Learning the best way to find gold rings metal detecting on land + New training course

[@Buttermilk3696]

Your achieving your goal in silver, to me, is a big compliment to your Etrac and AT Pro and you doing your homework on both your machines and your quest. Congratulations and Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Good luck on your next quest!!

[@diggumdetecting3369]

I love your dedication to metal detecting and data collection, and making your findings available to us! Very much appreciate it!

[@cutaplug]

Thanks for the kind words =) I think this gold quest will be a long and hard one. Hopefully I can resist the temptation to switch over to silver mode when I am out detecting lol.

[@lisacoleman5375]

How do I sign up for the newsletter? I am interested in learning more.

[@mikewolfe5313]

Any follow ups to this video? What did you learn in your data collection? What tips have you developed for finding gold without having a specialized gold detector? Did you change your locations or are you in the same places as where you found silver? Do you just bypass silver signals now, or are you still digging them? Lots of questions this video raises!

[@mesalaney7282]

Great to see you again interested to see what you'll find. I'm also going to be looking ,found a nice 18K 12 gram gold ring last year. Good to see you again we'll be waiting

[@cutaplug]

Congrats on the gold ring! I think I'll need to eat my wheeties for this adventure lol

[@RelicDog]

Hope you don't lose your fire for gold too soon, BUT I hope you're super successful in your quest. I'll be watching. I've subscribed to and been enjoying your newsletter for a long time now. Best wishes, Chris

[@cutaplug]

Thanks for the kind words Chris! I guess if I lose my fire for Gold I'll have to start mining bitcoin or something =)

[@ineedMOrivers]

Excited to see your results of hunting for gold from an analytic perspective! I love the scientific approach you're pursuing!

[@cutaplug]

Hey Jon good to hear from you! Grats on your river gold recently that looks like an awesome spot =) Still think you're nuts for getting out in freezing weather in the river lol. When you guys coming to TN?

[@ineedMOrivers]

Well we postponed our move to NC for a bit to focus on starting up my home design business...so maybe another year or 2 before we'd be able to easily swing by and say hi haha!

[@cutaplug]

That's awesome man glad to see you getting that started. If you have questions about a website or need help with all that stuff lemme know.

[@dirtdetective344]

I too am curious as to which detector you will be using whilst looking for AU. I just got an E-trac and have been using your videos for study. Would be just my luck that you would now switch to another machine. Thank you for the information.

[@cutaplug]

No worries the only two machines I own are an e-trac and AT Pro =)

[@dirtdetective344]

That is great news. I will be tuned in and ready to learn more. Thank you for sharing.

[@AdventuresInDirt]

Good to see you back on the tube. Good luck in 2018.

[@cutaplug]

Thanks you too!

[@rjohnson17]

Hey cutaplug, I'm excited to see this new series. Will you be compiling a list of number readings for the rings? Weight of ring, karat and vdi. I don't have the time or patience to dig everything. Lol.. so getting an idea of where most rings fall will give me something to focus on. Thanks

[@rustycraig3536]

I probably won't compile a list of the ring signals but I will give a list of the settings I use for the best results as I think that is what matters most. GL and HH!

[@DavidBasonic]

Rusty, thanks for this video. I have sorta become obsessed with gold, too. Been detecting for 2 years. Found around 150 silvers (coins and jewelry). Have a honey hole where I've dug over 40 silver coins and hundreds of wheaties. But still no gold! Been going back lately just concentrating on the low tones. Have found around 25 Vs and buffs I had missed before. And a boatload of trash! I'm not logging the data... but, I gotta be due for that yellow shiny to pop out soon. The odds are in my favor! Thanks again for the inspiration, and I hope to see more of your digs, soon... even if it is just boring, old silver! Happy hunting.

[@Delprete2]

I doubled back after 5 years and hoped he would have the same sort of guides for gold. But I guess he may have learned is you have to dig it all when looking for gold.

[@collinskipper5221]

Hunt any rivers near by where people tube that’s where I pull most of my gold rings

[@madmax092003]

I'm interested in your course, thanks

[@cutaplug]

I've closed registration for now but will likely offer it again in about 6 months. I usually send an email out when it's available so I would recommend signing up for my newsletter.

[@jaredj.6915]

what settings are you running on gold? would be nice what theory your testing....is it with the ETRAC?

