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Back from camping, I'll round up that trip soon but since Ian's remnants stayed around here with high winds and rain for 4 days, I had a thought that I should check my local beaches for stuff that may have been uncovered. It wasn't a total disappointment, yesterday I took an hour or two to go to the small beach. At least a foot of sand had been washed away and some of the riprap had been tumbled. The tide was very low due to the full moon. This place has given me gold rings, but I pretty much wiped out everything I could get a tone on. The last two times I visited I got nothing. I brought the Equinox and my composite trowel, and dug everything. That's all the trash I could get, I was surprised to find anything, all items below were at least 8" down. A dime, two nickels, and a copper ring with a crystal stone. Not bad for no expectations! ? Today I decided to go to the larger beach, the tide and wind were both low. No one was there when I got there, so I put my waders on and got to it. The river is still loaded with jellyfish! After a while an old couple showed up with Equinoxes and in waders. They zipped all over the place, leapfrogging me and checking every inch of the low tide line while I was in one space. They were a bit annoying but I guess they weren't too happy that I was there. ? They never really dunked their detectors, I was fully confident with my Deus 2 and the bone phones. I didn't get much trash. I threw it out, it was about twice what I got the day before. Just small bits of odd metal that are common at this beach. My finds weren't all that great, but one item is the blingiest piece of junk jewelry I've ever found: It's heavy, 18k gold plated, and has probably over 100 hand laid CZs in it. Here is a link to it: https://thegoldgods.com/products/yung-rich-nation-takeoff-limited-edition-piece The rest was just junk and modern coins. The huge heart is an earring and may have been plated as well: I think this is the last time I'll hunt a beach this year, give them time to fill up. ? Back to the fields!

Local lake is exactly one mile from my house. It was built in the 1880’s and started allowing recreation about 1917 as far as I know. I work swing shift so I have all morning to screw off and now that it’s kinda cooler, I’ve been hitting the lake. Nothing great so far but I found a ring that is gold in color but must be Carbide. It won’t scratch on the stone. It only has a CH marking inside. Here are a couple pics and I’m using the Deus 2. It’s kinda fun and different from my usual gold rush relics. I’m hoping for some gold rings as the lake drains in the fall.

Oh my gold. I was trying out a new coin program on the legend and found this 10k ring in my own yard. Now we have lived here for over 35 years. Great little excitement on a Saturday morning

Back at the campground we were at last week, after getting set up for a festival I thought I'd hit the entertainment field before sundown. It's the small field with a trailer that becomes a stage, about 2 acres. I've had a hunch that there will be some good jewelry here, people dance and drink. About 20 minutes in after finding a small amount of trash, I got a pull tab (well half a pull tab) signal, a 6/7 that disappeared when I lifted the coil. It was right on top. I bent down with my pinpointer and saw a thin flash of gold, got this little guy: Sure looked like gold to me. I kept on until it was too dark to dig, I don't want to leave a mess here. Here's the trash: About what I'd expect to dig looking for jewelry. For an hour the take wasn't bad, I brought my shovel to get the deeper stuff. The ring has "10k" and some letters for a hallmark. I hope it's a ruby, my wife's birthstone. She loves it. Fits perfectly. Good start! The little oval thing was a solid 18, it says "Zildjian" on it. Probably a cymbal bag zipper pull. I'm using the Equinox 600 again with the 10x5, Park 1, 5 tones, F2=3 to push the bottle caps to iron, there are a lot of them.

The Pt950 is platinum for sure but the EDL is the part I am wanting to identify. Nice little 19.8g bracelet. I will never understand why they wear something like this to the beach but I'm not complaining! LOL If anyone knows what the EDL stands for, I would appreciate you letting me know. I thought at first that it had diamonds on it, but it is just diamond cut to appear like there are diamonds mounted on it. thanks, Joe

...and certainly one of a kind. Back on Sept 16th I posted about some of my finds from Hurricane Kay including a picture of a silver Tiffany earring. I made a similar post on another website as well as asking if any other detectorists had found an earring that would match. As it turned out, the same week that I found that earring another hunter, 2300 miles away, on a beach near Savannah, Georgia scooped out a perfect match. He saw my post and graciously agreed to getting both halves together to make a complete set. Some lucky girl in my family is going to know just how special her "new" earrings are.

