16 Pennies & A PLAT/18K HONKER!

[wildcarrot]

I checked out the beach on a bike ride around 2:30. There were no less than five guys out hunting, two of which I knew, scattered up and down the beach. Decided to go out anyway around 3:30. Picked a little spot down low by the water away from the cuts and where everyone else seemed to be working. I dug 16 holes all were crusty zincs and I thought to myself "this sucks". 17th hole in the penny patch was this 'HONKER' of a ring 12.6 gr 18K with a Platinum Band...That was it, I packed up and left.

Good Luck All

 

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[SoCalBeachScanner]

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WOW! What a Find Rich ... I guess you showed those five guys Congrats!!

 

[lost items recovery]

Completely awesome!
Congratulations!!!!

 

[Irishgoldhound]

Wow!!!! That must have looked sexy in your scoop! Way to go man!!

 

[MTJosh]

Rich - Way to go. Glad I left it there for you. I did okay on heavy clad and some junk jewelry. Dave pulled a nice silver ring. It became to busy for me and I bailed. That ring looks very similar to the 18K and plat ring I found at the same beach. But mine was only 8 grams. Yours is huge. I will be back out the next couple days before my trip to Europe. Maybe I will see you back at the beaches this week. Hope your next hunt is just as successful.

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

That is an unusually nice find, is the ring from Asia - not too many rings where the gold is near
75% Pure.

As platinum is specified by weight E.G. 950 platinum, 95% of the weight of the net alloy will be mixed with 5% of another metal - by weight. This should also be stamped inside the band.

I suspect that the ring is mostly platinum and the bands and inside are gold because of its heavy weight - 12.6 grams.
Which brings up an interesting question, which hopefully some T Net members have already figured out the answer: How do you determine the melt value before shipping it to a refiner, if you decide to melt it down?

 

[wildcarrot]

That is an unusually nice find, is the ring from Asia - not too many rings where the gold is near
75% Pure.

As platinum is specified by weight E.G. 950 platinum, 95% of the weight of the net alloy will be mixed with 5% of another metal - by weight. This should also be stamped inside the band.

I suspect that the ring is mostly platinum and the bands and inside are gold because of its heavy weight - 12.6 grams.
Which brings up an interesting question, which hopefully some T Net members have already figured out the answer: How do you determine the melt value before shipping it to a refiner, if you decide to melt it down?

Some good questions. The ring has two stamps one is PLAT the other is 18K. No idea where it might be from...interesting you say it may be more platinum than gold. I thought the other way around

 

[ScooperDave]

Congrats on an awesome find Rich! This is Dave, one of the other 5 poor suckers that missed that beauty of a ring. Good job plucking that out of the zincs!

 

[lorraine]

WOWEE! That's another beautiful find for you , WC!

One just never knows where those treasures may turn up.

Lorraine

 

[detectahead]

WTG! That's a good one!💍


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[baywalker]

sounds like the west coast has been getting some good erosion , that's plucking a good one

 

[teklord]

Sir Gala, there are online calculators to get the melt value:Platinum Weight Conversion and Melt Value Calculator

 

[MTJosh]

Rich - The 18K and Plat one I found is mostly 18K. The plat band on the outside is the platinum part. Mine was a designer named DIANA ring. Put it on ebay and it went for $90 over scrap. Too bad the winning bidder hasn't paid yet. I got a few of these this year. Guess people decide not to pay and no longer want the item. Hopefully they come through. Either way you should get ore from selling it than scrapping it.

I got over 150 coins ($9 in clad) between both beaches yesterday. To bad 102 of them were pennies and over 70 of them crusty zincs or parts of zincs that were tossed into the trash. Did get a 1952 wheat penny from the beach I saw you at.