[@rustycraig1713]

Using an AT Pro and now the Equinox 800. Got the EQ 800 about a week ago and it has gotten me sidetracked from my gold adventure lol. Want to learn silver on it then will focus on gold with the Equinox. I did get 5 silver with it so far so I'm liking it.

[@robbiestephens49]

Some parks i hunt have alot of emi have to drop sensitive i use the 13 inch coil to make up for the depth loss what do u think of the 15 inch coil would that be a good Investment ive found jewellery no silver coin yet i have to learn how to hunt deep

[@rustycraig3536]

Depth is only one factor when it comes to finding sivler and learning to find super deep targets can take a lot of practice and the right conditions. If you want silver this week go door knock a bunch of 1940's homes, use the stock coil, don't spend more than 1 hour at a site if you haven't found a wheatie yet. After a few sites you will have your silver.

[@brentsealy9623]

I'm a little curious about your training course registration being closed right now. I guess I don't understand how it works. I thought you just sign up, pay, and have instant access to online videos, so how can it be closed?

[@cutaplug]

I do a limited release of the training course periodically, usually about a week out of every six moths or so. This allows me to focus on other projects and then set time aside to help those who go through the course by answering questions. If you're on my email list you'll get notified when it's available next. GL and HH!

[@historyhunterjustindepace4837]

Hey what do you think about the hunter coil?

[@yerdigginitmetaldetecting]

Happy New Year Rusty, you are off to a great start with those 4 gold pieces. I love finding Gold, but I can’t imagine the day we’re the Silver doesn’t also excite me. 😎 GL&HH!

[@cutaplug]

Thanks and Happy New Year to you too! The way I see it is if I find 1 piece of gold it's equal to about 50 pieces of silver on average so I'm curious if the time it takes to find one gold is worth it lol. Plus you have a much better chance of finding a gold coin which is my next goal =)

[@jsksharp1]

If you want to get on gold, come out with us in California and go nugget shooting! We do really well, when it comes to vlf machines/coin machines, I’d stick to silver. I’m pretty sure your case study will show the odds of finding gold to silver. I think with either silver or gold, location and having it there to find is 90% of the battle. Good luck in your journey, and don’t give up on the silvery completely, that’s the bread and butter

[@cutaplug]

Cali sounds like a fun place to find gold nuggets for sure =) What I'm primarily focusing on is the untapped potential that we have everywhere around the U.S. in the form of jewelry at public and private places. The gold is there but there needs to be a good way to find it effectively. I was told by a minelab engineer that it wasn't possible on the CTX 3030 to distinguish silver dimes from clad times but after a lot of hours I was easily able to do that with almost the same success rate as I have with the etrac. I think the human mind has so much potential if given enough data to process and I'd like to see if with enough training the brain can tell the difference between trash and gold jewelry. If not yet then there just isn't a detector that provides the mind with enough info to decipher yet. Maybe soon there will be.

[@jsksharp1]

Cutaplug Metal Detecting I want to get a CTX3030, but my E-Trac and you know just gives that sweet sound on the silver. I was getting mixed reviews on the CTX, so I haven’t pulled the trigger yet. In your opinion, is the CTX better than the ETrac? Better I mean depth, and accuracy on coins and jewelry. I was told with the CTX the sound doesn’t change like the ETrac and it’s mostly just going off numbers. Let me know what you think, thanks

[@DudeHammer]

So been watching your videos for quite a few years now, enjoy every one of them, i have been out of detecting for s lityle bit becsuse of medical reasons, but nack at it again, do you have a video on how to program the Bill_s trasy park program, like you do with Andy s. Program ? Thanks, Dude Hammer

[@rustycraig1713]

I don't sorry. If I get time some day maybe I'll make one. Glad you're back at it again =)

[@DudeHammer]

Rusty Craig , thanks !

[@djsoysauce408]

I have a ctx3030 and AT Pro, AT pro is a gold magnet

[@robbiestephens49]

Im debating on getting an etrac i currently use a v31 its an awesome detector but there's some areas in va that are really rocky

[@rustycraig1713]

I haven't tried a v3i but hear they are pretty good. When you say some areas are rocky that shouldn't dictate what detector you get unless you're referring to depth or cherry picking?

[@007Darktower]

Welcome back!

[@cutaplug]

Thanks!

