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Today I'm on a strange site. I'm in somebody's back garden
and I'm looking for a gold ring that was lost about 15 years ago.
Because this garden is absolutely jam-packed with iron,
I'm using the small coil, the 6-inch accessory coil
and I'm going to try and get in between all the iron
and try to find that missing ring.
OK, so wish me luck!
Apparently the ring was lost
when it fell off the roof of this small building here.
They were actually working on the building,
the ring slipped off his finger
and he's pretty sure it fell into this side of the property.
What I'm going to do is search this small area, see if I can find it.
It should be easy.
10, 15 years ago, it's probably a maximum of 4 or 5 inches down
so it should be a real easy thing to find.
I've given it a good go
and I'm pretty confident there is nothing on this side
so I'm going to go right round this small building,
this small shed on legs, and see if it's fallen another way.
A lot of times people think they know where they lost it
but in reality it was lost somewhere completely different.
OK, that's an interesting signal.
It's quite a low signal.
He told me it was quite a chunky ring.
Wasn't absolutely sure if it was a sovereign ring
or something else like a buckle ring.
It's funny how stories change over the years.
I was first told that this was a sovereign gold ring.
But then somebody corrected that.
They said no, they don't think it is a sovereign ring.
They know it's a ring and they know it fell off this roof.
But it'll be interesting. I've got a signal here.
It sounds nice.
Quite low though.
Let's have a dig.
It's out of the hole.
Ah, there it is.
Surely that's not it.
It's a ring.
It's a ring - it's not as grand as I was led to believe.
I was told various things.
But it's definitely a gold ring.
So there you go - a ring found with a CTX 3030.
Hopefully I didn't sound too disappointed.
I shouldn't do - it's made of gold.
It was found with this great 6-inch accessory coil
and I'd highly recommend this.
If your land's got loads of iron trash,
this is the coil you need to winkle out the good targets.
Right, today we're going to search a piece of pasture
and I want to show you a few of the accessories we've yet to cover.
For instance, the 17-inch coil, which is brilliant on pasture land.
I've also got one of these new PRO-SWING 45s,
which is an amazing bit of kit.
It takes all the weight of the coil
and transfers it from your shoulder all the way down to your hip.
Anyway, I'll get set up and let's see if we can find something.
The first accessory I want to show you is the new CTX 3030 bag,
which is a lot bigger than previous bags for Minelab detectors.
What this means is I can fit the 17-inch coil onto my CTX 3030
and it will still go in the bag which is really good.
So let's show you what it looks like.
There it is - large coil.
All we do is undo the clip and extend it to the correct length.
And we're ready to go.
In the side, you'll find the pocket is large enough
to actually hold headphones,
the WM10 wireless module
and also the PRO-FIND 25 probe.
Right. I am actually wearing the new PRO-SWING 45,
which is a new product from Minelab.
It is a harness with a bungee attached to it.
The whole idea is that the bungee
transfers the weight of the detector up to my shoulder
then down to my hip
so it literally takes all the weight on my hips
which is a lot easier than having it on my shoulder
where I would normally get a sore neck at the end of the day
so this is a brilliant bit of kit.
To put it on, you simply do up two clips.
And then once we get to the actual place where we're going to detect,
I then put this hook onto a Velcroed hook
which is secured to the detector.
So that fits on there and I literally take that loop,
put it on there, and that's it.
So the first thing I need to do before I start detecting,
I need to set the length of my bungee,
so it supports the weight of the coil
and transfers it to my hip so I don't feel it on my arm.
This is really simple. If you have a look at the clip here,
the bottom bungee coming out of the clip is the bit to the detector
and then on this piece where the actual thumb bar is,
this is what locks it.
To set it, first we release the lock by pulling the bungee
I then lower the coil down so it's just off the ground.
and it's being supported by the bungee,
and then I pull that up
and I make sure that I pinch it against the little thumb bar there.
That's it. That's now taken up the weight and I'm ready to detect.
OK, I've got a signal here. It's quite deep.
It's probably over a spade's depth so it's over 10 inches.
We'll use the pinpoint probe now to work out where in the hole it is.
And it's right in the middle.
There it is. A piece of lead.
There are signs that this field could produce.
These splodges of lead are still quite old finds.
They're not modern - it's probably medieval or older.
So the signs are good. Hopefully we can find something a bit better.
It's inside there.
Ah!
Shotgun cartridge end.
The scourge of metal detecting in England.
Never mind.
It shows everybody else missed it though.
Maybe they were the lucky ones.
Got another signal here. It's a high pitch
It's still in the hole. You can see the depth.
There it is, right smack in the middle of the hole.
It's out of the hole.
And there you go. A Roman coin.
There is a bit of a head on there.
It's not a very good one, probably a third-century coin.
I've got another target in the hole here. It's again quite deep.
I've come down closer to the river. There's a crossing right behind me.
And a high-pitched signal, I'll let you hear how that sounds.
I don't know if you can hear that.
It's a nice, high-pitched, clean signal.
It's roughly in the middle of the hole
because I managed to pinpoint very well.
Just loosen this stuff up now.
On a lot of these pastures you get nice top soil
and it will be over a layer of the gravel
and that means that all the gravel has moved down to a certain level
and that's where the good stuff is.
It takes a considerable period of time to get down into that gravel
so I'm hoping this could be Roman.
Just there.
Now I've got to get through the gravel.
Ooh, something green coming up.
Ooh, what's this? It's a great big Roman coin.
Great big dupondius.
There's a lot of green corrosion on it, but it's a beautiful size.
I'm not surprised that sounded high-pitched.
So there you go!
Roman coin found with a 17-inch coil on pasture.
And a very good depth.
I put that in there. It's about that sort of depth.
It was a real scream.
I think I could have got that at twice the depth.
But it just shows you the power of the 17-inch coil.
And the other thing that I'm really impressed with is the PRO-SWING 45.
This takes all the weight off my arm
and means that I can swing that 17-inch coil all day long.
Well, that's it, guys. We've reached the end of the DVD
and hopefully you enjoyed it as much as we did making it.
This really is a great machine.
It's a fantastic machine. We did enjoy making this DVD.
If you have any questions about the CTX, go to minelab.com.
All the information is there.
The latest updates and everything else you need to know.
- So that's it. - Get out there and hunt.
- Get out and find something. - Enjoy!