First Time Out In Park... Gold!

[Againstmywill]

Last Saturday I had an hour or so to burn. So, what better to do than to take the brand new Equinox 800 out of the house for its maiden voyage (ordered back in Sept.). I had not paired the headphones yet, so it was truly a learning outing. I was unable to ground balance as I did not read well enough at home. I was in Park 1 with almost stock settings as I can remember. The sensitivity might have been up a bit, but otherwise it was as it came. 

I had hunted the park a couple times in the past, but there was never more than clad, and not much of that.

About 45 minutes in to the hunt, I was working alongside a sidewalk that enters the park. There was a lot of trash and plenty of pull tabs. I got a solid 15 ID and dug what I thought was a titanium or cobalt ring because the number in the inside said 417. I recall that some stainless rings have had numbers, so I really thought it was a junk ring.

Well, today I was counting my change from the last three hunts (7 hours total) and thought I would look up the numbers in the ring. To my pleasant surprise, it means 41.7% (10k). 

The total change for 7 hours is $18.89, all clad.

Today's hunt was 4 hours and I found 30 quarters at a high school that I have hunted hard in the past. I was in Park 1, 21 sensitivity, speed 7, 50 tones, and tracking was on. This thing loves quarters! When going over junk and coin, the coins certainly stand out.

After checking the Chinese coin, it was made in the late 1700's. I found it at an elementary school. Must have been brought by a child from home. 

[Chase Goldman]

Nice finds, esp the gold, but please do not serve food to the college students on that tray, unless it's Bluto Blutarski.  

[StevenB]

Congrats on finding the gold ring.  A 15 on the TID is almost always a pulltab;  I wouldn't have dug it and would have missed out!

[bado1]

Very Nice!

I would have missed the ring too. I have dug 14s and 15s only to find pull tabs. I would have passed. I know a guy has to dig pull tabs if he wants to find gold...I'm just not that guy. I'm good for about two or three tabs per trip. I'll take my gold finds in nugget form!

Dean

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice hunt!!!  And so the trend continues

[Guest Tnsharpshooter]

Nice start with your Nox.

Thanks for sharing.

[Nuke em]

Nice Gold , I had one today . Think I have the Nox set up right now. 

I have ordered my second machine as back up. 

[Chase Goldman]

4 hours ago, Nuke em said:

Nice Gold , I had one today . Think I have the Nox set up right now. 

I have ordered my second machine as back up. 

Wow what a turnaround, Nuke.  Glad you have it dialed in now.

[Againstmywill]

I went out today for an hour and a half at a local elementary school that was built in the 90's. I have hunted this school extensively in the past with a Teknetics G2 and E-trac. The finds were becoming very few and far between. I might find a dollar or two in a few hours. It was very easy to pick out quarters and dollar coins with the 800. There is so much trash at the school that I can see why I missed a lot with the other machines. This machine is able to see through and find the good among the bad. The jewelry pieces came in around 18 or 19. I was running multi-frequency, speed 7, tracking, and Park 1 with sensitivity at 21. Total change was $7.15. 

[Skate]

very well done. It sounds like you are understanding what to do and how to do it. Don't feel bad about the pairing of the headphones, I struggled with it for a bit before TNSS shed the light I needed. I even paired a set of earbuds the other day.