[@DetectingtheBurgh]

I love a guy with Goal's. You set yourself up for a pretty interesting one for 2018. The fact that Tennessee has no oceans to walk along will make your goal that much harder. Being shut out with finding Gold last year, I too want to change around this next year, and at the very least, get on board. I will be watching your video's very closely. Good Luck in 2018 to us both.

[@cutaplug]

It will definitely be a challenge for sure! My goal is to come up with a ratio of trash to gold jewelry for different types of sites and then determine what sites are most productive. A lot of digging ahead but I need to get out and get some fresh air anyway =) Good luck to you too in 2018 I'm sure you'll get some gold!

[@JoelByler]

This is great to hear about, I'd love to learn more. How's it going for you now 2 months later?

[@cutaplug]

About 9 hunts and have 4 gold and one gold plated. Got side tracked on gold though since I got an equinox 800 and learning the ins and outs of that machine. 5 silver so far with it but need to dig more before I can really know the detector =)

[@JoelByler]

Sounds like "the nox" is really making waves. Have fun and post some news with that when you get a chance! :)

[@roymanewell4958]

gday from oz, ive found where you find silver rings theres always gold close, as its a lot easier to find silver you can get an idea of just how many gold items that are hidden,you just have to look at whats on peoples fingers a lot more gold than silver,if you think how many silver rings you find it gives you an idea just how many are lost.the easiest ones I find are the small womans rings they come in just above iron 12..03 to 12..08 on the 3030 out of the pull tab range but still in the foil range with practice you can in about 50% of times tell the difference.disc everything else out so you have nothing else to distract you.have a go picnic areas I like,tot lots also.

[@cutaplug]

Great info Roy thanks for sharing! Now I need to look at my finds database and go back to all the sites I found silver at with the focus on Gold lol.

[@DavidBasonic]

Roy Manewell Interesting idea that I've probably walked over way more gold rings than I've dug silver ones. Kinda turns my stomach, but gives me hope for the future!

[@TJSvideoproduction]

I to have also migrated over to the gold train. I am looking forward to seeing some tips on finding gold and some gold finding videos.

[@cutaplug]

How long have you been looking for gold? Would love to hear your experience and tips too.

[@TJSvideoproduction]

I have been hunting for 5 years now and most of my hunting has been on private property that i have gained permission to looking for old coins. I still do this but my goal this year is to dig more gold. I had my best gold year last year with 6 pieces (28.9 grams total). When I hunt for gold I dig it all with whatever machine i am using. Also look for an area of intensity or numbers. Wherever there is intense activity such as sports or swimming jewelry is lost. Also wherever there is a large number of people gathered in a short period of time jewelry is lost.

[@lookin4zinc]

Your where im at now with detecting, im looking for gold. Ive mastered silver, and ive hunted out most my local spots. So naturally I started looking exclusively for gold.

[@cutaplug]

That's great let me know how it goes. Any tips or did you just start?

[@Metrorenovationsandmore]

New sub here. Man, I'm gonna love your channel!!

[@DonnMckeeCreations]

Great video. Have you ever or do you plan to detect in the UK? maybe a few hammered coins would give you a new fire for silver, or you may even be lucky enough to find ancient gold.

[@cutaplug]

I would love to but have been so busy that I find it hard to get out here in the U.S. lately. We love vacationing so maybe someday we'll plan a trip out that way.

[@TennesseeAdventures]

I knew I recognized you today lol. I've been subscribed to you for awhile now, I just couldn't place where you were from. Good to see you at our get together!

[@cutaplug]

Hey nice to meet you too. Dave said you were not too far from me we should go hunting together sometime. I was just at concord park Wednesday do you live in that area? Shoot me an email through cutaplug.com and I'll send you my contact info.

[@sweetbark8271]

just checking to see if this works

[@TennesseeAdventures]

Earl Cuerrier Yes it does

[@madmax092003]

Learning the best way to find gold rings metal detecting on land + New training course

[@jjhammer28]

Wish I could find one silver lol I have a AT Pro and a e-trac both with extra coils and all I have found are two Indian Head pennies ready to throw the e-trac out the window can't find anything with it 😔

[@rustycraig3536]

Don't throw it out trust me. I went from an AT Pro to an etrac and thought my etrac wasn't that good at first. Then I stuck with it and man was I wrong lol. The etrac is an amazing machine but detecting with it is a learned skill for sure. GL and HH!

