Valens Legacy

Why not?

With the Nox I have no problem finding silver when it's around, I can almost always get a dime when I get out there. I have not yet found any half dollars and I believe that I will soon. I can always find pull tabs, bottle caps, can slaw, but when will I find the good stuff.

There was no markings on it, and I could see some rust on it. There was plating that was starting to come off it also and the stones were just cut glass. I was running the sense at a lower setting because I had power lines about 75 feet away and didn't want the noise from it. Thanks

Please give us some details on where you found them, so maybe we can help you better.

Saturday I was able to finally get out and use my 800 for a little while. I headed out to a nearby park that has been hunted to death by the locals over the past few decades. I mainly went just to get out of the house because of it being a beautiful day and I had been wanting to go for so long. I knew that I would only have a few minutes to detect as I had to take care of my grandmother and cook her dinner. As I had gotten out of my car there were 2 others with their metal detectors on one end of the park. As I was setting up the detector one of them came over to see what I was using. He had never seen a 800 and asked me several questions about it. I told him all that I could about it which was very little because I am just a newbie with them. He wished me luck and I proceeded to get with it. My first 2 targets were of course bottle caps, but I did not give up as I was still having fun out there. I decided to hit up a old tree and got my first good signal, as I started digging the guy came back over again. I had dug down almost 8 inches before the pin pointer caught the signal so I dug down another 3 inches. To my surprise out came a 1957 dime. I decided to recheck the area to make sure I wouldn't miss anything, and sure enough there was another target. That target was about 4 inches to the right of the first hole and not as deep, only about 7 inches deep. The coin was covered in a lot of mud and was a 1967 penny. The guy that came over could not believe how deep those coins were as he said they had covered those same areas earlier. I looked at my watch and noticed that I had to get home, or granny would be unhappy. I was there for a total of 30 minutes, but had some fun. While I was walking back to the car I got another signal that was to good to pass up and had to stop to dig it. This time both people came over rather quickly to see what I had found. As I'm digging the mud was really bad and thick. Each time I would have to scrape off my digging tool or I would be putting it back into the hole. I was down almost 4 inches when it came into sight covered in mud, and one of the guys let out a yell "it's a ring" Yes it was a ring with several stones on it, and quite heavy in weight. They were more happy than I was it seemed as they were jumping up and down. As I poured some water over it I realized that it was a cheap ring, pretty but cheap, one that you might buy a child. Anyway I had found my first ring and I was happy. I must say that for just the 30 minutes that I had spent out there it was still very nice to be there. Hope to be able to go again soon. I was using the 800 with all factory settings on Park 1, the sensitivity at 20, and using the CoilTech 10X5 coil.

Nice find and quite unusual. Good luck on your next hunt.

Great finds for your hard work, and I wish you more luck on your next hunt.

Thanks for the useful knowledge on what coil I should be using, I just have to get out there more and hammer those creeks near me.

As a newbie I for one fully understand what you are saying. I have not yet logged more than 50 hours on my grandfathers 800 and only use the factory default settings. They work fine for me and on Saturday I actually was able to turn on the 800 for the first time this year. It was very windy, at a very old park, and only had about 30 minutes to use it. However in that 30 minutes I found a 1957 dime and a 1967 penny close to 7 inches deep and less than 3 inches from one another. I made my way back to the car and had to leave. If I can find such things in factory settings why should I go messing with things that I simply do not understand yet. Thank you Steve for not calling us newbies idiots, while I must admit at times when I am using the 800 I feel like I am when all I dig is pull tabs.

Great find, thanks for sharing the settings as I will have to try those next time I get a chance. Good luck and happy hunting.

Nice find on the chain, was the crazy guy wearing it at the time. Good luck on your next hunt and keep an ear open for those crazies.

Beautiful find, and nice to hear about history from those times. Good luck on your next outing.

If all the bars were touching each other, the unit set on max sensitivity, with no EMI, there might be a good chance to get a hit with it. Some others might be able to give you a better opinion about it as they may have used one. I read some of the articles on here about it and think that you would have a chance with it. Just take your time with it and be used to the unit so it gives you a better chance. You could always make some 1 kilo bars out of lead to test it out first so you know what the tones would be. The 800 would be a better choice to have a chance at that depth. Good luck

As long as you had fun on the show I wouldn't worry about what Pat said. Just glad that you are here and having fun at what you do. Just one question, did you win anything?

Welcome to the forum and glad to have you here. I can't wait to hear and see some of your finds that you have come across, so please share a few with us. Good luck and good hunting.

Another great hunt in the books for you. Nice saves and the land owner might know who the ring belongs to. Good luck on your next hunt.

Great saves and interesting back story. I hope that you can find many more coins and maybe something more. Good luck and take your time.

Great research with a nice hunt for your hard work. I find that if I talk to the old people from the area they know where all the hot spots are from earlier days. Whether it be a old lovers lane or swimming hole that nobody ever goes to anymore. They have shown me where old wrecks were that has thrown quarters all over the place from a man who had a vending machine in the men's room in all the bars. Once the weather turns a little better I plan to hit up some of those places when I have some time.

That looks to be a desk lock, as I can see where the 2 pieces go through the fist to form a handle. The latch is clearly visible. I have seen something similar on many desks before.

Nice hunting, I only wish that I had a chance to get out there but every time I do have time it is bad weather. Good luck on your next outing.

Fantastic hunting and it earned you a gold coin. Good luck on your next outing.

Great hunting and nice save on the ring. Good luck on your next hunt.

Very nice work on your hunt, and glad to see so many saves. Good luck on your next outing.

Nice looking gold and great hunting. Good luck on your next hunt.

You might want to add politicians to that list, but you do have it pretty much covered.