glacialgold Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 After around 1.5 years detecting, I finally dug gold today! 4.33g 10k women's wedding band found using the MXT Pro (thanks, @Jeff McClendon!) with the 18x4 Detech Arrow at a local sports complex. It was about 2" down, and rang up as Ring, P-tab. Never had any luck previously with those type of signals, but this once sounded super clean and I gave it a shot. Glad I did! Testing it at home, the ring registered as a 36-37 on the Legend and a solid 19 on the Nox 800. I would likely have not dug the target on the Legend, but it did land at the very bottom of my "penny" range on the Nox, which would have made it a "maybe" dig. The thing of it is, digging anything gold was one of my big detecting goals for the year, and I had pretty much given up hope by this point. Lowered expectations = good luck, I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Congratulations GG. 👍 It was about that long before I found one myself, actually two in one spot. 2 that had hallmarks anyway. 🙄 From what I've read here the most successful ring diggers can show you a bucket full of pull tabs for every ring they get. It's probably when I accepted that and better learned how my detector sounds and acts (and dug a lot of pull tabs 😀) that they started coming in. Great way to end the year, isn't it? 🏆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Nice end of year bonus prize ! WTG. check. One day left ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geologyhound Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 A belated Christmas present, but one you are glad to accept! Now for the next one…. Has you hooked doesn’t it?😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 7 hours ago, glacialgold said: and a solid 19 on the Nox 800. I would likely have not dug the target on the Legend, but it did land at the very bottom of my "penny" range on the Nox, which would have made it a "maybe" dig. Gold on the Equinox can be 1-22, even 23-24 on big chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Just under the wire with what I consider they ultimate goal, Gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBayBrad Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Now you have been bitten by the gold bug. Makes you want to get back out there right away and find some more! Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalReg Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Congrats! I'm going on three years and still haven't found one...a lot of costume jewelry though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compass Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 More like persistence = good luck I think. Congrats on your first gold ring. Nice one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 12/30/2023 at 2:10 PM, glacialgold said: After around 1.5 years detecting, I finally dug gold today! Congratulations. It gets easier and more frequent now that you know what it sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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