This is something for everyone, for the people new to this hobby right up to the seasoned who may be on the fence about deciding whether to invest a small amount of money in @kac's Devil's Tongue Park Probe. Spent last weekend at one of my favorite campgrounds, but the remnants of Ian kept us ducking, I only got out twice in 4 days but wanted to re-check the tot lots and courts where I got quite a bit last time. Turns out I did a pretty good job. ? There was literally nothing in any of those spots I hunted but two fresh drops, a quarter and a dime. I didn't bring my Predator shovel with me, the first day I got there the ground was dry after about a month of no rain, and would have been both impossible and messy to dig. Instead I threw the Park Probe in with my gear and had my small poly hand digger, which is great for sand and pinpointing. I brought only the Equinox for a detector. I focused on an entertainment field with a trailer that becomes a stage. It's about 2 acres, and loaded with pull tabs and bottle caps. I wanted to see how many coins I could get with limited time and equipment. BTW the band was pretty good. ? I used the Park Probe for about 2-3 hours in two days, one dry and one after 2"+ rain fell. I found it easy to use in all conditions, and literally left no trace. Ended up with 42 coins, last year I pulled about 300 out of this campground, so I didn't expect even that many. Oldest was a 1967 dime, this place was established in the 1970s, so no silver. I think the oldest quarter ever from here was a 1965. ? Also dug a key and a 1950s lipstick tube, which was strange to find here. Trash day 1: And day 2: Not much. Bottle caps were all sight picks. In digging all the pull tabs, I found after a while if I lifted the detector a bit and the signal disappeared, I should dig it, but I dug pull tabs anyway. That produced the cheap jewelry: The most interesting thing is the tiny owl, it's heavy and was a 5, but appears to be plated. All stones are fake. The two rings, one I suspect is from a doll, are aluminum with crystals. Both were pull tab signals that disappeared upon lifting the coil about 5". Gold will do the same thing as opposed to foil, it's a trick not a recommendation. The penny is there for scale, this stuff is all small which is the forte of the Equinox, although I've found the D2 is also no slouch. Everything was popped out with the Park Probe. I cannot emphasize enough how useful this tool is. Some of the coins were 6" down, about the depth mine can go. I love this tool. I strongly recommend giving it a shot of WD-40 every time you are done, this one has dug a lot of stuff now and still looks new. It's unobtrusive and should calm the fears of any grounds keeper. ? Thanks Kac! ?

I got a call the other day from a very dear friend of mine. We go back over 30 years. He's part owner of a 500 acre duck club here in the Delta. Mike who is the head honcho of the club was brushing a couple of the blinds as duck season is only a few weeks away. At some point he noticed his wedding ring was missing. Frantic he searched all over for it but you know how that goes. I was able to get out there yesterday...4 days after the fact. They drive me out in the side by side to one of the two spots that it could have been lost. Turn on the detector do a quick noise cancel then ground balance and start making my way around the outside of the blind. Took about 4 minutes to locate the ring a solid 14 on the Nox. The best and funniest part was when Mike yelled out "I cant believe you found it" Then my buddy gets all excited and tells him "you see I told you he knows what he's doing" lol Mike sends his wife of over 40 years the picture of the ring and boy did she sound happy. I found out afterwards that he had someone else out there with a detector right after he lost it but no luck. I can see how some of you ring finders get a kick out of this stuff...sorry for the crappy photos my friend needs a better phone lol strick

Yesterday I scooted over to a park for a mainly gold hunt. I was running the 800 and have been playing with single freq. setups. I only had an hour or so to dig so I made the best of it (kinda). Nothing annoys me more than digging junk but it's the rule if you want the gold. The first batch of targets were foil, foil and more FOIL. I hit up on some clad and a piece of baby spoon. I got another foil tone Ha Ha and figured I would enjoy digging another beverage seal. Well low and behold , looky here. The shape looked familiar but could it be, is it a ring??. Yup. Sadly the stone is missing from my find but its been a while since I found a 14k ring. This is only the 3rd 14k white gold ring I've ever found. For a quick 1 1/2 hour hunt I was more than happy.

