First Gold With The Aq?

[KENNE-BILL]

I hunted a new (too me) spot yesterday for a couple of hours from ankle to chest deep water, settings were all metal mode, delay 10, sensitivity 8, and ATS 5.  The detector ran well with some chatter but nothing overwhelming and similar to my TDI BH, it's probably a given as with other detectors that I find how the AQ runs differs from beach to beach and can sometimes be run hotter or has to be turned down.  Anyways near the end of my hunt is when I found the gold ring, it took a few scoops to retrieve it and I would guess it was in the 10" range, at first glance I thought it was a junk or gold plated ring being that it is tarnished on the inside.  After getting back home and assuming the ring was junk I didn't bother to look at it until later in the evening and upon inspection could see a 14k stamp inside the ring, I then tested with my GXL-24 Pro gold tester and it displayed 14k, this tester does distinguish between gold and gold plated/filled items.  I've never found a gold ring that looks good on the outside but tarnished on the inside like this before, any thoughts or comments?  BTW the ring is 7.0 grams, also can't seem to edit title to show AQ instead of Aq.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tvr]

Nice! Looks like the kinds of sinkers and a eaten up maybe 9 mm casing that I find in my local beach. What part of the country are you hunting?

Thanks for the report and setting info.

[KENNE-BILL]

Yes a casing but not sure of size as I'm not familiar with ammo, I was on the North Shore of Oahu for this hunt.

[Rick K - First Member]

Many many thanks for the report.

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

First Congrads on the AQ Gold!! 

Second... a better pic may help..lol

Third I thinking its fine since the tester said it was

Forth...I've found some older rings that were black on the inside and fine on the outside...they were rolled gold or hand laid gold. Just a thin layer of gold over some base metal. 

Fifth ..I think yours is gold just some of the other metals maybe leaching out..10k is more likely for leaching to happen..I've seen up to 18k stained some.......... when it comes to water of any kind, anything is possible.

[Compass]

Congrats on the gold! I have found white gold jewelry that seems to have patches of yellow gold in areas where there is wear- almost like yours does.

[okara gold]

Congrats on the ring. Looks like the AQ did its job. No explanation on the discoloration.