Uncovering Hidden Treasures: My Epic Mistake Led Me to Gold

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, I'll share my story about how my mistake led me to gold. I'll show you how you can make the same mistake and find your own hidden treasures, if you're willing to put in the time with a metal detector.
I ignored the signals that the beach was giving me and moved away from the most logical treasure spot but it ended up with some gold in my pocket. You'll want to watch this video. You will learn a bit about beach metal detecting and you will see some treasure pulled from the sand.
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@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

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@TUBEORATER 11 ай бұрын

You got me. I'll get one. I'm dedicated

@martyv23 11 ай бұрын

I order one got it about a week ago very nice I don't know if you get credit for that but I did get one and it is very nice I think I'll order another one

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that@@martyv23 yes its an affiliate link.

@ddexter23 Жыл бұрын

I had a great day in the water with my new manticore while at Honeymoon island, FL. I found 5 rings. 2 silver 1 gold. I had 2 rings in 1 scoop. Just a great day in the water with perfect conditions.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@myview1875 Жыл бұрын

The little pouch you showed at the beginning made me chuckle. 😀. Back in the old days I used a Whites Eagle Spectrum and my mam made me a cover out of leather to cover the big square box. 🙂. I then purchased a Minelab Explorer II 🤗😍 and my mam altered that square cover by attaching 3 loops to it and I now use it as a finds pouch in the fields. 😀.

@Windsurfingaddict Жыл бұрын

I’m moving next door to you and when I see you going metal detecting on the beach I’ll be lurking around in same area looking for rings 🤣🤣🤣 you have so much luck 🍀 with them, enjoyed watching PS. Nice to see sushi is back 😎😎😎😎🤣🤣🤣😂😂😊

@MermaidTreasureHunter Жыл бұрын

That was such a pretty spoon. I keep and use cutlery that is in good shape. It makes food taste FUN and I get to enjoy the memories of what I found on that day.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

I kept it too!

@electroman5270 Жыл бұрын

Su made in Italy CH plated in Spanish. We love your channel.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the ID and the kind words!

@itakephotos1141 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYCAu is the chemical element for gold

@ohdannyboyjustadiggin Жыл бұрын

Everyone has their way to detect a beach. I still think it is by pure luck when any of us swing over Gold and Silver. Understanding how the tide works is the best advice on a more of a chance of finding those goodies.. Happy Hunting Brother.. Peace

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@smalltowntourist Жыл бұрын

The 24 hour begal shop is the true treasure!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!!

@MisterGames Ай бұрын

As an Aussie, bagels are not such a thing. Like they are there but not a big deal. But every one i have tasted has been tough and not really a good mouth experience. In the USA, are they hard crust and soft mid, soft all the way, hard, or other? And why do they seem to be prefered over just a plain hamburger bun or sliced bread?

@smalltowntourist Ай бұрын

@@MisterGames I don't seem to remember eating bagels until the early 80's or so. Why they became so popular? I have no idea. But, a toasted "everything" bagel with veggie cream cheese just hits the spot!

@socalmetaldetecting Жыл бұрын

I’m learning a TON from your videos about beach hunting! The science behind the sand!

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

Glad it is helping.

@harrysurtees8710 Жыл бұрын

Merrill, yours are the most interesting videos on metal detecting, and I am always on the lookout for Metal Detecting New York City. Keep em coming and stay safe.

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the long term support Harry!

@bosweg10 Жыл бұрын

I have learned a lot from your channel. The metal indicating the lowest spot is something I also noticed. It is things like that that help me hunt the beach more efficient. Thank you Merril. Will be heading for the beach in a couple of hours 😀

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidbadger3179 Жыл бұрын

Whilst Su can mean made in Italy, if it is followed by CH and the SU is capitalised then the SU means “Silver Unlimited” which is another way of marking 92.5% or “Sterling” silver. The CH is Spanish “Chapa” meaning it’s plated. And the CZ of course stands for good ol cubic zirconia. So basically that ring is 925 silver plated and the stones are cubic zirconias.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Cool thank you!

@Ful-OGold Жыл бұрын

You are making me want to go coin hunting again. But I get so sick of idiots coming up to me or people calling the cops.

