Equinox 600 Hits Big Gold

[JP.Diggzzit]

My parents recently visited so I took my Dad out to the beach the day after Father's day.  Keep in mind, he is a complete novice and usually only detects with me.  Beaches have been sanded in, so I told him not to expect much.  I was swinging the CTX 3030 with the 17" coil and he took the Equinox 600.  After a quick initial setup, he was on his way to finding this...14k gold bangle bracelet, almost 25 grams!  I was about a 1/2 mile down the beach so I didn't see the recovery.  He said it was "loud" and about 6 or 7 scoops down (big stealth scoop).  It was in the wet sand and waves kept on filling in his hole.  It rings 13 on the Equinox 600 and 12:13 on the CTX.  My wife usually has 1st dibs on all jewelry, but my Mom got this one.  I have found beach 2 works best (more stable) for my local beaches, auto GB 0, Recovery 2 or 3 (depending on target concentration), iron bias 1, full tones, sens 21 or 22, no discrimination most of the time.  The Equinox 600 out shined the CTX on this day as I only found about $2 in change.  Looking forward to the 15" coil for big low tides and the 800 with 6" coil may also be in my future for heavier trash sites (on occasion).

[Jackpine]

That's a monster chunk of gold!  Congrats to your Dad.

[Mark Gillespie]

Awesome, I'm getting excited with all these finds.

[Jackpine]

2 minutes ago, Mark Gillespie said:

Awesome, I'm getting excited with all these finds.

Mark ya gotta get wet to get the gold back here in the East.

[JP.Diggzzit]

55 minutes ago, Jackpine said:

That's a monster chunk of gold!  Congrats to your Dad.

Thanks.  Even after this find, he is still a bit of skeptic.  Saying it was "shi* luck" and "I'll never find anything like that again."  I keep on telling him " ya never know", haha.  What's the saying?  Fortune (luck) favors the prepared.  Best to be equipped with an Equinox if that's the case, IMO!

[JP.Diggzzit]

17 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Well, it's hardly luck, as he wouldn't of found it without being out there swinging the detector, that doesn't make it luck.  Luck is walking along for another reason and seeing it on the ground waiting to be picked up.  He had to actively find and dig it.

Those who put in the hard yards end up with the goods.

 

I think he said it more out of amazement and disbelief.  The look on his face was priceless when we located the 14k stamp.  It was heavily worn and we both have bad eyes.  Had to use the loupe.

[NCtoad]

That's a great piece of gold!  Sure beats finding those measly 6 or 10 gram rings?

[JP.Diggzzit]

51 minutes ago, NCtoad said:

That's a great piece of gold!  Sure beats finding those measly 6 or 10 gram rings?

The engraving on it is beautiful!  I'll take 6 gram gold rings all day, any day! 

[Cal_Cobra]

That single find just paid for the EQ600 !!  Nice going, would love to dig that monster!

[JP.Diggzzit]

20 minutes ago, Cal_Cobra said:

That single find just paid for the EQ600 !!  Nice going, would love to dig that monster!

Melt value would have been close...if only my dear old Mum didn't confiscate it! Haha