That's two successful ring recoveries in a week.. If this keeps up I'll be able to retire a wealthy man.. It was another very easy recovery.. The lady who owns this ring send me a photo of the tree she was sitting under when she lost it.. Took about 2 minutes to find it.. If only all recovery jobs were this easy.. I've just send her a message to say I've found it but it's still early in the morning here (6:30) so no reply yet.. She told me this ring had a lot of sentimental value and there would be a reward if I found it.. I'll keep you posted..

It's been hard going in the ring recovery business for a while.. It hasn't helped that our local council has dumped about a metre of sand on top of the island's most productive beaches to counter erosion.. Despite the school holidays and a major surf lifesaving carnival last week, I'm only finding a few freshly dropped coins.. All this changed this morning when a gentleman contacted me on my ring recovery Facebook page with a very accurate description of where he lost his wedding ring.. Although I had to go for a scuba dive to recover it, the ring was exactly where he said he dropped it.. Using my trusty PulseDive it took about half a minute to find it.. He was a very happy fella and gave me a $50 reward.. Not too bad for less than a minute's work..

found two sterling items today, and 9 quarters and some nickles. The bracelet is boldly marked sterling , good weight to both of them . not plated, so i was looking for gold rings, but not disappointed with the silver. my settings on the orx where coin deep , 75 gain, 8.4khz, 2.5 sweep speed, and 6.5 disc mostly open low trash spot I chose the low frequincy becase it can see thru the junk foils and give me the higher numbers thru the small foils. a gold ring is under the junk foil , the 17,2 will not do that , some of the nickles came in the 71 ,69 VDI range but ya this is how it is . And i dug alot of trash .

We had a storm come through N Calif over the weekend. The winds were SE and I had a great spot in mind but had to work Mon and Tues...Yesterday my first appt was at 12:30 so I figured I could get at least 2 and a half hours in.... when I got to the beach it was pretty much what I expected it was about 2/3 sanded back in but the storm 3 days earlier had done its job and there were still lots of targets. I hate to leave a target rich environment that’s exactly what happened as I only hunted from 8:30 till 11:00. The bracelet is stamped 14 k and is 5.4 grams. Equinox 800 field 2 5 tones ground tracking on Fe0 Fe2 0 Coiltex 10x5 strick

After my Job interview went south, I went metal detecting , and I have another offer to rake some leaves for extra cash , so I prayed that if i should do that leaf raking that God would give me a sighn and let me find a gold ring today, and I did. had to XP ORX set up in coin deep , 70 gain 6 disc and 2.5 sweep speed at 17.2khz and at the 1st spot i was hunting , I got the thinking I should take a break and then go to another spot I have been to many time but never found any rings . I found a big chunk of iron and after it was out i got a quarter Hit , other wise someone had dug the cladd out pretty good , I was finding lots of tabs and foil , thats a good sign a ring could in theory be in the ground , and I got a signal 62 on the meter and expecting a tab, up comes a nice Gold cladda ring , marked Ireland inside. and another mark i cant read its a bit worn , but its pretty clear its not bling or plated its small but still weighing in at 2.4 grams. In the last picture you can see the big iron bolt that i dug out and after that an old crusty quarter was heard , yes it was masked ,someone else had stripped all the clad so i was luckey to get that quarter , but it was clearly masked

