z118
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I was hoping for a big weekend detecting wise with the extra day off, but it just didn't pan out. I hit a few tot lots on Saturday morning but they were pretty well hunted bare. I switched over to the dirt hoping for some silver and wound up with a bit of clad as well as two wheats, a '59 penny, and a '48 nickel - but no silver.
I got out for an unexpected hunt on Saturday evening. A few targets in I dug what I was certain was going to be a foil bottle top, but instead turned out to be a nice ring, which I posted about here:
http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=1680.0
Well, I just got back from the jeweler who checked it with one of those electronic gold testers... and it is gold! At least 10k per the jeweler, though I have a suspicion it might be higher. The jeweler did confirm that an unstamped band like this would be very unusual, so it is likely the stamp just wore off. Anyway a gold ring will make my day any day. It weighs a little over 3.6 grams.
Sunday I hit a few tot lots with my son in tow, no great finds but it sure was a beautiful day and fun to run around with the boy.
On Memorial Day I got up very early with a particular spot in mind where I was hopefull I could find some silver coins. But upon arrival the conditions proved to the the worst possible - the grass was soaked with dew and the ground was bone dry. Pulling plugs was possible but not at all pleasant, and I wasn't confident the plugs wouldn't look like hell a few days later. I did find one wheat penny but I scratched it badly chisling it out of the dirt. So I bagged my plans and spent the morning hitting a bunch of tot lots, none of which gave up much more than a $1 in clad.
Total for the weekend was 190 coins worth $16.22. Lots of the usual trinkets and garbage too of course, including 3 junk rings, one of which is the largest I've ever found. They're in the second pic along with the 10k band.
Happy hunting!
I got out for an unexpected hunt on Saturday evening. A few targets in I dug what I was certain was going to be a foil bottle top, but instead turned out to be a nice ring, which I posted about here:
http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=1680.0
Well, I just got back from the jeweler who checked it with one of those electronic gold testers... and it is gold! At least 10k per the jeweler, though I have a suspicion it might be higher. The jeweler did confirm that an unstamped band like this would be very unusual, so it is likely the stamp just wore off. Anyway a gold ring will make my day any day. It weighs a little over 3.6 grams.
Sunday I hit a few tot lots with my son in tow, no great finds but it sure was a beautiful day and fun to run around with the boy.
On Memorial Day I got up very early with a particular spot in mind where I was hopefull I could find some silver coins. But upon arrival the conditions proved to the the worst possible - the grass was soaked with dew and the ground was bone dry. Pulling plugs was possible but not at all pleasant, and I wasn't confident the plugs wouldn't look like hell a few days later. I did find one wheat penny but I scratched it badly chisling it out of the dirt. So I bagged my plans and spent the morning hitting a bunch of tot lots, none of which gave up much more than a $1 in clad.
Total for the weekend was 190 coins worth $16.22. Lots of the usual trinkets and garbage too of course, including 3 junk rings, one of which is the largest I've ever found. They're in the second pic along with the 10k band.
Happy hunting!
Nice job, Z! thumbsup01
At least you got to detect instead of doing something less fun. That junk ring is huge! lol