r/metaldetecting 23d ago

Other First gold!

Equinox 800 was worth it!

1.2k Upvotes

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u/Jonathan0477 23d ago

Very nice!

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u/1337Scott 23d ago

Beauty stone too

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u/Due-Froyo-5418 23d ago

Was this a park or a backyard?

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u/GarthAlgar87 18d ago

It was a park. Not far away from an old 1800s home/farm site.

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u/Aggravating-Act4390 23d ago

Congrats man

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u/DoctorBlazes Minelab Vanquish 340 23d ago

Great find!

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u/Far-Accident6717 23d ago

How long before you hit gold?

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u/ChuCHuPALX 22d ago

Wondering too

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u/GarthAlgar87 18d ago

It has been probably two years since I started.

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u/No_Zebra9342 23d ago

She's a beaut Clark.

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u/Significant-Pie959 23d ago

That’s a keeper!

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

Wow this is so nice

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u/jewnerz 23d ago

Pinky ring proud!

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u/poohdawg_789 23d ago

nice ring for sure...well done sir

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u/1bufferzone 23d ago

Beautiful amethyst

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u/WookieKyle Minelab Manticore 23d ago

Congratulations! May there be many more to come!

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u/Thin-Living-7893 23d ago

Beautiful! Reminds me of a ring my great aunt gave me but her stone was opaque dark green idk. Same cut same two diamonds on the side. Someone stole it from me. Been head hunting since then..

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u/ChuCHuPALX 22d ago

Who stole it.. I do a bit of detecting myself.. but for people. Got a Name?

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u/Thin-Living-7893 7d ago

A bondsman got my stepdaughter out of the can her bond was 100, and all I had was my ring but she is a sweet thang and we couldn't leave her in there the whole thing wasn't even her fault and the case got dismissed. Anyhoo I only owed him 40 since I used the ring as collateral even though using collateral was by law never to be sold by the bondman. I was a bondsman for about a month before the courts took over the crap. All that money the guy we were working under just peed away. 25,000 to get bonded and insured is a lot of freaking money the test alone is 1000.00. Anyhoo he first told my mother in law who went to his office to pay him his 40 for me that he sold it and then he told me it was worthless and was probably in his truck somewhere. His name is Dirtbag Luke Sullivan out of New Mexico.

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u/doncroak 22d ago

Very nice. I can't wait for my first gold. All I've found is a nail and a smashed pop can.

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u/GarthAlgar87 18d ago

Keep going my friend! You will get there

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u/Bohern76 23d ago

WOOOHOOO

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u/SillySimian9 22d ago

Nice ring! Congratulations

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u/CallumRichardson2009 22d ago

nice man! beautiful

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u/Alien-Excretion 22d ago

Wonderful 👏🏻

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u/Kcstarr28 22d ago

Beautiful find!! I have a ring that looks very similar.

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u/Silverhoggin 21d ago

Congrats

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u/GarthAlgar87 18d ago

Thank you!

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u/JBONETHESTRANGLER 21d ago

How did it ring up? VDI? And was the signal jumpy?

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u/GarthAlgar87 18d ago

Solid 10

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u/iEatRocksAndSoShudU 22d ago

Looks like a ring a gave to a friend, you aren't in the Raleigh NC area by chance? I'm just hoping she didn't lose it and didn't tell me

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u/GarthAlgar87 18d ago

No, I’m sorry. I’m in northern Illinois