k ring in all my years of doing this.

Thanks! I got a 9k this year with the Manticore. Its ID was a 61. I was sure it was another penny.

It's always fun to find them. Here's one I found with a metal detector a couple years ago. I had to really laugh when I saw that in the scoop! Couldn't believe it!

Here is the 14-k ring that IDs as a "14" on the Nox 800.

Thanks 350! I never heard of 8k gold until I looked it up and sure enough it's the real deal. Going out again in the morning in a different direction. Water hunting has been poor to say the least so I'm staying dry for awhile.