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Tony Two-Cent
04-01-2012, 07:40 PM
Yesterday I drove about an hour to the southeast and hunted at a couple of new towns. I found a park in the second town that gave up 8 wheat cents, a 1941 Mercury Dime and a 1959 Rosie. In this park I also found the Lord's Prayer pendant pictured below. It is smaller than a standard dog tag, it's about the size of a quarter. It was about 7" deep so it may have a little age to it.

Here are my finds from yesterday, March 31, 2012:
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Today I put a lot of miles on my car trying to find a new hot spot. I headed north this time. Again I found a park in a very small town that I had never been to before. I didn't find any old coins in this park, but I did find this 1981 sterling silver class ring attached to a sterling silver cross and another junk ring. Fortunately the girl's name is engraved inside the ring so I have a good chance of returning it to its proper owner with a little detective work.
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After not finding much else at this little park I headed to a different town that had a nice old park that was fairly large. I found a 1920 wheat cent and an 1880 Indian Head in short order, but couldn't find another old coin for the next two hours so I called it a day and headed home.
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I thought the silver class ring and cross was a neat find and I'm looking forward to trying to find the owner.

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

Fire Fighter 43
04-01-2012, 07:47 PM
Very cool pendant and the cross with the rings is a very unique find. Congrats on a nice hunt. |:cheering:

CODY
04-01-2012, 07:51 PM
Very nice finds Tony. Hope you find the owner of the class ring. Sweet silver coins and wheats! Congrats on some good hunts. thumbsup01

Full Metal Digger
04-01-2012, 09:11 PM
Nice finds Tony! Is that your first double .925 find? Is it an Urbana High School ring? Be sure to let us know when you return it. I always love those kinds of feel good stories about our hobby. HH, Dave.

Tony Two-Cent
04-02-2012, 06:04 AM
Is that your first double .925 find?

Yes, that was my first double .925 find. The smaller junk ring has the initial K on it, and it was inserted perfectly inside the class ring. At first I thought there was only one ring, but when I got the dirt of of it I could see that there were actually two rings, one inside the other. You can kind of see where the junk ring left a stain inside the class ring.



Is it an Urbana High School ring?

Three area high schools came to mind: Urbana High School, Unity High School, and Utica High School. No progress yet on finding the owner online, but I've only done some basic searching.

aloldstuff
04-02-2012, 07:32 AM
Tony, I am sure that you will be able to locate the owner. Try to get a picture of her smiling face when you return it. As DD says congrats on your first 925x2 day. Looks like you really did some traveling.

milco
04-02-2012, 07:43 AM
Great finds and good luck on the return of the ring!

UK55
04-02-2012, 11:13 AM
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Good luck on returning the ring, it's nice when you can do that :perfect10:

UK55

Toadman
04-02-2012, 08:59 PM
Nice hunts for sure ! :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01:

starman2
04-03-2012, 08:13 AM
:perfect10:! Great finds!! Excellent ring and cross. Maybe she will let you keep the cross? Hope you find the owner! WTG! |:cheering: