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Just saw your post and a big congratulations on those rings. 18K is really nice to find, but 2 in one hunt is just great!!

That's for sure and after 8 weeks I wasn't even thinking about that lost ring that night but was excited about a 2-foot cut. You never know what is going to show up!

Beautiful ring and high karat too!

She was absolutely "over the moon" that it had been found. I messaged her this morning with a couple pics, and she couldn't wait to get out of work to come and get it. Real happy lady!

Eight weeks ago, a lady lost one of her rings that went to her wedding set. She posted on Facebook approximately where it was lost, and it was right where the surf was breaking. The ring was part of a 3-ring set, all with diamonds and marked 19K, and they all came off at once. She was able to recover 2 of them immediately but couldn't find the last ring. The diamonds were from her mother's wedding ring, and she was devastated. I was there the next morning in a very rough surf, hunting the shoreline and nothing turned up. It was a short hunt as the waves were blasting me into the shore and I thought I am going to break my machine if I keep going. The surf was bad for a few days, and nothing was to be found. I told her not to give up as we can find rings that were lost for years. Every so often I would go to this beach and hunt that particular area, but no ring. Last night there was a nice low tide and a 2-foot cut in the sand. I went hunting just with the intention of hopefully finding something good not even thinking about her ring. The water was too rough to get in and as I was walking the wet sand, in the general area where her ring was lost. I got a nice "10" reading on the Manticore and a ring was in the scoop. It was only several inches under the sand and could have been found by just about any other machine. It was the lost ring from 8 weeks ago. So, I would say that it had probably sank almost 2 feet in the surf and sand and because of the 2-foot cut and extra low tide it was now found. Quite a few people had searched for it earlier but gave up. I found a few green coins and a heavily encrusted silver cross too. Went back this morning but it was pretty much sanded in. Here are a few pictures of the ring and return.

I haven't posted in a while so thought I'd show some jewelry found with the manticore. All were found in the salt water with the exception of the silver ring found in the wet sand. The chain and ring were found in the same hunt making for a great day, both 10K. I was really surprised to find the chain, 5.7gms, in the saltwater as they sure are elusive! The tiny thin ring is 14K and weighs only 1.2 grams. Too bad the other jewelry was junk but still made for a fun hunt. They were found over the past couple weeks. I do find lots of other stuff but don't want to bore you with too much junk. LOL

No leaking here yet and mine is submerged at least 4 days a week. I have owned quite a few "water" detectors, including the Nox and sooner or later all were sent in for some sort of repair, but none for a leaking issue.

Congratulations on a great gold find. And being so deep in the earth makes me believe it has been there for centuries!

I usually don't post a lot of my finds, but seeing the Manticore is new to everyone I want to get the word out as to its capabilities. This hollow, 14K gold earring was found in the saltwater using the surf mode with a sensitivity at 21. It wasn't deep and was found in the first scoop with an ID of 2. I was surprised how well it sounded off when the coil went over it, seeing it is only one-half gram and the loop was open. The gold earring is on the bottom of the photo, with some junk stuff on top. It hit pretty good on the studs also.

Nice going on the Plat! Always good to see that in the scoop, And such a fatty too!

Yes. AT Low Conductors. I’ve played a little with the AT-HC but some intermittent EMI from nearby power lines makes the HC mode more noisy than LC. I’m able to run sensitivity higher in LC but will try AT General soon. Wife says we didn’t drive 1500 miles so I could metal detect every minute. Guess she didn’t get my memo. 😆

Found this information. This was the name given to a type of light-weight bicycle made by the thousands in Syracuse by E.C. Stearns & Co. Edward C. Stearns transformed his father’s hardware and wagon factory to a bicycle factory. An excellent rider himself, Stearns opened his business on Oneida Street in 1888 and eventually watched it grow to have four plants in Syracuse and 3,500 employees. Additionally, the company had plants in Toronto, Canada and Germany. At one time, Stearns was the largest manufacturer of bicycles in the world.

Thanks for the great information. The bicycle plate reads Empire State Express 999. I’ll look into it. So far 2 large cents, 3 unidentified coins? , and 5 buttons.

Thanks for that information! I didn't know they were called Dandy Buttons. I'm researching their history and it's really interesting. No idea where it was made. I guess by measuring it you can get an approximation of its age.

I grew up in NYS and back in the late 70's started metal detecting. So many places had never seen a metal detector and it was wide open hunting. Schools, parks, church grounds, etc. had your pockets bulging with old silver coins! It's not like that anymore. But these new detectors are opening up old hunted out areas again. The place I'm hunting is virgin ground.

A couple of hours more produced one more coin and a button. Most everything is deep. Still can't read any dates. I'm using a recovery speed of 3, sensitivity between 26 to 28, one region all tones.

There are a lot of iron targets especially small ones. This is my first time hunting this spot so I'm somewhat cherry picking and trying to find boundaries where better finds might be.

Waiting for the rain to stop so I can get back out there. A couple more pics. As I lifted the plug up, the coin was at the bottom of the plug and dropped into the hole. Only got fooled a few times by iron.

Up in NY for a couple weeks and hunting some property that is quite old. This is my first time dirt hunting with the Manti, so I'm playing it cautious and primarily digging good signals and hunting in LC mode. Here are some finds that are pretty impressive to me. I've been saltwater beach hunting up until now, but this is FUN! First and second picture I was hunting near the old house. More newer things but I did find a large cent, can't read any dates on anything. Third picture is a nice old marked button in a field a few hundred feet from the house. This area is where I'm finding more old coins and buttons. No dates can be read so I need to find a silver coin... Hopefully! Trying to post multiple pics off a laptop that I am also learning!! Will post more later as I learn more. Just looking at the pictures as they got posted. They are not in order so the first picture shows some of todays' morning finds. Second to last is from near the house.

I was more than pleased with how my AQ performed when working properly. It was the 5 returns for repair before the warranty was even up. Too risky for me to keep as a reliable machine. I think faulty pots were 3 of the returns.

Haven't had any problems with the shaft. The 2 locks are adjustable as to how tight you want them, and it is solid as a rock in tough water / wave conditions. I like how it collapses into itself for storage, as I am traveling with it now and it stores nicely without creating a large "footprint".

I had no idea Garrett was involved in the fun aspect of organized treasure hunts.

Not too familiar with the Deus2, but I used one last year for a few hours and just didn't care for the little screen and external wire when in the water. I wonder why a ring like that would ID so high?

Thanks! For sure I was really surprised. Never expected that to show up.

Just found a ring nicely stamped inside the band .375 with a couple other hallmarks next to it, too blurry to identify. It was found in the saltwater. It rang up as a 57 -59. I thought it must be a piece of copper or brass before I dug it, but it turns out to be 9K and weighs 5.5 grams. I checked it in some other search modes and it's the same. I'm just really surprised it ID's so high. I also checked it with my Nox 800 when I got home, and it IDs as 20. I don't think I have found a 9K ring in years and was curious if anyone else can check a 9K if you have one and see what it ID's as. Thanks Bob