@customvansixtyfive8337 Жыл бұрын

Can you school us about pinpointers? From a durability and ease of use point of view. If you already have, can you pinpoint me to that show? Love your style and attitude!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

I just bought a Minelab one. In time I will get more

@bigtoe3963 Жыл бұрын

Those rings will come in handy paying for college(2)...WTG Merrill

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yes! 3 years and counting down!!!!

@bryanolier6775 Жыл бұрын

Keep hunting , you have good day and bad, go,go,go

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Go!Go!Go!

@Bluetube-vg7nd Жыл бұрын

Next 10 days should make up for the slow deposits this year!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yep! Its going to get HOT!

@TUBEORATER Жыл бұрын

It took me years to dump all of the junk jewelry and stuff that I had found over a decade. It felt good. Kept all the silver coins and rings...and like 20lbs of copper. Not much gold in Wa.

@tonydean1262 Жыл бұрын

Nice vlog lesson learnt remember this on next exam Still got gold and rings Good hunting next time out Regards Tony

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony!

@tonylynch8092 Жыл бұрын

Very good hunting. Keep it Lit peace from the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 Tiocfaidh Ár Lá 🇮🇪.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MCB9537 Жыл бұрын

Thank-you Merrill.

@sandman4224 Жыл бұрын

I know there is a point and time when I transition to beach detecting. This is very helpful! Thank you!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

@ecotangokeithfugittrkkf733 Жыл бұрын

I love the Contin and science

@nepahistoryandarchaeologys8623 Жыл бұрын

I'll be heading to Wildwood, NJ next month, taking the Simplex to do some beach hunting for the first time. I just started binge watching your beach hunting videos, having dreams of gold rings and pirates treasures already..lol. Good luck on your next hunt!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Good Luck! I have a few on the Simplex for the beach. Amazing detector, but it is far behind the SMF and pulse beach machines. That doesn't mean that you wont get anything. The dry has been really good to me this summer. The Zero ground balance thing will only go so far. You can get some obvious signals in the wet. Im not trying to discourage you. Im just sharing my honest opinion. Its a heck of a detector in non salt environments.

@numismaticstacker 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Gold is awesome to find!

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

It sure is!

@ifindmetal Жыл бұрын

I could never go and not Grid , I do fan out when I hit a heavy but if nothing it’s back to gridding high traffic areas , I go to beach a ton when people are there to observe where they mostly sit , throw footballs , wade/ swim in the water vs the tide levels i make it very scientific

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

We have to make the process logical and tolerable for our brains. In NY there are so many beach options. You can spend too much time on one and not enough in the other. Or it can backfire like it did on me in this video.

@ifindmetal Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC right you get more push in and push out there than my Bay beach here in VA but if I take the HRBT to VA Beach that’s one long open ocean beach totally different animal

@christinekara8674 Жыл бұрын

I miss ny and the hamptons beachs❤ ty for fyi

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thats actually on my bucket list for the summer! Ive never detected the Hamptons beaches

@rocketsroc Жыл бұрын

Nice to see what you find, but it would be more beneficial to see how you have your Manticore set up for ferrous limits, sensitivity, and stability levels.

@geoffbuys5838 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your comments & videos

@timelordmagnums357 Жыл бұрын

Dude I didn't hear you say Fluffin Muffin once this episode. WTH I'm gonna quit watching your channel over it LMAO Not :) When you asked what that green rope was I said to myself it's a Fluffin Muffin LMAO. You've got us trained. :)

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Youre right Time Lord! Fluffin Muffins have not been spoken lately! LOL

@nickt7658 Жыл бұрын

Merrill? You Rock all things!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

@dabotta9793 Жыл бұрын

Great 👍🏽 I've been following your tips and it's paying off... Thanks for sharing knowledge 🙏🏽

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@georgefelipe1042 Жыл бұрын

Been watching you for a year. Love your videos. You the Yoda, learn alot from you.

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that

@kylelambert1672 Жыл бұрын

Time for gold!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

@refresh5690 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making these videos :) I really enjoy them, it's really fun the effects you put on when you find gold/silver! I haven't found any gold yet after 3 years of metal detecting but I am going to Cyprus in 3 weeks so hopefully I'll find some then. Atleast I have found some cool stuff like sword parts from the 1500s!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Sword parts!!! Incredible! Gold is all about the commitment to hunt all metal and dig anything g that sounds interesting. I dig SO MUCH trash! Good luck! Rooting for you!

