Valens Legacy

That is a soldering iron from about 100 years ago, it was heated up either in a forge or a pump-up torch.

They worked great on copper wires and sheets of copper.

Good find and a lot of history behind those items.

Grandfather has 3 of them left in the garage that I have used in the past on some copper sheets. They hold the heat pretty good for their purpose.

Now that is looking for a great return on the bee stings. Looks like you are in a great location and on the gold.

Hope you take a detour on the next trip past them. Just remember that smoke will make them calm most of the time.

Good luck on your hunt and wish you will find a few ounces for all your trouble.

Nice looking hunt with some beautiful background to keep it interesting. Looks like an excellent place for gold so don't give up on it.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe.

Very nice finds and well worth the time looking for them.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe out there.

There's no way I could laugh at someone in pain like that, unless it was someone that I pushed into them.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay away from anything that will stick you.

Welcome to the forum and I am sure that there will be someone that is going to take you up on your offer to hunt.

People here are willing to share their knowledge with you and hope you visit the forum on your detector just to see more of what it can do.

Good luck and good hunting.

Another great hunt with some well deserved gold in your pocket.

How much longer are you going to have these low tides that you are having now.

Good luck on your next outing.

Sensitivity is where you will get the depth on the 800, and with a larger coil it will go even deeper.

Nice looking spike, but I prefer mine with a little whiskey.

Is the bling real or fake, as I have seen many fake ones out there that look just like it.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Another fine hunt and a great save on the ring.

Stay safe out there and good luck on your next hunt.

Looks like a gold ring with some small diamonds in that mix.

Nice finds and yes it is a blank, looks like it may still have some wire around the base of the shell. If so it was one of many connected and that would explain the dark color towards the top of it.

Good luck on your next hunt and watch out for sharks.

Great finds once again for you, but please send some of those finds my way to dig up.

It's cold, rainy, windy, and just plain miserable here.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

10 hours ago, maxxkatt said:

Well that is not what I wanted to hear for the simple reason old beer can ends are very abundant in the CW areas I hunt in urban Atlanta.

Now don't forget that in about 50 years those cans will be relics, and you can say that you replanted them to who ever digs them up just leave them a note attached to it.

Sometimes we all have to dig the trash no matter what we want to find out there. When metal detecting for gold in the creeks in my area I find more lead shot than anything. However when I am on the gold it's all good.

Great saves and glad that you were the one to get them.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe when you go again.

6 hours ago, Compass said:

5/8" x 5/8" x 1/4"

I will look through grandfathers books and see if I can find out what it is.

I doubt that it is for some electronic equipment as it is of such a design that it would serve no purpose that I can see since it was soldered in place. The soldering is a tell tale sign of something much larger, and it being gold means that it would be more expensive.

Great hunt and nice finds.

Is the item in question a 1 inch square x 1/4 inch wide/thick?

That would narrow it down to just a few things.

Great hunt again and that silver should clean up very nicely.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Very nice hunt, I like the Amethyst ring the most. Looks like a Star Wars item also, some of those are collectable.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

Very nice finds and glad you are getting good results from it.

Good luck on your next outing.

Very nice hunt again for you and now tomorrow I will be sending you some rain, then the next day you can have some colder weather also.

I am hoping to spend some time along a creek when it warms up a little more as i have found an area that look good for more gold. Found a couple of small nuggets there yesterday with the pans and now need the sluice.

Good luck on your next hunt and hug your NOX so she don't get lonely sitting in the closet.

Stay safe out there.

10 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

I wish metal detectors used something other than technology.

They still have the old reliable and it looks like a twig with a fork in it. Uses zero batteries and unless you beat your child with it can last many years without problems.

I made a protector for my NOX by using a boat keel protector tape. It is cheap and removal if need be if you know how to do it. Works really good and I have not had to replace it since I applied it 2 years ago.

I have used the coil in creek beds that are full of gravel and rocks and you can see the scratches on it but not gone through the tape.

Here is a link to it on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/PereGuard-Kayak-Guard-Width-Black/dp/B08D7PLYW2/ref=sr_1_26?crid=13167D2V96LH9&keywords=boat%2Bbow%2Bprotector&qid=1674114859&sprefix=boat%2Bbow%2B%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-26&th=1

Fantastic hunting and you have done very well on the rings.

Good luck on the rest of the year and stay safe out there.

Nice hunt with a lot of interesting items.

Did you find those railroad spikes at the tracks or the old building, I'm just asking so I won't be surprised when the next train derails out there.

Just kidding and good luck on your next outing.

Very nice hunt and glad you had some fun out there.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe.