12 Ring day! 2 gold, 2 silver - 200+ coin day

Boobydoo

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Hello to all!!

My second time out after getting clearance from the doc to return to work and life. I hit two schools in the same school district I hunted on the Sunday of my contest weekend a month ago. Both were nicely loaded with lots of finds, I was kept very busy.

I while back, I told Mirage that one of my dream days would be to find 10 rings in one hunt. When I said it, I didn't really think it would possible, more like a dream. Well, this day, the dream came true. I had a pouchful of goodies at both schools and in the mix, 12 rings total. 2 nice goldies, 2 silver ones, and 8 junque rings. One of the junk ones is actually a nice keeper, more on that later.

At the first school, I had covered all the woodchips and had a nice haul including a nice sterling silver chain and an old religious pendant. There was a nice little mound with two trees right in between two of the play areas and we had an inch of rain yesterday, so I scanned this area also. I found both gold rings in this grassy area. The first one is a pretty little kids filligree signet ring (K), stamped 14K. The second is a lady's inital ring (g) and stamped 10K. I was really happy to pull these goldies wooowhooo!! In this same area I found my first "Large cent" of the year.lol, it's a approx 3 inch diameter 1995D lincoln penny fob of some kind. It was hit by a lawmower too and gave a very loud signal on the ole trusty Garrett, thought it was a pop can. This school is pretty old, probably opened in the 1950's so I think this fall, I may get back here and cover the grassy areas better. Could be silver coins here I think.

I found one old ring in the grass area that isn't gold or silver but might have some value to it. It's a Huckleberry Hound "Huck Hound Club" ring. It's pretty cool.
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At the second school, the were tons of finds in the chips. I was busy. I found both sterling rings here. Both were in the swings area, farthest away from the swings, near the edge of the woodchip border. One is a sterling spoon ring, very pretty and shined up nice. Stamped "Rogers and Oneita". The other one is a beauty. It's some kind of art deco style ring, with a large pear shaped garnet gemstone (I think) and is stamped "Sterling" with the maker mark " Kabara". It's a pretty cool ring! This school was old too, but I was pretty tired and my back was aching a bit, so I called it day and didn't search any of the grassy areas.

It was a great day out there, I had fun and the weather was perfect. Here's the totals.
4 - 1/2 hours total hunt time.
225 coins for a $11.37 face value (lots of pennies this day...lol)
Nice lot of keepers!! and lot of trinkets too.
The 12 rings total - puts my at 102 rings this season! 16 gold, 15 silver, 71 junque.
(thanks to PGill for pointing out there are 12 rings...dahhh) :)

Thanks for reading. Best of luck to you all! Here's some photos of my finds. HH!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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That was an incredible day for sure, totally amazing. :) So many great finds it's hard to pick out one.

Thanks for sharing and HH.
 

Glad to see your back and swingin' like a mad man, BDoo!

Nice collection of rings,

Congrats on the banner!

Thanks for sharing.
 

Great job BDoo and really glad you're doing better!

We're either not as wealthy or as careless as those kids in Michigan ;D

That's one incredible ring haul..I especially like the Huckleberry Hound ring..I'm old enough to remember Huckleberry Hound on TV and even remember the HH on wheels my parents got me for Christmas in 1965.

They just replenished all the wood chips in the entire district here..it was my luck I covered them all before they put in the new wood! I can't wait till school starts again, I'll be hitting 'em all again this fall.

Take care and keep it up, I'm really glad for you!

Nat
 

Your accomplishment is simply stated...


OUTRAGEOUS!


HH from M2
 

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Amazing finds...Looks like you saved all of your luck while you weren't able to hunt and then went wild...Dang nice finds!
 

Super find BDoo, that's the way to show 'em . . .

BTW, what type of schools do you like to hunt? Are they high schools, middle schools?

Thanks, Jack
 

Re: 11 Ring day! 2 gold, 2 silver - 200+ coin day

civilman1 said:
A NEW WORLD RECORD!!!!.....Unbelievable Bdoo,nice job!!!

lol, well, a personal record at least. I am pretty sure those surfer dudes find a pouchful of rings once in a while. ;D Just had a cool thought, Max on a surfboard!! ;D ;D

Thanks CM!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Re: 11 Ring day! 2 gold, 2 silver - 200+ coin day

pgill said:
Hey Doo, do I not count 12 rings in the photo's ??? I would be happy with 1 ring ::) What an amazing day you had, glad to see you are up and about.... get better, and all the best for the future..

God bless
Peter

Thanks again for straightening me out.
I guess I had the Huck Hound ring kind of separated from the "keepers" and "Trinket" rings when I counted them and didn't count that in.

God bless ya brother!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Montana Jim said:
Why you SON-OF-A-B!^(# !!!!!!

Man-oh-man that a great day of diggin' Bdoo!

Congratulations!

Now I dont even wanna post the crap I found today... :-[ WTG!!

Wow Jim,
you had me and my kids rolling on the floor yesterday after reading this.
Thanks for making my day
a lot happier!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Cubfan64 said:
That's a real load of digging!!! I bow to the master!!! Excellent day

lol, you all are crackin me up... but seriously,
thanks a lot, very inspirational!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

piggman1 said:
All I can say is WOW!!!!!! I'm speachless. You are the man!

Thanks PM!! I was too, then I took a nap and got some life back in me :)

Thanks for the great comment my friend!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

weasel606 said:
awesome day man thats alot of rings for a day WTG ;)

Thanks so much Weas!!! I knew I had found a lot but was really surprized when I finally dumped out the pouch at home. I rarely stap hunting wjhile I am out in the field, hunt time is precious with my busy schedule.

Smiles!
BDoo
 

tabfinder said:
You make me very ill Bdoo.....I never find that much in the chips around here.....where is it exactly that you live again??? Heeheeeheee ::)

The ole trusty Garrett TR machine helps!

Can't you see in my profile, right in the middle of a large woodchipped play area. ;D (that's in my hometown) That was the school I took the photos that ended up on the cover of W&E T mag this Feb.

Thanks for the friendly comment!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

kieser sousa said:
Man and i thought i was doing good finding just 1 silver ring today ! That's a very cool haul Bdoo ! ;D

1 silver ring is definitely a good day, I will take that ant time. Thanks for stopping in and smiling me! ;D

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Merf said:
What a great day you had BDoo. :o
Congrats-----With finds like that you can almost quit your day job. ;D

Well, that's a nice dream Merf, I wish!!
If trinkets were worth something, I would have it made.
I have a box full of those (and a half a box of keepers ;) )

Thanks buddy!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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