Talk about a stroke of luck

We stopped at a small beach on the eastern side of lake Taupo,It is just a small picnic area generally only used by fishermen,skiers etc,I said to my wife I will just give this beach a quick detect be back in 15 minutes (yeah right),10 minutes later the first signal I got was a 12-13 and it was a tear tab,20 seconds later another 12-13,feeling not to enthused I dug my toes into the sand and gave it a flick,and out pops this nice wee ladys ring,well I spent another 30 minutes on that beach without any results.Sure did make my day.There is no karat markings on it but no doubt it is gold.With three sapphires.

Gold on the Waikato

Stayed a night at Mangakino,Wow this place sure has changed,lots of Aucklanders and folks from Wellington have baches here and come for the weekend, water skiing,etc.Sure are some cheap homes around here,I had a bit of a detect along the river bank early in the morning before the boaties arrived and it certainly was well worth while,the lake levels are very low at the moment making it pretty easy to access the deeper levels.The two gold rings are both 9kt,as you can see I think one must have gone through a boat propeller,the two silvers are both 925.I even found a penny or two and three one shillings.The two bullet thing is a cigarette lighter that has seen better days.Sure have to wonder about all the other goodies that are in this river and along the edges of the banks left over from the early days.

Gold?

I had a detect back at Whangaparoa (Algies beach),At a guess this beach is pretty well picked over,as the usual finds of $1 and $2 coins just were not there,So I slowed right down to a snails pace and dug virtually every signal but ferrous,The earring was 8" down and although it is not marked other than a makers name (Reola) At least I think that is the name its a bit faded,also managed the two STD dog tags and a few dollars that were down real deep.

Just what I needed (more lead)

I went back to the old boat ramp,expecting a repeat of last weeks performance,(two gold rings).
 Funny how easy it is to get over confident.As I had only detected a small portion of this place I was full of confidence,well after 3 hours I was completely deflated.But still managed around $22 in goldies and the usual older decimals.Not sure what the wee badge is maybe an old girlguide badge or similar.And of course more sinkers to top up my swelling supply...

Gold silver and more lead

Wow, am I ever having a great run,but I know it wont last, but great while it does.We are at a West coast beach that is pretty productive ,the two golds are both 9kt,also 3 silver rings and 3 cheapies.Managed $18 in spendables and an assortment of older decimals and even a few pre decimals coins and llllllots more sinkers yippeeee.

Two golds in the one day

I went to a beach up here at Whangaparoa that I suspect has been overlooked,I found the two gold ring within two hours of each other,The large one is 18 karat and weighs in at a huge 9.9 grams.
 The smaller on is very tired as it has been in the water for many years and is 9 karat.managed around $14 for the day and I will never run out of sinkers (by product of MDing).Strange that there was no silvers here, at least that I could find,I find I am now digging any signal that remotely sounds good maybe that is why my gold count is going up,and of course maybe its something to do with getting older but nice and slow seems to do the trick..

Scored gold at Manly beach

I had an early morning low tide hunt yesterday,really not expecting to get a lot, the first signal I get is a solid 12-20.I was over the moon to see a gold glint in my spade,it is 9kt and although a bit bent it appears to have been there for a long time.The dollars came from up on the dry sand,The other ring is just a cheapie but had me going there for a bit,lots of old ferrous iron here but the odd target scattered amongst it.The mid to lower levels of this beach are heavily sanded up.Happy hunting all.

Top of the range gold

Spent a few hours at Shakespear Beach,and ran into 3 local guys with MD'S it was great to have a chat,I only managed a few coins there so next day I moved onto another bay back up the peninsular.
 That was were I managed the other finds,the silver mans onyx ring would have been a cracker in its day but the salt and weather have taken there toll,only good for scrap now.
 The find of the day goes to the white gold Cartier love ring,the diamond checks out load and clear with tester.Shame about the two watches the ladies would have been nice but for the salt damage.They both came up in the medium ferrous range,but the tone just said dig me.Ended up with about $21 for the two days.