A Little Gold And Silver

[mn90403]

I went out this afternoon on the beach in 20 mph winds and about 58 degrees so it was going to feel nippy.  This trip I put on the right jacket.  It is one that I found in the surf a few years ago.  It is a Port Authority jacket made in Vietnam.  It's kinda like a ski jacket but wow, I was not bothered at all.  Normally I have about 3-4 layers and can still feel the wind blowing through!

On to the hunt, I found the chain as a result of seeing another detectorist closing in in front of me and I wanted to go back the way I came.  I had just dug a coin and about 5 feet away I got a 2 on my 800 in beach 1 at 23 sensitivity.  I swung on it a couple of times because this is normally junk on my beaches but I was in the right area to dig most everything so I did.  I saw the glitter in the scoop and of course I had to hide it from my fellow detectorist so he wouldn't come over and share my potential patch.  haha  Later I put it down on the sand and I got a reading of 6.  Funny thing is that it didn't chirp like some targets.  It was just a solid signal.  (It is a combination of .575 and .375 gold and weighs 4.8 grams.)

About an hour later on my way back not more than a couple hundred feet from the chain I got a 21.  It was solid and full sounding.  It wasn't quite like the pennies which chatter sometimes and go from 15 to 22.  I somewhat expected a penny but it is .925 silver.  It is missing the stone that was mounted on the top but silver is silver!  (It weighs 2.7 grams.)

I would have liked more for 3 hours of detecting but there were no swells to move more sand.

Mitchel

[Randy Dee]

Well done Mitchel very nice indeed.

[GB_Amateur]

5 hours ago, mn90403 said:

(It is a combination of .575 and .375 gold and weighs 4.8 grams.)

Nice finds!

I assume 0.575 is 14 Kt, or close  (14/24 = 0.583).  But 0.375 would be 9 Kt.  Is that a European standard?  Do European Jewelers use decimal purity labeling instead of Kt (fractional) purity labeling?

 

[Mark Gillespie]

Fantastic hunt in my book.  You did very good.  It's nice to hear others state how solid the audio is with the Equinox on good targets.

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[schoolofhardNox]

Great hunt Mitchel. I too find the signal to lock on for silver and gold targets. I just found a nice 14K ring that locked on at a number 8. Just a nice solid sound to it . Sometimes when there are very few targets I get impatient and dig a lot of iffy shallow targets, hoping for that gold ring. But when you actually come over one, it is not iffy at all! Congrats on that beautiful chain and silver ring!!

[mn90403]

3 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Nice finds!

I assume 0.575 is 14 Kt, or close  (14/24 = 0.583).  But 0.375 would be 9 Kt.  Is that a European standard?  Do European Jewelers use decimal purity labeling instead of Kt (fractional) purity labeling?

 

I think you are right GB_Amateur.  I try to research and find my marks on the objects that I find.  This is more European but there are knock-offs.  (All that glitters is not gold!)  Maybe it is hard for a jeweler to find anything other than a 14K clasp.  This may be the first 9K chain I've found but it has a nice color.  I don't know what the other metals would be.  The metals are lighter than gold which makes it good for wearing but light on the scale for a comparable more gold bracelet.  (Natural gold is impure but I've never see any at 9K.)

[mn90403]

4 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Great hunt Mitchel. I too find the signal to lock on for silver and gold targets. I just found a nice 14K ring that locked on at a number 8. Just a nice solid sound to it . Sometimes when there are very few targets I get impatient and dig a lot of iffy shallow targets, hoping for that gold ring. But when you actually come over one, it is not iffy at all! Congrats on that beautiful chain and silver ring!!

The sound of a good and great target on the Nox is glorious.  We have so many mixed metal targets in the surf it is rare for an uncorroded, pure sound.  I get it most often with pull tabs and nickels.  There is a fullness to the sound.  ☺️  

I should note that both of these finds were 'without a clue' but in an area where I've found good objects before.

[Sinclair]

On 3/9/2019 at 12:43 PM, GB_Amateur said:

Nice finds!

I assume 0.575 is 14 Kt, or close  (14/24 = 0.583).  But 0.375 would be 9 Kt.  Is that a European standard?  Do European Jewelers use decimal purity labeling instead of Kt (fractional) purity labeling?

 

Yep - common labels are:

333, 375, 585, 750, 917 aka 8, 9, 14, 18, 22k