02/18/14 little surprise

[dpdave38]

Got out the other night for some night hunting on a local beach. The lake is about 7 ft below normal elevation, so I have been finding some older coins in some of the old swim beaches. I decided to try a beach area that was suppose to have some old homesteads that was there before the lake was built in the early 40's. I had found a whopping 92 cents in clad and was about to call it quits for the night when I got a low tone on my 3030 and decided to dig. I had already decided it was going to be some more can slaw but to my surprise it turned out to be this 14 kt ring.

Thanks for looking

Dave


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[Digger Don]

Congrats on the gold. Very nice

[del]

Dave that first picture is deceiving as the ring looks like it was damaged or bent :yes: but wow :shocked02: what a nice ring :loveit:.huge congrats

[TundraDigger]

Nice going for keeping swinging to the end.

[Ronandari]

It's a beauty. :thumbsup01: nice way to end your hunt.

Ron

[NJJOSH]

Sweet find. I always tell myself just a little longer you'll find something. It definitely paid off for you great find. HH and good luck with more.

[giant056]

Awesome score on that GOLD beauty :thumbsup02:

............................. :congrats:

[aloldstuff]

Betcha you're glad you dug that signal. :congrats:on the gold.

[Timewarpdigger]

Congrats nice find. Still looking for my first gold. Safe & HH

[KCFindIt]

whoa! that is one nice looking ring. congrats on such a cool find.

[coinnut]

Nice ring.:clapping: Still trying to guess it's age.:thinkingabout: I'm tossed between 1940's or 1950's :dontknow: No can slaw for you today :lol:

[dpdave38]

Thanks everybody for the replies, I thought I may have found an even better ring yesterday, but it was 18kt H.G.E. It was 8 to 10 inches in the silt, where the water is normally 5 to 6 feet deep. It came out of the ground looking really good. The gems was encrusted with the silty soil, but I could see what looked like a ruby in the center and little diamonds all around it.:shocked04: Dang the my luck, it turned out to be nothing more than a heart stopper for a second.:lolsign:

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/dpdave38/IMG_1826.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/dpdave38/media/IMG_1826.jpg.html)

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/dpdave38/IMG_1827.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/dpdave38/media/IMG_1827.jpg.html)

Thanks and HH to all

Dave

[coinnut]

Well it isn't solid 18 k, but it is heavy gold electroplate and looks like the read deal. Enough for the old heart to start beating fast :lol:

[jbolf6]

Very nice looking ring, congrats on a great find!

[KCFindIt]

Based on that first picture, I read your palm! It says "the first of many to come". Lucky you!

[sonofdust]

Very nice finds Dave.

[fsa46]

Outstanding job Dave. I really like the ring with the ruby and diamonds, it cleaned up nice. WTG