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Went out finally for a hunt today . Went back to a middle school I had hunt a few years back. Not more than 10 minutes into the hunt I have a sweet +14 at 3 inches. I pull back the plug and see GOLD . It's a nice little 14k ring with two blue stones and two red stones. It's my 19th ring of 2017...

Got out and hunted a school this morning that I have hunted over the years . Not much left to dig but it only took one target to save the day! Had a +14 at 4 inches and out popped a 18K gold ring Has a blue stone and a tiny diamond chip . The other ring looked good in the plug but was plated...

Got out this morning before the heat and hunted the school two blocks from my house . Both my kids went here and I have hunted it many times over the years . My son found his first Merc dime years ago in the back field and it has given up many wheats . The school was build in the late 60's but...

This year has been so busy that I have only been out hunting in the past 6 months maybe 20 times . Today I finally got out again and hunt a school that I hunted about 12 years ago . No luck back then but today was different! The silver item I found rang out as a +75 at 4 inches , a 925 silver...

Finally got out again and hunted an older area of San Jose . This one school has a tiny park on the corner dating from the early 1900. The first hit I got was a +84 at 8-9 inches . I kept digging down and I saw BIG silver . It looks like maybe part of a jewelry box ? Very ornate detail on it ...

Got out and hunted an elementary school that I had not been to in awhile . Fair amount of clad found over two hours , $7.34 . I was just hoping for some silver or gold to pop . Then it did . I had a +75 at 4 inches and out popped a tiny silver ring . It has a light colored blue stone with two...

Well it looks like for now the rain has stopped here in Northern California . So out I went for a hunt at a local school . A few coins here and there and a plated junk ring found. About one hour in I had a +35 at 3 inches . I pulled back the plug and saw sweet GOLD . It is a nice little pendent...

I think this has been the longest I have gone without hunting in the past 10 years ! Last hunt for me was om November 8th ! It all came down to working 6 days a week up in San Francisco and all the rain we have had here in California . Today I got out between the storms and hunt the school up...

Got out to the same elementary I have been hunting this past month . I keep thinking something good must be in the dirt . Today finally I was able to hunt the other soccer field and I found the something good . I had a nice +24 at 3 inches , I was sure it would be another pull tab . I was...

Got out and hunted a elementary and a high school this weekend . Both had some wheats to be found . Best being a 1920S . Other dates were 1942S , 1944S and 1958D . Also found a 1958 nickel . Best find was a sweet silver Irish Claddagh ring . Found two other rings both were kids junkers ...

I hunted the school that gave up the 14K 35 diamond ring I found years ago , see my Banner finds , hoping it would give up another . Boy did it !!!! Only 10 minutes in I had a +10 at 3 inches , 22k gold ear ring with 3 diamonds ! The next great find was the biggest ! +22 at a half inch , Big...

When I got to the school this morning to hunt I thought maybe a wheat or a junk ring I might find . Well I did a little better than that . This school gave up a huge silver ring early this year , this time it was huge silver not just in ring form . After a good two hours and a sack of clad I...

It's been a least two months since I have posted any finds due to working all the time , broken coil on my MXT PRO and my home computer finally took a dump . Now I'm up and running again . Had the day off today so I hunted a park that I had not hunted before . I believe it once was a school...

I now know how spoiled I have been hunting around the South Bay all these years . The rings used to just pop out of the ground and I would find 4 to 8 rings sometimes in just a couple of hours , but no more . This year has been a different type of hunting for me . Over the past 20 years I...

Now today is the kind of hunt I love ! All sorts of finds . The school I hunted is in an old area and I believe a ranch was on the site long ago . Over the years I have found many early items out in the soccer field , all around 7-9 inches deep . Today's finds were two spoons , the large...

Got out early this morning and hunted with my buddy Kevin who I had not seen since last last . I took him to the school I have been hunting the last three weeks . I decided to take one side of the field and he hunted the other . We both found a ton of clad over 3 hours , $14.82 for myself ...

The first two months of 2016 I have been revisiting schools that I have hunted in the past , 5-10 years ago . It has been paying off . Today I hunted a school that years ago I had nearly hunted out but today it was all loaded up again . Lots of clad everywhere , $10.94 in 2 1/2 hours . I...

Got out this morning and hunted two school fields . The first one I didn't find much but a very angry man who lived up the street and told us to get the F**K out there ! After trying to talk to him and calm down the tension , witch didn't work at all , we left . This was the worst anyone has...

Got out early this morning and hunted one of my favorite schools . Right away I had a +74 at 7 inches , turned out to be a 1919S wheat cent . Next good find was in the back part of the soccer field . It was a +75 at 5 inches , silver ring . Next I found a cool old ring that was 6 inches deep...

This years start has been great for me . I found another first at a local school field that is always full of clad ! Total clad for a 3 hour hunt today was $18.52 ! I have hunted this school many times over the years and it has given up many silver items but never any gold . Today I decided to...