9CT Gold Plated, nearest to finding Gold so far

[Dave The Slave]

Did a couple of hours down the beach earlier and it was blowing a gale
Went back to the general area where I had found 20th Century pre decimals on last 2 visits, hardly any signals, just a corroded 2p coinage wise.
30yds before exiting the beach, last signal of the session, found half a bracelet Gold coloured but did not feel right, although I have never found any Gold. Searched a 10yd radius to see if other half was around, no signals.
At home get the loupe out, marked inside, AJ 1/5TH 9CT BRONZECORED.
Goldplated, oh well, never found any of that either.
Weight 6.3gms, so the Gold is 1.6gms worth.
Bracelet has a scroll design, 8mm wide,65mm diameter,95mm long.
Researched, Bronze core added strength to Bracelets to stop them squashing, date wise appears to be from the 70`s. Found the exact design on an auction website and apparently the other half of the bracelet would have been plain.
Once again something different findwise.
Using the Garrett 400i on dry sand, Custom mode, iron audio off, discrim out below 60, 2 off max sensitivity.
No photo.
Good Luck everyone
Dave.

[fred]

Beaches can be a right swine sometimes. I did 3 hours for about half a dozen coins, best a 1935 shilling, and a pouchfull of shrapnel and bullets. Blew a few cobwebs away and at least the rain missed me.

[littleboot]

Well Dave, that is certainly a step closer isn't it? It is very encouraging!

[Easylife]

Hi Dave, well you will hit real gold at the beach sometime for sure. Inland it just turns up when you are least expecting it. The plated stuff is a bugger when you first glimpse it and then that often disappears with a good clean. The 400i will sniff out the gold.

[FUBAR]

At least you found something. Thanks for posting and may the gods grant you many Gold finds.