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Gold Cross Laying on Sand
Find and photo by Alberto S.
The small gold cross (14KT written on the clasp) was laying on top of the (dry) sand and before picking it up I moved the coil of my CTX 3030 over it to listen to the FeCo tones and the values reported since this is my first gold cross I wanted to get an idea but, the tones and numbers kept jumping around not sure why, maybe the way it was laying on the sand, the shape of a cross and size or something else. The ctx 3030 is working fine as I double checked with a couple of coins I had found and later with an air test of the cross which gave me a solid sound and reading when moving in a horizontal position or flat over the coil, in a vertical position; silence. Beach conditions were not good at all but I needed the exercise so I am glad I went metal detecting today. Oh, and my metal detecting mistake #345 I started to walk away from the spot where the cross had been found before I went like wait, where is the chain? I retraced my steps and tried for a while but no luck. :(
Have a great evening,
Alberto S
One good thing about all the rain we've been getting lately is the items that are uncovered by the rain. Wind will uncover things too.
Good idea to look for the chain.
A metal detector signal will be different for odd shaped objects and round objects. On round objects the signal will be pretty much the same when you swing at one direction and then again at 90 degrees. Very irregular shaped objects like the odd silver earring I showed the other day will give what I might describe as a jittery signal. I meant to mention that at the time, but forgot. You can usually tell the difference between a round object, a nail-shaped object and a fish hook, for example, from the audio signal alone. Objects that aren't round, in addition to having a different audio signal when swept from different directions, will also tend to give inconsistent numbers as you hit them from different directions.
You can test that at home with various types and shapes of objects. With practice you can learn to tell much about the shape of the object from the audio signal.
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I found an interesting paper on early Portuguese shipwrecks. The title, Our Ships at the Bottom Ocean, immediately made me suspicious. The title seems to suggest a group of people, including the author as chief among them, that owns the ships at the bottom of the ocean. I thought I remembered some of the author's previous wacko statements, and the paper confirmed my suspicions. The author seems to rank anyone and everyone that has touched a shipwreck or anything that has came off one other than he and his group, as a part of an international network of thieves. Nonetheless, the paper does present some good information that you might enjoy reading. It is mostly about early Portuguese shipwrecks.
Here is one paragraph to give you the idea.
There is much more like that.
Here is the link.
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I felt like saying thank you to all the good police and found this Egard Watch commercial that does it for me. Click here to view it.
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I had a lot of trouble with yesterday's post. First I wrote a long original essay and lost it, then the post wasn't displaying correctly, so I finally took it down.
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Source: National Hurricane Center.
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There is a weather system just north of Jacksonville that has a 10% of becoming a tropical storm in the next couple of days.
Our wind changed yesterday. We only have about a two foot surf and small tides with a primary swell from the east but a secondary wind swell from the ENE.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net