mn90403 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Late yesterday afternoon I decided to go to the beach in the wind. There had been a little bit of a cut but I was surprised to find so many people out. The tide was coming in for a couple of hours so I needed to get on with things. The Nox is still a bit different for me in the sound department after so many years of the 3030. Things can be very 'short' if you have the recovery speed set high (6-7) so I try to make the sounds longer and stay at 4-5. Everything else was factory in Beach 1. I found the crackling pennies (20-21) and very few other things in the waves that were washing up high. I don't get wet more than about a foot but I know I could drop the Equinox and it is waterproof. I don't have a leash on it so I'm not going in and the water is too cold for me. This is a beach I've hunted for many years so I'm 'reading the beach' and I head in one direction toward a place called Ring Beach. I gave it this name because during El Nino I found 10-15 rings in the area over that summer. When I look at my waves, wind and tide I reverse my direction and I head south. After a few yards I get a 13/14 signal which means on the Nox a cap or nickel. This was in a shallow, washup wave. I attempt a scoop and it is still there so that means this solid little signal is down about 5-6 inches. I get it on my second scoop. Most of the scoop contents have sifted/washed away but the remainder I flip over on the wet sand expecting to see a nickel. That is not what I saw. I could tell it was a chain. I didn't know if anything was attached but I had to get it before the next wave and I didn't want the people around me to see it. I plopped it in my finds pouch and searched the area for more. There was nothing so I moved on. The stories and the threads started rushing into my head. This could be my best gold chain! As I walked down the beach I was hoping the conditions would make other chains or targets available but it didn't. I took the chain out in a private area and felt the weight and I felt even better. It was time to go back to the car. The total hunt time was about 1 hour and I looked at the chain with my glasses and it said 14k! Yessss ... about half an ounce I guessed. When I reached home I decided to put it on my son's neck and show his mother (Lu) this way. She likes gold so it didn't take her long. We took a couple more pictures and then I weighed and measured. 20in/19.1g/14k I've now found more with the Nox than what it cost. Mitchel 4 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Great job. Cool guy lol. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 WOW! Congratulations!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondmn Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Gold chains just as good as nuggets. Nice 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 A gold chain worth $481 is a VERY nice trip to the beach, great job!! That young man looks very Gangster with that chain and the shades!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 I went back out this afternoon and nothing much on the beach. I took the chain with me to test. When in the dry sand I found a target. It was a 13 and when I dug it up it was a rusty bottle cap. I took the chain and put it near and it was also a 13 but solid and not popping. I put them close to each other with the chain in a ball and stretched out long and it sounded the same. I pumped on both targets. There was no negative number or low sound with the gold but there was with the cap. It's too bad the numbers are so close together. I wonder what I missed with the 3030 by not digging caps. Mitchel 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Quality for sure-kudos-John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny in AB Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 That chain is a great find! Nicely done, and all the best, Lanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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