Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
ROME -- A thief broke into the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the southern city of Bari overnight, stealing a gold ring from a finger of a statue of the saint, who is venerated by Catholic and Orthodox Christians and whose remains attract many pilgrims from Russia to the Italian church, officials said on Tuesday.
Corriere della Sera daily quoted police in Bari as saying video surveillance cameras showed a hooded and masked man breaking open a metal gate to gain entrance to the basilica before dawn on Tuesday. Church officials say the thief stole money left by faithful in a collection box and opened, without damaging anything, a glass case that displays a tall statue depicting the saint.
Besides the ring, the thief made off with a book, decorated with silver, that the statue of the saint held in one hand, authorities said...
Here is the link.
Gold ring stolen from St. Nicholas statue in Italian church - ABC News
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When you turn on your metal detector do you go through the settings to be sure you have the settings you prefer? It might be worth it.
It is possible to make changes that are specific to a situation, or accidently make changes, and then when you begin detecting at the next site, you are using teh same settings whether you want the same settings or not. Many metal detectors will save your previous settings between sessions, so you might want to check your settings when you turn on your metal detector.
It might be a good idea to do a Factory Reset before you begin detecting and then make any other desired adjustments. I think most people use mostly factory presets when detecting at the beach, so you probably won't have to make many additional changes after doing a Factory Reset.
If you are using an Equinox detector, when turning on the detector, hold down the On button for around eight seconds and you will see a big FP appear on the screen. That means that your settings have been returned to the factory default setting. You can then make any additional adjustments you want, such as the sound volume or sensitivity.
I've talked before about the areas on the Treasure Coast where you might encounter noisy operation. There are places that you will encounter electrical interference of some sort. Many detectors these days have an option to do a noise cancel. That might help in those areas. In general noise cancelling can be pretty effective. You might also want to adjust the operating frequency and observe the effect.
At the beach, I don't make many adjustments after a Factory Reset. I do like the volume turned up, and I might adjust the sensitivity if I'm in the wet sand and getting a lot of noise from salt mineralization. I'm talking about using a normal beach mode (1 or 2) now.
If you get into one of those areas where there is a lot of ambient electrical interference, you might want to use the auto noise cancel. It is easy enough. If you are using an Equinox, just hit the setting button, and when you see the noise cancel icon, hit the accept/reject button to initiate the noise cancel operation, and then the pinpoint button to continue detecting.
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| Settings Icon. |
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| Noise Cancel Icon. |
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| Accept/Reject |
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |