Popular Post Jeff McClendon Posted November 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2022 I have been cleared by my surgeon to metal detect but only on flat/level ground and I have to wear my CAM boot. Luckily I have two of these ankle boots so getting goose pooh, mud and snow all over my older beat up one is no problem. I have been out three times in the last week for about 1.5 hours each time. Great way to walk my dog and I get to dig 40 or 50 targets. Getting down on the ground to retrieve deeper targets and back up is a pain but hey, at least I'm walking and metal detecting. Deus 2 has been the detector I chose for the three hunts because I wanted to see if that ugly makeshift stand I concocted would actually hold up......so far it works great and no cartwheeling Deus 2 lately. Lots of people on this forum have been asking questions about hunting gold jewelry with Deus 2. I basically am always hunting for gold jewelry or any jewelry when I go out to one of the many local parks or school grounds in my area. Today I hunted a local park where there are organized sports activities like smaller child mini soccer games, adult volleyball (on grass), ultimate frisbee and also a rugby league. At a place like this it is always a question for me whether I should hunt the actual playing field or the sidelines where participants keep there belongings and where any spectator might sit to watch. Usually I try to find the sidelines by following the trail of trash. That is what I did today and I was rewarded. I had Deus 2 in FMF Fast with discrimination set at 40 and 5 tones for iron, small gold 40 to 58, US nickels and medium gold 59 to 65, larger gold and zinc pennies 66 to 87 and US clad and silver 88 to 99. So I did not have anything notched out and I made myself dig any good sounding target between 40 and 98 that wasn't too deep (down to about 6") with an emphasis on the 40 to 87 range where gold rings can definitely happen. I dug about 40 targets in a little more than an hour. Half were pull tabs/aluminum trash. The other half were US clad, a 1944 silver Mercury dime, a stainless steel/CZ honker ring target ID 50, a 3.5 gram .925 silver ring target ID 96 and a 8 gram 14K gold ring with diamonds and ebony target ID 72. All three rings were in a straight line, just on the edge of the playing field about 10 feet apart. So I got all three on one pass parallel to the playing field. Man did that feel good. I will eventually hit the playing fields too for sure. I did not by any means dig every target I heard. Only the really good sounding ones that were not at the edge of detection according to tone quality and the WS6 depth meter. Dig that good sounding aluminum trash.......it is the only way to not miss quality jewelry and bling that is mixed in with it. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Great hunt Jeff, and cool dog. ? Wish there were parks where I live ? glad to see you out and about. Interesting Deus setup too. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Wow, your ratio of rings to targets is incredible. Great to see you out and about again doing what you love. I must say, your pooch is a cute little thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 minute ago, phrunt said: Wow, your ratio of rings to targets is incredible. Great to see you out and about again doing what you love. I must say, your pooch is a cute little thing. For this hunt definitely. I would gladly take that ratio anytime. Rarely happens. That dog may be cute but he is vicious. He is named for the American boxer Mike Tyson. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 You killed it. That’s a ratio of epic proportions! Good for you and now you gotta come back with 4 rings next time ?. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 After today’s hunt, my XP Deus 2 Lite is paid for. So is my Nokta Legend since July. Two absolutely awesome detectors that will only get better with updates and hopefully more coil choices. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Glad to see you up and back detecting Jeff! Didn't want to see you grow roots in the recliner! Looks like you have a better class of "losers" there, than at my beaches! Keep at it!!??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCtoad Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 8 grams of 14k deserves a “Hell Yeah”! Congrats on the gold, silver ring and the merc, and on getting out, Jeff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palzynski Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 14K gold ring with diamonds ... Wow impressive ... Could you post a bigger pic of the gold ring Jeff ? it deserves it , thx a lot ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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