Fun Hunt At The Lake

[Compass]

I'd say that 80% or more of my hunts are at the beach and I usually use my pulse detectors there. However, when the beaches aren't productive I am fortunate to have some lakes to hunt. On one recent hunt I was hunting a lake with my Nox 800 (and its new control pod) and without using the headphones. I almost always wear headphones when I detect as they are hardwired into most of my water rated machines. Even with the Nox I typically use waterproof headphones because I work in deep water where the speaker is below the water surface.

However, this hunt was along the shore in the wet sand and shallow water of a quiet lake so I decided to go without the headphones and what a pleasant experience that was! It was so nice to hear the background noise and wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect my face and neck from the sun.

I also had a very memorable experience made possible by the Nox TID display. Working in the wet sand I got a strong "19-20" TID readout and when I looked down I saw a semi-circle sliver of yellow gold flush with the sand's surface (see below). I brushed away enough sand to see a complete circle of gold confirming that it was a ring and not just an earring or some other piece of jewelry. It looked like a skinny ring but here is the coolest part - when I have found gold rings in the "19-20" range they have always been fairly sizeable so I called over my buddy and said, "watch this nice big ring come out." It's no monster but 6.5 grams of 10k is always welcome. It was a great day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rvpopeye]

Nice zincoln Compass ! 👍  

Makes it worth digging all the other 19-20s that actually are zincs.😏 

I like going without headphones sometimes in quieter areas. 

Let yer ears breath.

[schoolofhardNox]

I think 10 KFG stands for 10 Karat Fool's Gold 😅. Beauty of a ring and a very nice weight. Nothing like seeing a gold rim and have it actually turn out to be a gold ring. 🤗

[CPT_GhostLight]

That's a beauty, Compass, congrats! 😎

[BigSkyGuy]

Maker was Frederick Goldman, Inc. Dates from 1985 onward. Nice!

 

[Compass]

3 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

Nice zincoln Compass ! 👍  

Makes it worth digging all the other 19-20s that actually are zincs.😏 

I like going without headphones sometimes in quieter areas. 

Let yer ears breath.

Thanks rvp, I actually get a bit excited when I see those "18-20" TIDs near the water. Sure, most of them are zinc pennies but big gold rings are in that range too! I hunt in "gold" mode quite a bit which is very chatty. Not wearing headphones makes the chatter a lot less annoying.

3 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

I think 10 KFG stands for 10 Karat Fool's Gold 😅. Beauty of a ring and a very nice weight. Nothing like seeing a gold rim and have it actually turn out to be a gold ring. 🤗

Thank you School. Getting a "preview" of the gold is an awesome experience. Another similar circumstance is finding a little bit of a gold chain sticking out of the sand and pulling on it only to find 1 or 2 more feet of chain and maybe even a gold pendant behind it! 😮

2 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

That's a beauty, Compass, congrats! 😎

Thanks CPT, Funny how something can be plain and beautiful at the same time. 🙂

1 hour ago, BigSkyGuy said:

Maker was Frederick Goldman, Inc. Dates from 1985 onward. Nice!

 

Thanks BSG, I used to think that this stamp was F6 . Now that I have found a few and know the maker I really welcome finding them - good quality jewelry! 🙂 

[matt]

CPT_Ghostlight found a white gold ring from the same maker a couple days ago. He posted about it in the Deus ii forum. Strange coincidence!

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1 hour ago, matt said:

CPT_Ghostlight found a white gold ring from the same maker a couple days ago. He posted about it in the Deus ii forum. Strange coincidence!

Thanks for letting me know Matt. I really enjoyed reading his post (and yours). I was stationed at Pearl Harbor for a couple of years when I was in the Navy and loved it in Hawaii. I was even able to do some metal detecting there back in the late 70's.

[strick]

Nice play by play and reveal Compass! your doing great...lakes are where its at just don't tell anyone lol. FG makes some nice rings... have one in my collection from a park hunt a few years ago. I think I'll call them fools gold from now on...  because any fool that goes out and digs thousands of pull tabs deserves a nice piece of gold once in a while 🙂

strick 

 

[Compass]

48 minutes ago, strick said:

Nice play by play and reveal Compass! your doing great...lakes are where its at just don't tell anyone lol. FG makes some nice rings... have one in my collection from a park hunt a few years ago. I think I'll call them fools gold from now on...  because any fool that goes out and digs thousands of pull tabs deserves a nice piece of gold once in a while 🙂

strick 

 

Thanks strick. The last couple of months have been good hunting for me and, surprisingly, the lakes have been a big part of that. However, the amount of trash at the lakes can be mind-boggling. I think the trick is to celebrate each pull-tab as being one step closer to the gold. 🙂