King-Of-Bling

1 of the best recovery stories I've read here ! Looks like you dug about 12". And that is the semi-crazy reason I had for rototilling the yard. Many others besides the depth : iron , Mom's grass , broken ring , etc. Nice yard and you dug alot over the years. So I can see why you didn't want to butcher it. But my initial thoughts were correct in that it was deep after 40 years. So happy for you that you found it. Btw - I will give you a bit more than $20 if you decide to sell..🤣

I don't mind digging lots of clad after many of the crappy hunts I've had. If there's clad , there usually is jewelry. It's been ingrained in me to expect gold , but am often disappointed. I went out last night in Diego for 1.25 hours. Looked good but only 4 targets ! Ugh.. Covering the weep holes are no good. I need new ear pads....wait...I need a new detector ! 2 companies I been looking at are putting on a major jerk show. I typically wear shorts and a long sleeved tshirt. Unless it's really cold , like below 50° ! Then I wear pants and a hooded jacket over my headphones. Otherwise I get too hot and sweat.

Those literally washed up while I was digging a target. Summertime I find quite a few. I'm paying more attention to them over the last couple of years as some that look like junk are actually name brand high ticket items.

This is a crazy options for obvious reasons ( damage/cost) but it is an option...It's a relatively small area , but also lost 40 years ago , so could be deep. Rent a portable roto-tiller and churn that yard up ! Turning that soil over 4" or so could be the difference. That's the easy part..... GL finding your ring.

Finally had some fun hunts. 3 straight days , 5 hours each hunt. Winds/surf/tides were in full effect. Hit it while it's occurring guys , not a day or 2 after. Ride the high tide out. Timing is critical as it started to fill in each passing day. The wind was howling so much that I had to turn my ear sideways into the wind to be able to hear. Targets were bleeding/washing out the 1st day , then I had to dig deeper. Oddities : quarters were up high , dimes down low. Jewelry was all low. Nothing in the flats , all on the slope. Over 3 days I only dug 2 pulltabs and NO bottlecaps ! A 1st for me. There was an ungodly amount of tent stakes and iron. About 10 rings. 4 pieces have real diamonds. The David Yurman 925 diamond initial pendant goes for $300-350 new. Small silver diamond ring has a TC stamp , don't know if that's for Tiffany. Nice tungsten diamond ring and 10k diamond ring and 18k band. It was nonstop digging. Nice to not walk for miles on end. About $16 in clad. Most of the trash I tossed. GL & HH...

There are more than a "few" for certain. It's kinda like being a criminal mastermind. You always here about the one's who get caught. Never about the one's who pulled it off and got away. Like D.B Cooper ! Probably 1 regret I do have is not taking pictures of finds way back when so I can re-live it. Most are in memory , but some are lost as I age.

Nice finds. I lived on an island once and eventually got the fever. Bored out of my mind and had to leave. Too young at the time I guess. But back to your finds. From the overhead view , it looks like you could just stand on a hill and shout to your neighbors if they lost a bracelet ! 🤣

There is NO way The Depot always had the top hunters in the USA post on their site. Many didn't know about it /or wouldn't want to post on it. I myself only knew of this site just a few years ago. I remember showing a friend this "Ring Daddy" thing and looking at some of these totals. We both would say : That's all they found for the year ? We would get a good chuckle. But it was an interesting site to see what other guys found in other parts of the country.

As long as it doesn't turn out to be Another brick in the wall.

You guys are all talking about machines for a beginning hunter assuming they are a hunter to begin with ! We take this for granted. But I degress to the beginning my friends... 2 months ago , I'm on the beach and here comes this woman and daughter with a Vanquish. She watched my for a few minutes on the beach slope digging coins , then I watched her. This gal was out of shape , obese. But kudos for trying. She could not physically walk and swing from side to side her detector ! Could only walk with the coil straight ahead , about 10" off the ground. I've never seen this before. My 4 minutes of helping her was not going to do anything. So , my advice to anyone starting out is to watch others , videos , etc. To see if you are even capable of metal detecting. I'm sure this was an anomaly but before you spend any $ on a detector , make sure you are physically capable 1st. There are injuries that most of us have had detecting , some serious...and most of us here know what were doing. But rookies.......

My guess is the name "Climax" for that feeling you get from finding that bucket lister !

Wow ! I feel like somebody does love me out there ! Just like Steve and a few others have said , they are listening and want to get it right. Not wanting to push out an inferior product before it's ready. Unlike some other manufacturers who disappear down a rabbit hole and don't say a word. This my friends , I can deal with.

