IdahoPeg

52 minutes ago, KD0CAC said:

Heading down that way in Jan. with a friend - he likes to throw fish back , catch & release .

I like to catch & eat , so while he's out on his boat throwing fish back , I will  be on the beach looking for goodies with my new NOX 800 .

I am trying to do advance research and having issues with finding some rules on detecting - I have found the usual general , no national parks , limited state parks , check local city/county , then the big general - all beaches are public within the mean tide area [ with vary few beaches being private ] .

I've looked on FL site and it seems to be ambiguous on purpose , something like all beaches within the mean tide , excepting wet sand .

The " excepting wet sand " is the big bug-a-boo ?

Next is almost no info [ so far ] in the water , limited to 10' with the NOX 800 .

For future deeper with another underwater detector , I would like to use down to less than 30' do not have to deal with decompression , but I read something that said out to 3 miles ?

After 3 miles you need to lease an area , kinda like filling a claim with gold mining , use to do that in No. Cal. in the 80s & 90s , underwater suction dredging 😉  ?

On the Treasure Coast we can detect essentially from the base of the dunes to the water/low tide line. Can not disturb the dunes and can’t go in the water here...everything in the water belongs to the professional salvagers with the leases. However, I’ve seen people at low tide in the trough...nobody bothers them. If you find something there though, say it was on the beach lol!

Re your buddy’s catch & release fun....here’s one I watched a couple weeks ago...pretty cool!

10 minutes ago, Mark Gillespie said:

 

Now back to your silver item.  Years ago I found a similar item on the beach, in one of those cuts mentioned.  It was coal black but rang up as a penny/dime on  my Fisher F75.  I tried every possible solution to dissolve the item.  After several attempts I finally got the faint image of a Mercury dime.  The only thing I didn't try was electrolysis. I surmise there was some kind of chemical bonding between the silver and salt water that caused the build up of black material on the dime.

Soaking it in aluminum foil with baking soda and hot water helped start to  get the oxidation off. Plus tried coating it in spit(rec by a YouTube video I found), wrap in foil, and squeezing it tightly for a minute or two, rinse and repeat....surprisingly that worked pretty good! Could hear fizzing and smell sulfur. Then gentle brushing w baking soda. 

We find a lot of “space junk” here from the rocket launches at Cape Canaveral, and it looks kind of like that, but I’ve never found them oxidized like this. 

Love the stylish modeling of your finds amongst the other gifts from the sea!

Lunk, that is an absolute stunner! Very cool specimen!

Well, that’s a bummer! You’re right, maybe that’s why it was named “Nothing” lol.

Wow Lunk, that’s incredible! You da man! Congrats 🙂

Considering I must be the only LOSER out there who hasn’t found a gold ring yet, this thread was helpful. Reminded me the tid’s are all over the place for them! Are gold rings usually a pretty solid hit, or do they sometimes bounce between a couple numbers? Thanks!

Wow, what a nice haul! Congrats and great detecting!

Sorry no gold, Nevada can be tough like that sometimes. Cool about the cat tracks. I often see antelope there too. 

Hi Finkster, and welcome! I lived in Ashtabula, Ohio late 80s/early 90s and belonged to a bicycle touring club up there....lots of beautiful rides along the lake near your neck of the woods! Good luck detecting before those infamous “lake effect snows” hit!

Beautiful nugget! Enjoyed the video. Have fun in the goldfields this winter! 🙂

11 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

“For those who are not familiar, Peg purchased her 1st gold detector from me 20 years ago and...”

Gerry I think it was 2010 or so when I purchased that 1st detector from you, a used Gold Bug 2; I guess being out in the sun and dry winds of the gold fields just make me look like it was 20 years ago lol! 

Seriously though, I can’t emphasize  enough how much your training has helped me enjoy this wonderful hobby! By the way, I loved that used GP3500...I remember you let me split up my my hands-on training so I could do that one day in Oregon, then another at Rye Patch, so I could experience different types of ground etc....very cool. 

Thanks so much for the kind words and support!

p.s. now if I only could have some success on the beaches of the Treasure Coast down here in Florida! 🙂

I have a 2014 Polaris Ranger 570 I use up at cabin....carries all my gear, has a dumpbed, good gas mileage....no mechanical issues. Very happy with it.

Great report and congratulations on finding some nice Rye Patch gold!

Drone pics of your camp are cool....whole lotta space and solitude out there! Nice.

Mitchel, you guys did great! Congrats! And yes, we’ve all heard Chet’s stories! (Inside joke for those of us who go on lots of outings with him....just teasing, Chet!)

Congrats on a great season! That big one is amazing!

Wow, nice! Thanks for sharing...I have the 600 but like to use my Gold Monster on the tiny gold in my area...need to experiment more. That hillside seems like a nice place to try the drywasher too,

Wow, that’s some nice big gold! Congrats!

Gerry- yes, I’ll have to get you up here to check out my stomping grounds and break in that 800!

Wow, great finds!