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    Questions About Gold Acid Tests And A Diamond Tester

    in Metal Detecting For Jewelry

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    There are two gold refineries that currently have a good reputation. ARA in Dallas, and Midwest Refineries up in Wisc or Mich, I believe. Both have been paying 90 % + for gold and a little less for silver. I used ARA a few years ago and was pleased and plan to use them within the next week or so. When I last used them they removed the stones and returned them to me. Not being a water hunter, I don't find many gold rings with diamonds. I find mostly mens bands and class rings. I have not had good luck with gold and silver testing kits. The solutions seem to deteriorate with age rather quickly. I've worked up a relationship with a jewelry store that tests jewelry free for me. I toss him a bone now and then and sell him a piece at his low price compared to the refineries. Good luck! HH jim tn

    Hello Everyone

    in Meet & Greet

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    Welcome to a great forum and while there are plenty of tips to be found, there is nothing like "hands on Learning" yourself. Put the time in, dig a bunch of targets and have at it and have fun. The Equinox will find you plenty of treasure right out of the box. Enjoy, detecting has helped keep me healthy now for over 50 years. HH Jim Tn

    Arkansas Trout Trip!!

    in Meet & Greet

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    Glad you (took) the chance to experience White River trout fishing. Trout fished up there several times over the years. The Little Red has some good trout fishing, too. I seldom fish in Tn anymore.  In fact, 3 sons and I are going to Greers Ferry lake early Wed. and return Sun. Nice write up and pictures. HH jim tn

    How Much Time Do You Spend At A Site

    in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics

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    There are a number of factors that come into play, but I have a few spots in my local that I started hunting on about 1980 and continue to frequent on occasion to this day. Every time I purchase a new detector with fresh technology, I will give some of these spots a try.

    I hunt every day, weather permitting, early mornings averaging four hour hunts. From Aug of 2021 to June of 2022 I hunted an old golf course that was closed for renovation. That is the only local site I hunted for that entire time frame. It, however, unbeknown to anyone, had seen Civil War activity and making recoveries of bullets, buttons, 2 plates, 2 Spanish Reales, half dimes, U S large cents, Seated coins and more modern era cents and silver coins was more then enough incentive  to hunt it as often as I did. A golf course, naturally, is many acres in size and size and results thus are a couple of the factors that come into play for determining how long I spend with a spot. HH jim tn

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