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lee
10-24-2015, 04:11 PM
about a week ago i was contacted by a bloke from Glastonbury who had lost his grandmothers wedding ring 3 years ago while gardening , it was on his wife's finger while they where digging and he was afraid it would fall off of her finger so he put it on his.......and guess what ? yup...he lost it lol.
after looking for it for a few days sifting the dirt with a screen he had not found it.
fast forward to today, me and a relatively new detectorist named tom hit this very small back yard,the guy peter tells us he lost it in an area about 5ft by 5ft but after 20mins or so i got to thinking it may of been kicked out a little bit.
i tell tom to search about 2ft out from the plot,a minute later tom shouts over "ohh i have a coin,don't know what it is though" i walk over and there in his hand is a 1827 capped bust dime !!!!!.
i told him what it was and he is like "is that good ?" im like "errr yer" lol.
5 minuets later with the guy peter standing there tom pipes up "is this it ?" and there was the ring !!!.
after the pictures we hunt on for another 10 minuets and i pop out a 1920 merc,a very satisfying 30 minuets i would say.....
great feeling returning something of a family heirloom to its rightful owner and a novice detectorist finding such a bucket Lister of a coin as well as the ring......i think me and tom may be hunting a lot together over the next few months.....hes hooked lol.

OxShoeDrew
10-24-2015, 04:20 PM
Tom has one I've yet to get. :envious: Did you give Pete your number for when he loses the ring again?:)

lee
10-24-2015, 04:37 PM
Tom has one I've yet to get. :envious: Did you give Pete your number for when he loses the ring again?:)
funny thing drew, one of my first old coins i found when i started detecting over here was....you guessed it a capped bust 1835 dime !!!.
my picture of the coin does not do it justice , its in fantastic condition with hair,the word liberty on her cap and every word crystal clear im thinking after looking on coin book its EF to AU condition and worth around $500.

BTV Digger
10-24-2015, 05:25 PM
Short but fantastic hunt Lee! Did Peter ask for the dime as well? I'd have cried if someone asked for that sort of find back, but of course I'd give it to 'em.

John

Digger_O'Dell
10-24-2015, 06:10 PM
Great story, and a good deed done! Congrats on both the ring and coins!

lee
10-24-2015, 07:37 PM
Short but fantastic hunt Lee! Did Peter ask for the dime as well? I'd have cried if someone asked for that sort of find back, but of course I'd give it to 'em.

John
no digger he let us keep everything we found and said we can come back any time

Cheap Thrills
10-24-2015, 09:56 PM
What an amazing hunt filled with so many frontal attacks to the law of averages .:shocked04: Is that Tom holding the Tesoro ?

Skamaniac
10-24-2015, 11:07 PM
What a terrific story! Everybody won! :thumbsup02:

lee
10-25-2015, 02:04 AM
What an amazing hunt filled with so many frontal attacks to the law of averages .:shocked04: Is that Tom holding the Tesoro ?
yes it is.

Bucknut
10-25-2015, 07:55 AM
That is a great story! Thanks for sharing and congrats on all the great things you guys found!!

wisconsin digger
10-25-2015, 09:06 PM
great day to be a detectorist. return a ring and get a newbie a great find. Nice job. WD

MangoAve
10-26-2015, 08:30 AM
Nice. I wonder tho how you got lucky that the lost ring was also at a house old enough to have a capped bust.
Hunting over the next few months? or until the ground freezes?

lee
10-26-2015, 01:25 PM
Nice. I wonder tho how you got lucky that the lost ring was also at a house old enough to have a capped bust.
Hunting over the next few months? or until the ground freezes?
the house is not old jim 1990 in fact. but the ground is....old strawberry field back in the day.
just goes to show you that just because the property aint 17/18 hundreds you never know what was there before.
give me a shout when you lot go out next...i would love to tag along....im off tomorrow (Tuesday) if your around.

aloldstuff
10-28-2015, 11:24 AM
Great story with a great ending. Like Drew said Tom got a coin that most of us are still looking for.