@refresh5690 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC Yeah it is incredible! I just wish I'd found the actual sword, I've found the sheath end decoration piece and a piece of a crossguard so far. And I collect all the aluminum I find so I can look back at how far I've come! And thanks! I hope to get some sushi soon :)

@ohiofredl Жыл бұрын

Thanks for vid and info.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@scottwhitaker442 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful finds 😊

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@jimmymalone3494 Жыл бұрын

Great job i enjoyed your hunt. Good luck to you/

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jimcollins9999 Жыл бұрын

The ring maker is Halina Fuch. 👍

@603livefreeordie Жыл бұрын

Truly amazing! Congrats ! from New Hampshire 03054... The skills you have and the years of knowledge cant be beat. Seriously buddy you and the Nox800 is like He-man with the Sword of Grayskull.. No joke..

@darrellbrixey5341 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this awesome content

@Fred-tr8zg Жыл бұрын

Nicely done I enjoyed the video. 🇺🇸

@granvillewooster7673 Жыл бұрын

Awesome hunt 👍👍❤️

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@charlieschemmel122 Жыл бұрын

Nice hunt thanks for sharing!!!

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@timmc8444 Жыл бұрын

Big money big money!

@Chrissers2010 11 ай бұрын

From your top 5 rated detectors, which one or two are the easiest to use (interface etc.)? I want to make a significant upgrade in my metal detector. Excellent saltwater use is important.

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

Considering, ease of use and excellence in saltwater, here is my pick: amzn.to/3KIUsat

@Chrissers2010 11 ай бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC I was thinking the same thing after reading your reviews and watching many of your videos. Thank you for your recommendation!

@davidfrazier1186 Жыл бұрын

GOLD !!!!!!!

@martyv23 Жыл бұрын

Wow your videos are over-the-top❤ question are you a metal detectorist or a treasure hunter when people ask you on the beach what are you doing I say I'm metal detecting they go oh oh but buddy when I tell them I'm a treasure hunter the look on their faces it's a whole new excitement🎉🎉🎉

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

I just tell them im trying to get my steps in for the day! LOL

@joshshelton796 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video man!

@grandmakellymcdonald Жыл бұрын

Let’s go, let’s go treasure💕🌺✌️👵

@SandyToesDetecting Жыл бұрын

Been there at stupid dark hours, look forward to september when I can sleep again !

@sheilad6237 Жыл бұрын

Look at the sea glass, that’s pricey stuff too.

@robkovi3227 Жыл бұрын

Omw to the beach

@Tom-ff5ro Жыл бұрын

Merrill, do you change some of your finds into cash or do you just keep them all?

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

I keep any gold and silver and historic things (coins included). I want to eventually turn the gold in to a down payment for another house.

@myview1875 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC I get asked all the time what am I going to do with all the gold and silver jewellery I have found and my answer is I don't know. 😀. I just like metal detecting and finding things all though now I just do inland over here in England. 🙂.

@guyhummel2847 Жыл бұрын

Golly!..how many rings do you have from metal detecting?

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

I’m about to hit 800!

@haithamalsawadi7039 Жыл бұрын

Love watching your videos so I want to get a rig. I’m also at the beach I have an offer to get a equinox 800 for $300. Or I was going to buy a minelab xterra. Brand new for $270 my question is ,is the equinox really that much better of a detector?

