Didn't find silver, but I did find some gold

[Bentfork]

I had to be at work earlier than normal Monday. Since I left early I decided to stop off for an hour at a local tot-lot. Was I surprised. The only thing I found (no complaints mind you), and I literally mean the only thing other than trash was this extremely large size pendant. It weighs in at 17gr and is 14K. Thank you whoever you are that lost it. I don't mean to be flippant. You made my day. :grin:

Thanks for looking.

Gary

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p126/bentfork1/largegoldpendant_2.jpg

[hockeyguy]

dude....can I have it?


very nice find....gonna cash that tomorrow?

[angellionel]

Wow! That one is chunky. Nice piece. :)

[z118]

Holy cow! I'd take that find ANY DAY! Congrats!

[OkieDigger]

Very nice!

[Epi-hunter]

Wow!! :shocked04: Who needs silver when you can find that! What a huge piece!

[Dave]

Nice gold piece! I'd take gold any day too. thumbsup01

[Snowy]

Beautiful pendant. Congrats on the find. What did it ring in at on your detector?

[MNDigger]

Man! I might have to start hitting some tot lots! WTG on the gold!

[SeabeeRon]

Really nice Gary, congratz!! thumbsup01

[coinnut]

Wow, I hope that puppy is real!!! Could pay off a good chunk of the cost of your machine thumbsup01 Just goes to show you, it isn't quantity, but quality that counts. Nice digs.

[Jason in Enid]

I hunt for silver when I go out, but THAT is one heck of a find!Way to go! What part of the city were you hunting in?

[Bentfork]

Good evening folks!


What did it ring in at on your detector

Snowy, it rang in at 50 on my MXT with a big foot coil. The big foot skews the numbers a little from what a 9.5 concentric would see - so on a stock coil the number would probably be 48. Strange number. I've had one other piece of gold jewelry that came in at 50-52. That was another big 14K ring.

G.

[Snowy]

Interesting... I always wonder about gold. Haven't found enough of it to know when the coil hits it. Thanks for the info! I dig all those at that level (and below).

[bmattioli]

Wow that one looks huge and very chunky.. Nice find.. Those Tot Lots sometimes deliver some good finds..

Bruce

[Bentfork]

Interesting... I always wonder about gold. Haven't found enough of it to know when the coil hits it. Thanks for the info! I dig all those at that level (and below).

One thing I have noticed is 47 VDI is a bad number. To this day I haven't found anything at 47 that is/was a keeper. 38 also tends to be a number that is a loser! I still dig those though. 48, 50, 52 are always good. It may be a car wash token, but at least those numbers aren't your average trash number. I don't remember if I've hit an IHC above 52. I've never seen a 54. Some really rotten Zincolns will hit at 56 or 58 which throws me off when I do hit one at that number. Something that threw me off about a year after I bought the MXT was my first 14K white gold ring find with the MXT. I half expected that a 14K white gold wedding band would ring in the same range as a 14K yellow gold wedding band - 20 or 22. I know bigger or smaller might give a larger or smaller number, but on the average it would be 20 or 22. My first white gold wedding band find hit at 10. I tried my own wedding band when I got home and got the same. And the other few I have found have been the same. Even though 14K yellow or white has the same yellow gold percentage, the other metal mixed with the yellow gold is what causes the difference in VDI. Something else that might be of interest is gold crucifixes. I've found most 14K gold crosses don't hit at 16-30 let's say. Even one that is 2 inches on the long axis can hit as low as 4. But a fatty 1 inch can hit at 16. This is the reasoning why one should dig all VDI numbers in the trash range. I don't though - only because I have bad knees.

I know this should be in the White's category of the forum - sorry!

Gary

[OkieDigger]

I've dug several IH's at 54 and 55 here in Oklahoma using my MXT.

[Bentfork]

I've dug several IH's at 54 and 55 here in Oklahoma using my MXT.

Interesting. What coil were you using Dale? Is your dirt red or black?

G.

[OkieDigger]

It's not the red west Oklahoma dirt. Ours is more adobe like. Baked mud for a lack of a better description. But even then, IH's came up this way for me at other sites as well. Every now and then they reach the mid 60's, but almost always 54 and 55 (mostly 55). This is on several coils that I've used (usually DD).

[Bentfork]

Every now and then they reach the mid 60's :shocked04:

Wonder why the difference....

[Dave]

:shocked04:

Wonder why the difference....


Remember, Even though you have the exact same machine. Each one is set up a little different. They are bench tested and set within perameters / tolorences. So one might VDI differently from the other.

[Krom]

17 grams? Well, no WONDER they lost it...! :tongue:
Probably slipped a disc from the backlash, too! lol
Sa-weet find, Gary! thumbsup01