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Yep, a quick exit is usually best. Happy hunting!

Thank you and welcome aboard!!

And glad it was in the middle of the day and not during a night hunt haha.

Such a surprising find for the area but a welcome one!

Unfortunately it's pretty dense where I live so public places are kind of my only option unless I want to drive pretty far.

Haha, not much raw gold to be prospected in the lower mainland. I'm sure I find more in rings and other jewelry than I'd find panning nearby rivers. I'd have to drive pretty far up the Fraser to get anywhere good.

@@ScoopyJoe Do you always operate on assumptions? You have to go into the bush & outside the lower mainland but there's tons in them rivers still & will be long after we're gone.

@@TheRealHaans I mean, that's pretty much exactly what I just said, I prefer to stick to locations that are nearby where I live for the most part, don't really feel like traveling a long distance very often. But I certainly would like to give it a try one day.

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Foreign certainly, but what I meant was it's unlikely he was a newcomer as there are tons of Sikh people here who've been in Canada for a long time, so I doubt he was unfamiliar with things. But you're right, I'm also super awkward so there's that.

Quite a shock!

Yep, some of my best finds have been 'junk' signals.

Haha yeah it got interrogative very quickly, some people have a weird lack of boundaries with strangers it seems. The price we pay for having an interesting outdoor hobby!

Mother's maiden name and the street you grew up on too if you please. 🤨

Indeed, thanks for watching!

The Lower Mainland has a very large and established Sikh community so I doubt this man was recently new to Vancouver. He didn't seem confused as his questions were very direct and I understood them, I just didn't want to share that information with a random stranger. Although definitely not the first time someone initially thought I was doing this as an actual job.

@@ScoopyJoe My favorite response to people on the beach is that I'm with EOD and there has been old military ordnance washing up! Watch where you step! LOL Get some big wide eyes on that one!

I have some foam in the speaker hole and some epoxy over the slots to quiet the beeps somewhat as I still prefer to have the audio feedback, I may work on quieting it further though...

The irony that I love the hobby because it's something I can do totally alone and enjoy as introvert, but it also puts a big "TALK TO ME" sign on my back lol. I guess I look approachable...

Haha thank you, at least it wasn't during a night hunt!

I have the aspect ratio set to the tallest available on the GoPro so I can still catch what I'm doing on the ground and have a bit of room to move the focus around; but I can't set it too high or I'll always miss what I'm digging, probably for the best that I'm not regularly catching people's faces on camera anyways. Spanish banks is a great spot, my next video is actually at that beach! It's slim pickings these days but sometimes you can still find great stuff (as you'll see in the next upload 😎) Thanks for watching!

Sadly just a very corroded bling ring.

@@ScoopyJoe Yep!

The last gold ring I found was one of those, white, yellow and rose gold, 14k. I didn't see any hallmarks though so probably just a generic ring.

@@marklanders630 They have been heavily copied!

Haha, to my coworkers for sure, but to some rando in a park I think I'll pass 😅. Also I just got laid off last week after over a decade... On the bright side now I have lots of time for metal detecting lol. That's awesome! I've found some of my best stuff right at the end of my hunt as well.

Howdy! You can get into metal detecting for a pretty small initial investment these days. Canadian Tire actually has the Minelab Vanquish 340 and 440 on sale right now for just about as cheap as you'll ever find a decent multifrequency detector. I haven't used the Vanquish personally but I've heard good things and it's based on the same technology as the rest of Minelab's MF detectors so it should be a perfect one to start out with. I would normally recommend not cheaping out on a pinpointer, the Garrett Pro Pointer AT is my gold standard; however I have seen people discuss the Pro Pointer knock-offs on Amazon and they seem do a pretty OK job for their price point. Just search for pinpointer on amazon and look for the orange ones that all kind of look the same and have lots of reviews. (I am not affiliated with any vendors, this is just my personal opinion). Happy hunting!

I haven't been back out to that site yet, it's on my to-do list!

Thankfully I haven't had the cops called on me, yet!

Wow those are some amazing finds! Our parks are so full of trash here that finding gold is almost impossible unless you want to dig a million pull tabs and bits of aluminum foil...

Definitely one of the funnier reasons someone's tried to provide against metal detecting in their area.

Better than pennies haha!

@@ScoopyJoe True, it does seem that`s all that`s left anyway many pennies to dig, ahh, what a pain "!LOL Best of luck to you buddy "!

Thanks!

Went back this year an nobody bothered me this time, I guess they've learned.

Thanks!

Hong Kong coin, Singapore coin, Asian dude chilling park

Never found a metal crown or filling, have found one cremation tag that I mistook for a dog tag until I got home! I had so much ground I wanted to cover on that park I decided to stick with the 11 inch coil, I find that in most areas it's still quite easy to separate targets with the standard coil. I use the small one when I'm in really uneven ground with lots of sharp rocks, like the seawall or gravely shorelines around here.

Interesting finds so close together.

Sometimes the ground is not too bad; in the summer it dries quite hard and in the fall it's usually very muddy, there's a small seasonal window where it's ok haha. Shame the belt buckle was so corroded, it had been there for a bit but the silver ring made it all worthwhile. Thanks for watching!

@@ScoopyJoe Yes, the Northern window is small, we gotta get out every chance we get"! Best"!

Welcome aboard eh!

Haha yes it was the first thing I did when I found it. Thought it might have a sword hidden in it but it appears to be solid.

I used the 18k acid. Blueish white results.

Seems to be a lot more of them circulating lately!

Haha nice to know there's some other young(er) people doing the hobby 😅. I just got back out today after not being able to do any hunting for the last month, I've had enough footage built up to keep posting fairly regularly at least.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Haha thanks, thought I might have the same after a while on this hunt but the ring was a nice surprise!

I thought it might be Opalite (synthetic) due to the clarity and lack of true iridescence. Thanks!