Today's finds--12 April

speer34

Okay, so here are today's finds. I went out to a couple of places that I hadn't been too before. The first is a park in town, (not too old, but I thought there might have been some activity there) where the finds were sparse. After staying an hour or so, I decided it was time to leave. Headed over to the high school and hit an area that I hadn't been too before. I was working my way back and forth, picking up coins left and right. There were plenty of coins to be found there (all clad of course) and I was doing pretty well. I had made my way back towards the vehicle and I took a quick look at my watch. I could stay another 30 minutes or so, and I headed back across this small area. About six inches down, I get a signal of a quarter on the GTI 2500 and I'm thinking silver. I dig the hole and turn the plug to find a Chinese 5 Yuan coin. Well, it was silver afterall. You see, this coin is part of a coin ring, the coin is silver as well. I checked the ring out real quick to realize that it was bent pretty bad and would need some adjustments at a later time. I stand up, put the ring in my pocket and start swinging the detector again. About 3 feet (and the very next signal after the ring) I get a 1c/10c reading. It jumps back adn forth for a couple of swings and settles on the 1c at 5 inches deep. I cut my plug, flip it over and another silver ring. This one was also bent--but at least it's silver. The rest of the day was uneventful bringing home just over $6 in clad and these two keeper rings.

Here are a few pics.

Thanks for looking.

Scott

kokapelli1

MDH suggested using a ring sizer to straighten bent rings...sounds like a good idea

edited to add: Nice finds BTW. I must forget my manners when I am jealous. many nice finds posted on the board lately.

CROCKofCOINS

Two rings. Good way to end a hunt!

Jerry

davbec

Thats a cool looking ring. Congrats speer!

ricko

Great finds.. silver in any form is good... rings are always nice. Cheers, RickO

millennium

Pretty cool!....I really like that one. Nice find!

DUBBA

very cool finds!...like the coin ring...hh

intocoins

Nice finds. I wonder why your and my detector settle on the 1/c reading on the display when I come across something that is silver? Very confusing. It makes me want to dig everything. Anyways, its nice to have finds like that. I have been out about two times and only found modern coins but that was to be expected cause I was in newly built playgrounds. Have fun!

gene2393

wow now thats an interesting ring, i like it

Karb

Very cool finds!!! Nice work

speer34

Thanks all. I was pretty pumped about finding these two--especially the coin ring.

Intocoins--I was using my Garrett GTI 2500--Most of the time, but not always, silver will ring in at the location it should--silver rosie--10c, silver wash--25c, etc. Some rings will ring in at the 25-50c reading. Alot of it will depend on depth, soil condition, SIZE of the ring, etc. Larger rings tend to ring higher on the scale--25-50c reading while smaller rings will show up at 1c or even where the zincolns come in at. Also, sometimes you will find that a ring close to the surface will cause the machine to go "crazy"--bouncing back and forth between 10-50c readings. If you dig everything, you never have to worry about missing something

As far as not finding any "keepers" because you are only hunting new playgrounds--I've seen pics of rings, jewelry, even silver coins found in playgrounds. If people carry it, wear it, use it; some always tend to loose it. That's were we come in to FIND IT!!!!

Thanks again,

Scott