2nd Manticore Hunt With Dankowski Settings, A Golden Day

[F350Platinum]

Well here ya go, took the Manticore to my local big beach, it started out a bit cold and windy but ended up at 65 degrees.

The beach is thawed out, but the water is 35 degrees. I got there about an hour before low tide. I wore insulated boots and didn't go out very far.

I wanted to hunt a certain spot on this beach to see if the Manticore could pull any more coins out of it. When I got there a crew was in that spot digging and grading the beach. 

As I headed out to hunt somewhere else, the gentleman in the digger drove up to me and said, "we're all done, you should go over there, we really dug stuff up!"

Wow. Guess luck was with me today, but I also knew I wasn't going to be able to compare whether the Manticore would do better or even as well as the Deus 2, with all the sand moved around I would never know. 😥

The river was calm, I went almost boot deep in the water, and then searched the upper beach. There were targets everywhere. I stayed there about 5 hours, here's what I got for coins and relics: 

33 coins, 4 really old unidentifiable pennies, 4 copper memorials, a quarter, 4 dimes, 13 nickels including 3 buffaloes. An odd knob for something, a key, a bag seal and some links of gold plated brass chain. The Manticore loves nickels, and the other detectorists seem to skip a lot of them. It was really nice to get some old coins still, but the Manticore didn't find any more silver. Back in the fall I got about 10 silver Barbers in this spot, guess I cleaned it out. 

Got lots of trash, but not a lot of iron or aluminum. The settings did well, I'm sure I'll get better with that. I used Beach Surf and Seawater most of the time, but I changed back to normal audio. I also used Beach Low Conductors.

Here's the trash:

Some sinkers, a couple of bottle caps, and lots of small junk.

So why was it a Golden Day?

Heh. 😎

I was out in the water digging nickel after nickel, and one of those nickels turned out to be an 18k signet ring! 

It's broken, but is the second signet I've found in this spot. I'd say it is very old. 

It was only a few inches down, but there are lots of small rocks in the water here.

A little later while searching the dry sand after the tide came in, I was digging more nickels and got a very insistent 20. I scooped and scooped, probably down about 10" to a foot, and discovered this:

 

A 10k pave white and yellow gold ring with 20 diamonds. 🤯

 

I wish I could say that the Manticore did better, but I really can't after finding all those silvers and a gold signet ring here back in the fall.

One thing for damn sure is that the settings impressed me, to hit a gold and diamond ring at almost a foot is insane, this detector is a keeper for sure. 😎

My wife is ecstatic with her new ring. 🥳

🍀

[PI-Man]

Stop making deals with the devil it’s not a good thing to do 😂 

Congrats Awesome finds!

 

[F350Platinum]

5 minutes ago, PI-Man said:

Stop making deals with the devil it’s not a good thing to do 😂 

Congrats Awesome finds!

 

Thanks!

Well, I reached 20% of my stated goal... 🤣 And got some old stuff. Guess that's just the relic hunter in me 😎

[JCR]

Glad you are jelling with your new (now paid for)machine.

[mn90403]

Those are some good results for the time that you were there this time.

One thing that ALL of us beach hunters can agree on is that RESULTS VARY.

It's not because of the detector as much as the beach itself.  One day to the next, one week to the next, one storm to the next ... all beaches vary.  The only way you can compare detectors is to have them with you on the same day, mark your targets and try to act like you didn't with the other detector.  But there is always a bias ...

[1491]

Wow, you had yourself quite the day! Love the gold, respect the trash! Lots of nickels, you were in the zone. 😄

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, JCR said:

Glad you are jelling with your new (now paid for)machine.

Thanks, I'm pleased that I'm getting great stuff so soon, this detector was a split birthday present, it's always fun to have it pay off in a find for her.

My wife understands the concept of gaining experience, so I was able to use it as soon as I got it. The big present is a trip to Florida to hunt essentially where the settings originated. 🙂

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, mn90403 said:

Those are some good results for the time that you were there this time.

One thing that ALL of us beach hunters can agree on is that RESULTS VARY.

It's not because of the detector as much as the beach itself.  One day to the next, one week to the next, one storm to the next ... all beaches vary.  The only way you can compare detectors is to have them with you on the same day, mark your targets and try to act like you didn't with the other detector.  But there is always a bias ...

Thank you, I'm sure learning that! 

Last summer this beach took a pounding from constant high north winds for about 2 weeks, the sand was all pulled out in this one spot, and previous posts show the results. I've scoured the rest of it, it's only about a mile long, and found mostly recent drops. I went there about 3 or 4 times and did well for my experience level.

I was hoping to have about the same conditions as before, it would have at least been convincing enough to me that there is an advantage to having this machine specifically, not that it really matters. 🤔 I certainly got value from investment!

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, 1491 said:

Wow, you had yourself quite the day! Love the gold, respect the trash! Lots of nickels, you were in the zone. 😄

Thanks! I always try to keep it real for the readers, it's not all fun and profit! 😅

I might not bring home a 5 pound chunk of forged iron or two... 🤔 But mostly I know what it is and dig it just to get it out of the way. 🤣