I was a guest speaker in Orlando on Saturday at the Central Florida metal detecting club Sunshine shoot out.
I watched 140 people searching for silver coins in a field on a seeded hunt and I...
I snuck in another early morning water hunt yesterday and came away with three pieces of gold jewelry and a watch. The "Chief" ring has ruby eyes, diamonds on the side and lots of different stones on...
I managed to sneak in a very early Monday morning low tide water hunt, 2 hours getting battered about in 3 foot surf for a nice heavy 14K gold wedding band. It was back down to earth with a thud...
I have not got a clue, I got so excited when I heard the gold tone that I just started scooping. Someone asked the same question about the large gold ring I found last weekend and I had to run it...
It has been a great month for water hunting finds and it only got better early this morning with this beautiful heavy 14K white gold ladies ring with 70 diamonds saved from the South Florida surf. ...
Its small size, all the good stuff is in the bank, the wife changes out and rotates trinkets every few weeks. This kind of stuff just goes directly to the scrap pile.
Hi Robin
Mal is correct about not getting too tied up in the numbers game. You are better off discriminating by tone as a beach or water hunter searching for modern gold jewelry or "tourist...
i have found quite a few gold chains using the CTX 3030, they all had either pendants or a clasp big enough for the CTX 3030 to pick up in a modified Beach Mode. If you sweep slow enough and keep...
I also found these two gold rings during yesterday mornings South Florida water hunt.
The 18 K gents ring on the left was the second signal after the large 18K ladies ring I found yesterday, about...
I hit the water early this morning with my CTX 3030 and scored another keeper for the wifes jewelry box.
1/2 ounce of 18K, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby and 26 diamonds. At 7am there was already 3 guys...
The gold roll continued on another low tide South Florida water hunt this morning, resulting in more gold and silver jewelry in my finds pouch.
A 10K class ring, silver and gold buckle ring and a...
Early this morning I had a chance to water hunt and find some more jewelry with my CTX 3030 in front of a high end South Florida hotel. I just heard back from a treasure salvage buddy who said this...
I switched over to a wide open screen but no joy at finding the chain, it was after dark and the surf was coming back over the sand bar so I decided to get out of the water and take myself off the...
The ocean was rough last night time but I still managed to keep my recent gold streak running with a nice chunk o'gold. A 14K two tone mariners cross with 14 diamonds weighing a healthy 3/4 of an...
Spanish treasure hunter and shallow water jewelry hunter from sunny South Florida. Author of several metal detecting books including "Metal detecting for Spanish treasure", "The shallow water hunter's guide to South Florida" and "The ultimate Sovereign beach hunter's guide"
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