It's been a while, but I finally got a chance to hunt a local campground, it's a really huge park with over 1000 campsites as of last year. I was here about a year ago and a lot changed, so I checked to see if it was ok to hunt it again, and the assistant GM gave me permission. The campground has 3 tot lots, a volleyball and bocce court that used to be a volleyball and tot lot, lots of Cornhole courts, a huge water park and three pools, and a lake with a beach. We only stayed 4 nights so I got out hunting twice a day. I used both the Deus 2 and Equinox about equally. Still can't really decide which one I like better, but the last morning I cleaned up everything I missed in all the tot lots and other sandy areas with the Deus 2 after tweaking it a bit. It was hitting coins a lot deeper. The beach and one of the tot lots were the most disappointing, I guess someone had hunted them out for the most part. Another lot produced so many nickels I knew the person hunting there had discriminated them out. Here's the total take: 173 coins, $14.65. 30 quarters, earliest date 1965 (the FU date), 52 dimes, again earliest 1965, 26 nickels, earliest 1951, 17 copper memorials, earliest 1959, and 48 Zincolns. Got two pretty nice Hot Wheels cars, I left a monster truck Hot wheel behind. Got some silver: The top 3 items are probably silver, for sure the toe ring is, it's marked 925. CZ earring stud, gold rose earring (no hallmarks) 3 junker rings, some Mickey Mouse bling and a couple of modern buttons. Bunch of small things all found by the Deus 2, and a cord ankle bracelet with copper decorations. I knew I wasn't going to find as much here as last year, I dug some outrageous amount of coins (about 300), but not too bad for 3 days worth of hunting! ? Here's a typical trash photo, one of the lots had a lot of stainless bolts, washers and other bits. About 5x this would be what I got over the span. One day I used @kac's Park Probe in a field and popped a bunch of coins and a couple cheap rings. One of them came out encircling the probe, no damage. That's a heck of a tool!

When finding a Bling Ring, many are fake. This one I tested and blew me away. Did the couple get in a big argument and she tossed it into the lake? It's happened. The lake level is low right now, maybe she was swimming earlier this year and it fell off? How long has this beautiful ring been sitting at the bottom of the lake while nobody could see how much it wanted to sparkle and shine. Maybe it can be returned to the original person and if not, then hopefully a new owner will be happy to share and show it's diamond glow. Is this one of those Finders Keepers things? What would you do if you stumbled across this ring? I don't think there is a right or wrong answer here. If you found it and it means so much to you or you plan on giving it to your lady of love, then joy will once again shine on this ring and across a woman's face full of smiles. Love is a crazy and funny thing that many of us go through. This ring could just as easily been tossed into the lake for reason of someone breaking another persons heart. Either way outcome of this ring, I want it to shine and make someone happy, it deserves a 2nd chance. https://youtu.be/tM2OWltxC6Q

I already posted my gold finds from Hurricane Kay but there were some interesting silver finds as well. The most valuable silver find was another silver Gucci "ghost" ring. I say another because I found a similar ring on August 1st. I also found a Tiffany ring and earring on back to back hunts at 2 different beaches. Maybe someone here has found an earring like this and is willing to sell? The 2 silver bracelets were found in the same area on different days. They are both from Taxco Mexico. Could the same person have lost both??? The last picture show a few more small silver items. The coin-like objects were probably earrings or other jewelry and the hoops or pins just wore/broke off over time. GL&HH!

Hit my SoCal beach yesterday and found a good 8-9 inches of black sand below the storm cut. AQ to the rescue using volcanic mode, sensitivity 3, ATS 4, reject 7. Found a cute little 2.2 gram 14k white gold keeper at about 3-4 inches. 11 on pulse delay. Heading back out today to look for her big sister.

Friday night I got out to what I was hoping would be a great night of detecting ... but I had my doubts. My doubts were based upon the direction of the hurricane. It was approaching Los Angeles from the S and SSE which isn't a great swell maker. I managed to get out before the low tide and I put in an all nighter (8 hours) on a favorite beach and a beach oriented to take maximum advantage of the storm direction. The waves were really pretty small. I managed one silver ring and one silver bracelet. My favorite beach produced 5 rings including the silver and two chains. My 'opportunity beach' which has produced some good jewelry in the past had very little for me on Saturday morning. It was still an enjoyable night with the clouds and spritzes of rain to break up the heat.

