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Using the CTX with both the 11” coil and 17”x13” coil, I’ve detected several coins that I suspect were at a near vertical angle in the ground.
I usually get a weak, iron-like signal (high ferrous ID value). Then have to sweep over the target in different directions to obtain the strongest signal to determine if it’s iron falsing, or a non-ferrous target. Sometimes, sweeping over the target seve
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Thanks all.
I hunt around the San Francisco peninsula area, but never tried North Bay or East Bay sites.
Silver dollars and seated half dollars seem pretty rare in parks nowadays. It appears that Detectorists in the past have done a pretty good job of cleaning out the easy pickings.
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Perhaps somewhere along that shoreline, denser targets, like fishing weights, bullets, and other lead targets could have been seeded by storms. If lead can wash onto your site, then so can more desirable targets like silver coins and jewelry, and low/medium carat gold jewelry.
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Congrats on your first Barber dime, and oldest coin.
When I first started out detecting, my second silver coin was an 1898 Barber. Got it while hunting for shallow clad pennies at an outcropping on a hillside. Go figure.
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El Nino weather here in Northern California has limited hunts, but the storm tidal currents may have seeded the low tide zone with some good targets.
At the beach’s low tide zone, pulled out a small gold ring with a break in the back. Has a very tiny hallmark, and looks like it’s been out there for a while. Gold acid tests to a solid 14k, but has a 9k/10k density of 9.69g/cm3.
Back in the r
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Rick, N. MI Wrote:
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> There are places you can send photos to identify.
> And send them in. Looks like possible slag. I hope
> you have a meteorite.
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> Rick
Thanks all.
I know that a non-ferrous metallic meteorite is very unlikely, but what if?
Going to do some google searches for websites that receives photos
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This find came from my favorite beach. On the CTX3030, has a reading of 11-15. The larger piece weighs 6.72g, and has a density of around 9.7g/cm3. (displaces .69g of water)
I assumed it was another piece of lead, but kept it anyway. After returning from detecting, attempted to bend the tip with a pair of needle-nose pliers to confirm that it was lead. Instead of bending, the tip cleanly snapped
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Here’s a link to some gold jewelry numbers for the E-trac from a few years ago.
These are air-test numbers using auto sensitivity at level 16. The E-trac numbers should be similar CTX numbers. Larger gold rings with a face will have a more varying conductivity depending on their orientation under the coil.
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Another cleaning technique that I read about a few years ago involved soaking the coin in distilled water, and then freezing. (Distilled water, I read, is supposed to be safe.)
I tried this technique on my 1st and only corroded large cent.
Soak the coin for several hours in distilled water in a small container. The distilled water should work its way into the crevices between the coin and dirt.
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After several hunts over during the last 2 months, tried out my favorite beach during some not-so-low tides. The 2nd or 3rd dug target was this tiny 14k gold ring with a blue stone.
Below are photos of some of the finds over the last couple of months.
Here's a photo of the tiny 14k gold ring, nude silver ring, cubic zirconia silver earring stud, and part of a silver bracelet/neckla
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After a very slow few months (a 14k gold pendant, a 10k earring part, silver coins and rings), a 2 hour beach hunt produced 2 old gold finds a few meters apart. The 1st was a 10k “MG” ring and the 2nd was a 14k “SMG” pin of some sort. The 14k pin had the typical 10k green corrosion globs, and acid tested at 10k.
Unfortunately, internet searches failed to identify the “SMG 16” pin. Perhaps “MG”
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If I were to sell my finds from the first 4 years with the E-trac, it would cover the costs of the E-trac, CTX3030, and other detecting gear.
Love the hobby.
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Congrats on the gold finds.
There are a couple of tests that you can use to determine the carat; gold acid test and density.
Below is a procedure for measuring density of gold jewelry, but you’ll need an accurate scale. I hope this helps.
Got the information for measuring density from a “Rocks and Minerals” book a couple of years ago.
A) need an accurate scale to measure the density o
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