Oregon Beach / Slew Gold

[GaryC/Oregon Coast]

Haven't seen much action on my local beaches since moving to Oregon these last couple of years.  Beaches here are drastically different than my So. Cal. beaches.  Took me years to learn my cuts and where to find them at my southern haunts.  Now I'm having to learn these new beasts and it's been painfully bare of gold or coins.  The beaches near me (Central Coast) are not what you consider bathing beaches.  You don't see many people on the sand with blankets.  These are dog walking bundle yourself up look for shells and rocks type of beaches.

Luckily I also live near a river that runs right into the ocean and it requires a stone jetty to support it on either side.  When the high tide pushes the river over the stone jetty to overflow it produces a slew or a calm saltwater wading pool for kiddies and young mothers.  A perfect place for a towel to be put down to watch the toddler.  This is where I will be finding my GOLD in the future.  Ten minutes into the hunt I get a solid 10 on the Nox 800.  14kt, 2.5 gram gold ring with 4 seed diamonds (tested) and an opal.  Picked up maybe ten dimes, 10 pennies, 4 nickels, an earring and four lead bullets which also read solid 10's on the Nox.  GaryC/Oregon Coast 

[2Valen]

5 hours ago, GaryC/Oregon Coast said:

14kt, 2.5 gram gold ring with 4 seed diamonds (tested) and an opal.

That is a beautiful ring that you found, and I wish you more luck in the future.

Thanks for sharing.

[Mark Gillespie]

Awesome gold.  Remember the majority of gold rings in the world are women's.  And they will most likely read at or below a US nickel.  Check out these two videos.

 

 

[Gerry in Idaho]

Nice ring find and story Gary.  Part of what makes you a better detectorist is the ability to adapt and learn new locations, technologies and detectors.  Some folks stick to 1 detector, know it well and use it at all locations.  A few change with newer technologies/models, but that takes extra time needed to learn the detectors.  Looking at the list of machines you have or have owned, I think you enjoy new technologies and learning different areas, situations/beaches.  In the long run, your detector knowledge should be better than some.  Pretty pic of the gold and congratulations.  Thanks for sharing.