It was time for a hunt ... but I've done that each of the last few nights. Last night's hunt was better on the counts but it came up a bit short on the value. The first ring of the night I thought was my best until the next morning. I was finally able to read a 14kt GF. Bummer. It came in as a 21 so I'm not too surprised. Some of the other rings. An odd mix. The one missing the 'stone' is silver. Here are more pictures of the loot. The bottom of the aluminum can above was found down over 20 inches. I hate those digs but they sound so good. I've also included some pictures of previous hunts just to show the difference in nights. This last tray includes 3 rings and of note was one of my best 'spoon rings' ever. What is a spoon ring you say? It was once a silver spoon that was chopped off at the end and shaped into a ring. Notice the overlapping design which would allow for some adjustment and expansion.

After finding the David Yurman Bracelet I took weeks off detecting in order to recover from a nagging pulled muscle in my middle back. A few days ago I went to a local beach to test the back and see if there was anything to be had in the wet. One spot had several good sounding targets that turned out to be quarters and dimes, + a few pieces of deep iron that fooled me. After walking down the beach aways I returned to this spot and started a tight grid going in the other direction. I quickly pulled out a junk silver plated ring, and just a foot away, this bomber came up for air. Emanuele Bicocchi designer .925, weighing in at a more that respectable 20 grams. Short 2 hour hunt. Still 0 for 2022 on the gold, but I'm OK with this. -Jerry

5 trips to the desert detecting with no gold.....my last beach gold was late last winter......oh sure, this summer I've found my share of silver and junk gold plate like all of you but that's it. Recently I decided to change things up and go back to where it all started for me on the beach- dry sand hunting at night with a gold detector. I set my TDI up on "Low Conductor" in order to only hear the high tone targets. This of course means you hear pull tabs, twist-offs, gold, nickels, etc.....no silver, dimes, quarters, and the like. The TDI will however, go into freak-out audio when you run across a quarter on the surface. I sometimes dig these signals if boredom kicks in. Anyway, I hunt dry sand by locating a good trash zone, and then griding tightly as if you were on a gold patch. Good trash to me is aluminum, deep rusted twist-offs and deep nickels. At the beach I was searching there was nothing along the towel line- not even any trash. I started working the zone behind the towel line, going back beyond the lifeguard towers. No consistent targets there either, so it was time to venture into no-man's land, where I immediately recovered an 18k gold filled chain. Here I picked up a nice trash debris field which contained deep nickels and deep aluminum. That's when I popped out a stainless ring, and griding low and slow, got this loud freak-out target response on the TDI. 3 things I knew about the target- it was large, close to the surface, and not gold. 1 shallow scoop and the bracelet was in my pocket- thought it was a bling watch until returning home to see the hallmark.....David Yurman Albion .925 diamond bracelet. Not gold, but I'm going to stretch the mileage of this find until the gold shows up.....Jerry

I did another fresh water hunt and even though gold was a no-show, 6 rings, 2 silver neck chains along with coins and LOTS of trash make me think that the gold is there. In looking at the smaller silver chain I'm reminded of the knife scene from "Crocodile Dundee". At 4 grams, the thin silver chain is nice but at 30+ grams for the other one, now THAT'S A CHAIN! ?

Today I went to a short hunt after dropping off my son at TK. The tide was getting up so I had to use a different search pattern. My second target was the silver ring. It is 6.7g with an interesting pattern. It says 925 i + h ??? Don't know exactly what that means but I'll look it up. The second ring came about an hour later. It is an unmarked, homemade Quora design, but feels like gold. It comes in at a 17 on the Nox. I went to Wilshire Coin and had them tell me what it is and they say it is about 13k but they are conservative. It weighs 7.4g. It was a good hunt.

I'm not by nature a superstitious dude but this morning's find has to be an omen.. It's the metal detecting Gods telling me to buy an Manticore.. ?