Gold rings are different than gold nuggets since they're often alloyed with other forms of metal. They are normally close to the surface and sometimes can't be tuned out or selected for with a notch filter even with the very best metal detector. By far the perfect place to find gold rings is at the beach. Specifically in the shallows of an dropping tide at a common resort area. The reason is because several vacationers don't recognize that the colder watercould make their fingers shrink and unsuspectingly drop their extremely valuable ring jewelry.