[@DiggingCanuck]

Thank you for the information :-)

[@cutaplug]

Hopefully I can collect a bunch more data this spring and provide you guys with more info. Right now I'm just starting out and we'll see where it goes =)

[@jerseydigmore7994]

Rusty, very interesting video!!! Gold is my plan for 2018!!!! I didn't dig a lot of gold tones in the past, because silver coins was my goal. I am getting the Minelab Equinox 800. I think 2018 is going to be fun!!! Happy Hunting!!!

[@cutaplug]

Haven't got my hands on an Equinox yet but would love to. GL in 2018!

[@925inder2]

My personal view is that shooting for silver coins is going to bring diminishing results. hunting only in public spots and on land gold is easiest to find on low to medium trash sports fields and park meadows where likely activities with a lot of movement, sweating and sometimes alcohol took place. As a denser object, gold jewellery should sink a bit deeper than pull tabs. Therefore I will dig all solid/steady signals at 1-2 inches below where most pull tabs I find. This method should increase my gold finding efficiency. I find that gold rings that I dug this year were " louder" sounding mid tones. They were in the 38-42 VDI on my Fisher F4 and at 3-4 inches. There is obviously more variables at play here, but those are the signals I will dig to maximize my chances. Another thing is locations where you find older nickels but little to no silver. It indicates silver shooting in the past. Good luck with your goals. HH. Sebastian

[@rustycraig3536]

Thanks for the tips will keep the info in mind moving forward =)

[@Leigh_RMD]

Yes, pull-tabs and bever tails are the enemy

[@robbiestephens49]

Dug my first silver coin a 1923 merk

[@robbiestephens49]

Im a get the etrac

[@robbiestephens49]

Talking to a dealer hes going to give me a good deal on the etrac or ctx

[@rustycraig1713]

That's awesome they are great machines I think you'll be happy with either one.

[@robbiestephens49]

Ive done a few utube videos

[@westrokker]

I’ve been detecting a year and have not found 1 silver coin!!!

[@mikel646]

I hope your luck has improved! I don't find too many either. I just found my 8th merc...in 14 years of detecting! I only hunt parks, but in my area (southeast PA), many of the parks are quite new. The oldest parks have been hit hard by everyone with a detector in the past 40 years. So it comes down to dumb luck, or start knocking on doors. I'm pretty sure the crazy successful silver hunters are knocking on doors. Me? I'm happy with clad. More silver would be great, and maybe I'll start knocking on doors next year. But I have very limited time for the hobby at this point of my life...I'd rather grab some quick clad at nearby little league fields or around basketball courts, than spend hours driving looking for just the right place to search for silver. I'll buy silver coins with my clad...🤣 Maybe next year though. Good luck!

[@westrokker]

@@mikel646 I actually found my first silver a few weeks ago! An 1853 half dime. Didn’t even know they existed. I just got permission at a historical location here in Ohio dating back to 1830’s. It’s about 60 acres so will keep me busy a long time! Happy hunting!

[@mikel646]

@@westrokker outstanding!! Lots of people have been in this hobby for decades and never came up with a half dime! I got an equinox 600 two years ago, hoping it would help me find some extra silver...I'm actually a bit disappointed in how unstable it is with tones and IDs. The etrac was much better. But the nox kicks butt in the separation department...and it's a fraction of the weight of the etrac. I'm giving serious consideration to getting a Deus 2. Heard lots of good things about it. I'd have to sell some stuff first tho...the deus 2 is pricey. Then there's the manticore coming out...so I have to at least wait for the reviews to come out for that. In the end, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to spend a thousand dollars on a new detector to help me find a hundred dollars in silver. So I'm proceeding with caution. What detector are you using?

[@gregnorton4578]

Can you add me to your mailing list

[@blitzb4]

Should be nice out now... You ok?

[@Hagg506]

Secret to finding more gold.......get in the water.

[@successisreal151]

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[@signifmonk1418]

U didnt tell us anything bout how to find it ourselves bruh

[@joetoep1913]

Do you have depression?

[@robbiestephens49]

Yea im a cab driver i got permission to hunt a 1949 store with 3 Acres when i first started Using this detector i dug a wheaty at 12 inch

[@rustycraig1713]

Awesome! sounds like you need to start doing some live digs =)