shep Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Another short hunt! Was gonna be hot today, so got out early. Had my coffee, constitutional, abit of eats, and hit my pond. I hunted in GHs combined w/ stock coil for first 3 hours. As per Freds recommendation, dug most targets. Coins all corroded, pennies, nickels, dimes. Pull tabs galore, gold ring, melted aluminum, square deals not sure what they are yet. Soaking in olive oil as we speak. Switched to my new 6 coil, second half of hunt. Picked out some pennies amongst trash that Id missed before, but in all fairness, I was cherry picking last week. Gotta do some thing, if I cant go to AZ and find gold. Hey, did I mention I found a gold ring? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pulling all those pull tags and melted aluminum paid off. Ring has two stamps, that I cant read even under magnification, but more creamier butter color than 14k. Will have it checked. Bummer is, showed it to wife, and it fit, ;-( Hate Karma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49goldrushtradingpost Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Dang Shep that's a nice gold ring...you think it might be old perhaps gold rush era? Maybe not as it had a stamp in it, i have seen a few with no stamp at all. nonetheless...awesome find. If this is not an example of digging every target i don't know what is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primalspirit Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Shep, that's a really cool ring -- your wife has good taste It hit 108 degrees in Phoenix today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick in Havasu Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Great job my friend. You seem to be getting pretty good with that new machine !!But you have to admit, Donna will look much better in that ring than you......Hang in there, it will only be a few months till it cools off enough for your first trip down here to AZ. Actually, it's only 107 here at the moment. Worse to come......Till the next time,Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 107d ? I quit at 12:30 and it was in low 90's to go for a beer. You guy's are tough! Shep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 That ring is a great a find, looks old to me!!! Even with it having "stamps" it could still be very old, if made in Europe they have been stamping precious metal items for purity/maker marks, etc. for at least 100 to 200 or more!!! Get a lope to see what the stamps are!!! There are website that have most all of the European maker marks listed to be able to ID when/who maybe made it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Shep,That is a really nice ring. What does it weigh?Mitchel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Mitch, 11 grams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Shep,Very nice! I found a platinum ring that was that weight. It sure feels good to have a substantial piece of jewelry in your hands.Mitchel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Shep beeping in 107° ain't tough!!!! Going through what you have to do before you even get into your pick-up....drivingto the hunt area.....beeping in that cold morning air.....then when it gets comfortable you have to drive back home andsit all afternoon in A/C drinking cold beer.....THAT'S TOUGH!!!!Now thinking back I'm wondering why in the heck I ever gave up 25 years of coin beeping for prospecting....guess I gotweak and old can't handle the tough stuff anymore..... Good gold ring....hope you can find out more about it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Great finds and fun n' the sun sounds great. We hit 105 yesterday at 3pm and bubbling away in the jacuzzi,swimming in the poll was a real chore but someone has to stand up and do the real tough jobs ya know. Actually blew back out winching logs/boulders with a manual winch---hahaha what was a stupid ol'man thinkn'?? Oh that's right I wasn't thinkn'--2-3 a day NOT 7 pulls cranking,rechoking by myself-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 I feel your pain...I got all of that same type of junk Friday...except the ring...but it is close; I hear it trying to hide...very nice ring!!!fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Shep, That's a very nice fine. Congrats !Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Hot dang Shep that is a very nice ring and I agree looks to be quite old? More in your future I am thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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