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

Its 10 to 15 percent better for double the price. shrsl.com/466bm

@petearnold8020 Жыл бұрын

Merril im starting to hear about leaking manticores being used in water, i think around the coil input to main unit ... are you hearing of any cases

@PureBlood42 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing more of your knowledge in this video! I remember many, many years ago, I'd visit a beach and see these guys hunting in waste-deep water. Years later, i got a suitable machine for full control box submersion, and set off to do exactly what they were doing. However, their strategy has never worked for me. These freshwater swimming beaches may as well have 10 ft of sand-covered bottom, as I can't even get a signal. I know those old-timer detectorists were not amateurs and I recall reading a great deal on how to metal detect beaches, and it was quite common for enthusiasts to swing their machines in the water, rather than scanning the water's edge at low tide. What am I missing here? How do people find rings in waiste-deep water, when I can't even get a signal due to the depth of the sand? My only guess is that those guys swinging detectors in the waiste-deep water must be feeling around for the "cuts" or low channels created by wave action...or maybe they had located a clay bottom zone or something? I have access to a freshwater beach that literally doesnt get any deeper than waiste-deep until you wade out to more than 150 ft from shore, but what's the point in detecting all of that shallow water when I can't get a signal? What are your thoughts, friend?

@andreweast2121 Жыл бұрын

Merrill, you made a critical mistake after you found the gold cross by moving away from the area after you found it....chances were extremely high that there was also a huge gold chain that broke off and was somewhere near that cross.....not sure if it was edited out but wondering if you went back and canvased the area?

@halleluyahpraiseyah6907 Жыл бұрын

No beaches in Wyoming!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

There has to be lakes and old swimming holes!

@leoncioarano3923 8 ай бұрын

Hello Merrill I like your videos I normally do water hunt but I started wed sand and I been doing good finding gold so I have a question I have excal 2 but I want to buy another metal detector only dry and wet sand so what did you recommend deus 2 or manticore thanks on advance

@dave2456 Жыл бұрын

do you sell the rings you find?

@MetalDetectingNYC 11 ай бұрын

No, ive returned a few but for the most part I keep them all.

@ecotangokeithfugittrkkf733 Жыл бұрын

❤

@beartooth8865 10 ай бұрын

👍

@GEAUXFRUGAL 5 ай бұрын

I need a beach scoop. YOU selling any ?

@angelamillard6418 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@IYar56 5 ай бұрын

😊

@davidfrazier1186 Жыл бұрын

Mexican Pizza For ALL

@samsonian 11 ай бұрын

I think those letters in the ring were initials of a married couple.

@danno5805 Жыл бұрын

Well you still scored ether way 🤷🏿‍♂️

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yes! I chalk this one up to luck. Im heading back tonight.

@danno5805 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC lol I was going out but my wife said different 🤦🏿‍♂️

@daviesmia Жыл бұрын

Are there really Vampires on Staten Island???

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yes I get bagels with them!

@19jody72 11 ай бұрын

Any metal detector on DRY sand will ding if you go over it with a detector.

@midnightcoil Жыл бұрын

Nipple cover find of the day lol

@sourcreamking Жыл бұрын

Get some cheap GPS trackers from China, bury some in the dry, some in the wet, and some out in the water. Track them for science!

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

I bought tiles with that idea. They lose signal underwater

@sourcreamking Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC They do? I guess those they use to track sharks etc. might be a bit more expensive... Would be cool to see how they move in different conditions. Crowdfunding?

@jamodrummer Жыл бұрын

Your sleeping habits qualify you for musicianship.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

I do country, rap and metal: kzfaq.info?search_query=metal+detecting+rap

@johnholmes6897 9 ай бұрын

When a diamond flashes blue it's true, when a diamond flashes yellow, give it to a different fellow

@gerardgannon5654 Жыл бұрын

Follow the iron and you will find the gold 🏴‍☠️

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

@Chris-ch5nb Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched a few videos and I love the content and the topic. But, the interjections of Hagen daas and sushi etc are just too long and too repetitive. Really makes me skip around or want to stop watching. But, thank you for sharing.

@gregbuehrer5955 Жыл бұрын

2 bags of Taco Bell to eat on the way home. Sushi for dinner. I'd say that goes into the win column for a single beach hunt.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

@sanyo8440 Жыл бұрын

Aren't you afraid of muggers or something? How do you stay safe at night? My neighborhood is _reasonably_ safe yet I've had a few creepy encounters with one guy reaching into his pocket on me, thank God it was just an apple. Never went outside after 10 PM again 😅

@customvansixtyfive8337 Жыл бұрын

EQUINOX has been UNLOCKED! my xterra705 bought the big one on my last hunt, and I just got an unexpected bonus at work. Going for the 900.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

You are going to love it! It will be like unlocking another universe!