April - 9 Gold - AQ Ltd

[Slimpickuns]

Had an awesome month using the Fisher AQ on the low tide wet sand slopes. Ran the AQ mostly in "tone" mode but did spend some time in "all metal" when trash targets were not too bad..All I can say is that I love this machine! My trusty Sov. GT is starting to collect dust now and the AQ has become my go to detector and the GT my "just in case" back up.

I started out April with a very crusty 10k class ring. Soaked it in CLR over night and removed all the crust, here's the kicker though, as I was sitting on my couch looking through my loop at the ring trying to figure out the date on the class ring and other details, I fumbled the ring in my fingers and it dropped directly onto my tile floor and shattered into pieces! I spent about 15 mins carefully gathering the pieces along with the Ruby stone that was in the center. I was going to scrap the ring anyway but I did want to get a picture of it after clean up before I did. There is a date under the eagle, its very hard to see but it looks like "1955".
The rest of the rings are 14k, with one having CZ stones and the one on the right with real diamonds. Also found what look like two gold tooth caps, acid tested good for 18k. The last gold item of the month was a 22.1 gram 18k (750) gold Rosary found way out in the negative low tide wet sand plateau. I searched around the area thoroughly for the cross and the rest of the beads but had no luck.

Also an honorable mention on the silvers I found, The silver heart bracelet is Tiffany & Co and goes for $275 new https://www.tiffany.com/jewelry/bracelets/return-to-tiffany-love-tiffany-blue-heart-tag-bead-bracelet-GRP09904/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Also found a silver Gucci stud ear ring,  a pair goes for $245 https://www.gucci.com/us/en/pr/jewelry-watches/silver-jewelry/silver-earrings/silver-interlocking-g-earrings-p-356289J84000702?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1_Ofj-qu8AIVcz6tBh3eJwziEAQYAiABEgKm0vD_BwE 

So gold totals for the month are:

10k- 5.8 grams
14k- 20.3 grams
18k-22.1 grams
Tooth Caps (18k) - 3.5 grams

Now onto May!

Thanks for looking & Happy Hunting!

[Elbert]

Wow! Great finds. Congrats.

El

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

GO AQ!! 

Beautiful colors!! 

Nice saves!!

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

1 hour ago, Slimpickuns said:

I love this machine!

O Boy! Another one! 

No doubt you have figured out the AQ!

I have to work on that Tones mode thing...Carolina and Now Slimpickens!

[Slimpickuns]

21 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

O Boy! Another one! 

No doubt you have figured out the AQ!

I have to work on that Tones mode thing...Carolina and Now Slimpickens!

Thanks Joe! If I keep finding gold at this rate, I'm thinking of buying another AQ since this one has already payed for itself!

[ALEXANDRE TARTAR]

Great finds! well done
Thank you for your detailed report.

Here are the purchase prices in Europe (net)
With the currency conversion this is 1837 USD, it's not bad!
In any case it is more than the price of the AQ limited and that just only one month!

 

[CCadrin]

great job. I can't wait to get back to detecting after taking a few weeks off.

[Slimpickuns]

9 hours ago, ALEXANDRE TARTAR said:

Great finds! well done
Thank you for your detailed report.

Here are the purchase prices in Europe (net)
With the currency conversion this is 1837 USD, it's not bad!
In any case it is more than the price of the AQ limited and that just only one month!

 

 

 

Thanks for the rundown Alexandre! I gotta say, you have built one heck of a machine that's for sure! 

[Slimpickuns]

4 hours ago, CCadrin said:

great job. I can't wait to get back to detecting after taking a few weeks off.

Thanks CCadrin! I had to take a week off myself, got quite a workout last month working the wet sand beaches pretty hard. When that gold fever hits though its hard to stop. 

[Skull diver]

I'm waiting for the diving AQ to be released😭😭😭😭😭