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The county and city have senior parking for $20 a year. You can find free parking at many of the beaches if you are willing to walk, go late or go early. Some parking lots close at sunset. Others at different times but very few let you stay overnight unless you go to a camping beach.

All of our State Beaches require a parking fee. And if there is not a parking lot from the state then all of the cities charge for parking. One of the best ways to find a good place to detect is to find a big paid parking lot!

Storm after storm has hit California and I've been out in them and after them. I feel like I've lost my 'touch' and my way so it was time to venture to a couple of new/old beaches one day last week. Since I don't know my way around these areas too well I have to pay for parking. The first beach cost me $9 for 3 hours. I found next to nothing but had fun. The next beach cost me $3.50 for about an hour and a half but I just had to hit that beach before I went home. The waves were big and keeping me back a bit. I saw another detectorist coming at about 200 yards. Do I go at him or away from him? I turned away and hunted the the wave wash. There were a couple of coins to keep it interesting and then I got a 9! This is one of those very hopeful numbers for us so I dug a bit and let a wave come over my hole and then got the target out and went up the slope a bit and yes ... a nice ring in my scoop I could see with my light. It's 2.2g/14k with some stones. Not the best ring I've ever found but it was the best ring I found that day. Thanks for reading.

Simon, I can see you praying for prey as you look at the water!

You have been busy. Thanks for showing it. I've been impatiently waiting. haha It's a great looking chunk. What will become of it?

I thought that since you had a DFX manual you would just say when you bought it. (I didn't think about the XTerra.) This would give a time frame that would allow Geordiedan to know it was not a Manticore 'quirk' as much as you have pointed out it is a 'quirk' of all detectors for that type of target. The developers of the DFX and other machines could not 'fix' it and it is a detecting 'law' that we could understand and use to advantage. I'm glad you answered the way you did because it made me think more about what I hear.

Results will vary! haha I've had several hunts with much less results than yours. You're on the gold. Keep it going. My beaches are keeping it.

Just a simple question ... 1986? 1992?

Steve, What year was the manual and detector released? How many 'years' was it in development before it was released? (Meaning they were dealing with the same sound well before release date.)

Well done. My 'take' from these storms is meager so far. There is always tomorrow.

I know a beach that fits those conditions of planes and the worst black sand of any beach I've ever been on. There are places on it where I can't detect with my 800/15. It has defeated other detectors also.

Thanks for the post Simon. I'd be out there after more no matter the weather. Big hat, cool drinks, awning, chairs ...

It doesn't look like it would make a good pillow. It also doesn't remind me of any of the meteorites I've found.

More value than I can imagine! These are outside of my comprehension. WTG!

I watched it with the family. It was fun to renew a 'relationship' with the characters from the past. The addition of Dianna Rigg shows just how well done and scripted the special was. It just seems to be quality, simple subject matter and content. I'd watch more of their specials vs other programming.

Are you saying there is an advantage to some of the new detectors? haha On most of the 'new detector' threads people try to say that a new detector doesn't make much difference. I like the battery tip.

My last trip to the desert was to an area where we are treated with many hot rocks. I've dealt with them each time I go to the Mojave/Mohave Desert. We picked up a few so that my son could give them to his classmates. I brought 50 or so home and washed them and tested them with a magnet. To my surprise there is a great difference in attraction to a super magnet. Some give an indication of repulsion rather than attraction. So, what exactly is a HOT ROCK? This article gives me more information about hot rocks and metal detecting than I've ever read. It makes some of my personal observations about ground, hot rocks, gold and meteorites come together. Hot Rocks (metaldetectingworld.com)

It's hard to keep a good detector out of targets!

They only pay metal value but I know in many cases they have buyers at jewelry prices but they also turn quite a volume so what I show them is pennies.

I dropped by my local metal buyer and they confirmed the ring is 9k even though not marked. The bracelet is silver. They offered $85 for the ring and $15 for the bracelet. The online calculator says $144 for the gold value in the ring at 9k.

I got a late start at the tide today because of some birthday obligations but in the end it was interesting. I'll make it brief because I'm still researching the ring but I can say I found another .925 ring and a 1 oz silver bracelet. Here is the ring. A 'henkel' 6.4 g black onyx with stone. I hope it to be real (IT IS) but it is not marked. The closest I can come to a ring with this brand name was a 10k ring. The silver is also unmarked but it cleaned up with my aluminum/salt/baking soda so I feel confident with that. The small ring is marked.

Thanks for the report. I concur about the conditions on Monday. It was a pretty disorganized storm as far as the waves were concerned. The sand was too soft at my beaches. Good to find a spot that coughed up those rings and silver. I went out today. A couple of interesting finds.

I found something similar years ago and I have the feeling that it is some type of 'offering' that is given to the ocean/beach/waves. Or ... someone did a theft, and they threw it away so that the remainder of the loot could not be traced! Good find.

Well done to get out after the storms and stretch your legs. Thanks for the details of the hunt.

Thanks for making me envious of Victoria again. My 3-week trip only got me about 5 grams if I've forgotten correctly!