Ok. Now you got me all jacked up again !

I feel your pain , not quite as severe though. I've got many different water shoes/boots/socks. The sand eats my feet up too. I switch between them often and many times go barefoot , but I know that's not good. Even though it toughens up my feet. I have spent probably $700 on all sorts of inserts , etc. And what is wild is one of the cheapest works the best for me. They are Walk-Fits. About $20 and it fits under the heel and has an aggressive arch. Also has a few different arch pads included that can adjust the height for you comfort. I slide one under my foot , then a thin ankle high neoprene or lycra sock over it. Then I slide my foot into my ankle high , zippered , hard soled , dive boot. Works for me. GL...

You are freaking out my friend ! I think I saw Dileks spiel on treasure talk back in July. I was under the false hope from the March interview that it was about ready. Expecting to see it in July. Wrong again KOB. So , then they say the next show is in October. And for what ? For her to give us some lame excuses why it's not here again. I sure hope not , as I TRY to remain positive. But after awile...NOBODY likes to be jerked around. As for the PI , my guess is that it's 2-3 years off. Knowing now the jerk game.....

Well...I will add that a big part of how mine broke were my fault , after the fact. Regardless , it should still have never happened if they were built stronger. I swung the 15" at an angle on the lower slope that was also angled into hard sand. But I also remember that morning when I adjusted the coil nut too tight. The ears were pinched in a tad. Didn't think much of it at the time because I prefer a stationary coil. Not one that flips up all over the place. I am in and out of the water often on all my hunts.

I sure hope the ears are super strong. In all my detecting life , I've never broken coil ears before....Except the Nox...

I can see the vision now. Upon finding your target on the beach with your lightning fast tasmanian devil swing , you suddenly stop. You active the lightning pinpoint feature , where an electrical bolt of light locks on 3' deep. Then you activate your lightning sand pump feature ( pat.pending). A 1.5" cover on the bottom of the coil slides open , activating the suction pump that draws sand up through the center of the shaft and is exhausted out a hole just below the elbow. Watch through the qled vdi full color screen as your gold ring is being sucked up through the lightning sand pump , which automatically stops when your target reaches the coil. Yes ! It's true , no scoop needed , no more digging ! Use your optional lightning L-shape exhaust attachment to automatically fill your holes as you suck your targets up !!! Yes !...your dream has come true....

I'm calling it 1st right now. We are gonna get sick of reading : Lightning strikes gold ! Lightning strikes a merc ! Lightning this , Lightning that. If it's really gonna be called this , it better be the fastest gun out there. As in sweep speed , recovery , VDI......

Nice little mini run on the goldfish ! But do you run that silver through a tumbler or something ? Many look thin & wasted , but I wonder if you get any detail after cleaning.

What others have said is on point. The Nox 800 will serve you well as long as you don't constantly dunk it. I am a gold jewelry hunter in So.Cal for decades. I come from an era where we talked about how many ounces did you find or how many pounds this year. Not how many rings or pieces of gold were found. Well guess what ? Those days are pretty much long gone. My point is to be persistent and have a positive attitude. Not to give up. I don't know your rivers , streams , areas , etc. But you must be willing to travel if your favorite close beach is not producing. I may drive 3 or 4 hours hitting 7 or 8 beaches just to walk for 5 miles and strikeout on gold. But I always remain positive that the next beach will produce. Stay mentally tough and good things will happen for you. GL on your journey !

Well...well...well....TY ! 1st off = great hunt on the ring. Plenty of man made stones are worth some bucks. Close to 2 years ago I think I posted that I was getting gold on my 800/15" that were deep AND running in the negatives. Which of course 99% of the guys at the time would not dig. And many just didn't believe me ! After a few scoops or getting them out of the sand , they would read a good solid positive #. The beach 2 , 2 tone has been the ticket for me. But I will experiment with recovery speeds depending on the available targets and how much ground I want to cover. I start high , then back it down to a 3 and go real slow. It is not easy swinging the 15" SLOW and you need to be on high alert ! I also may use a #7 threshold. This might help a few hardcore pro's out there. Again , great find.

I was on it "live" , asking a few questions and trying to win that damn simplex.

It was rather uneventful and rather disappointing. Not really anything new that we didn't already know. I was under the impression from the prior show that it was ready for release. I was wrong. What a waste and 1 hr I won't get back.

Not bad ! Why don't you reply to my PM ?