I decided to put this up to show beginers what can be done if you put in the time and the effort.
Unfortuneately my witness to this my good friend Jack Bosanquet of Springvale Victoria passed away but the evidence should be enough to inspire anyone wanting to recover gold rings from the water.
In fact I cant remember if this was done in 1986 or 1987 to be honest but I had set myself a challenge to see how long I could stay in the water and how many rings I would find in the time I was there.
There are two tides a day although if you really think about it theres actually 4 two highs two lows.
One this particular day Port Phillip Bay where I did my detecting was like flat as a pancake and very little or no movement in the water it was like a mill pond.
It was also one of those barmy hot summers days where loads of people had been on the beach as well.
I often went in the water during daytime hours as long as I kept out of the swimmers and others in the water I didnt interfere with anyone and never had any complaints directed at me. So initially I stuck to the deeper channels and found a few goodies.
As the day wore on and the hours passed I never noticed people leaving the beach I just kept working in my usual fashion.
When my batteries started to go low i gave it a rest went home had a shower and made a meal and changed batteries.
Hours later I was to return to the beach once more and started to recover more gold at one point I was finding one almost every half hour or so, to my delight.
Jack had been doing the same as me only he was doing it at elsewhere we often searched in the darkness away from prying eyes. He came to see how I was going beofore heading off home I was going to stay in the water as long as I could.
Actually it was good in the water as there was a nightclub that played music till teh early hours so i had something to listen to as well as the tone in my headphones.
As the hours passed so my collection increased and wasnt going to pack it in while the water was still shallow enough to search.
Around 8 am i was really suffering the effect of the cold and decided to get off the beach. Jack had been watching me in the water for about i/2 an hour and wondered what i fnally found.
The coins and other stuff i kept in my goodie bag that i had on a belt The rings were in a smallpouch i kept around my nech ion case if i did get mugged they would only get the junk and what money I had recovered. the rings would always be safe around my neck under my semi dry suit.
At the final count in front of Jack were 21 gold rings the ones i later placed on a board and photographed.
A while back I said I would put a picture up well here it is and I did this to encourage others that to find something good you have to put the effort into it.
You will not find a load of gold rings sitting in front of the tele with a detector in one hand and a tinny in the other dreaming and hoping they will jump out from the carpet. It doesnt work that way
good luck
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