A Little Disappointed, But A Little More Educated

[TXKajun]

I finally got around to taking the old men's ring I detected a couple of weeks ago to a jeweler today. The stone did scratch glass, but was in a 10kt gold plated ring, so I didn't get hopes up very high. The jewelry store was very nice about testing the stone and even showed me how they did it.

As for the educated. The store has a little device that looks kind of like one of those new self-contained soldering irons that they use. It has a tip they press onto the stone and a little LED that reads from "Metal" to "Diamond" and has a sliding light scale that indicates what's what. Real kewl! LOL

I managed to get over the the neighbor's place yesterday afternoon and detected for a bit. They had company and everyone watched at first. First find was a dime. Needless to say, they were impressed. I turned the detector over to the older kids and let them use it. We found a bullet casing, a nickel and a penny. Pretty kewl....the kids loved it! No, I didn't make them split with me. Whatever they found, they kept.

Anyway, HH, ya'll!

 

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[vic910]

So, what kind of stone was it? It sounds like everyone had a good time at the neighbor's house!

vicki

 

[TXKajun]

Turned out to be a CZ. Like I said, not a big surprise. But I kinda hesitated brining it in to be tested. After all, until it was tested, it "could be a diamond." LOL

 

[Kent in AL]

After all, until it was tested, it "could be a diamond." LOL

You're a true optimist TXKajun!

 

[Michigan Badger]

It still was a nice find.

I've hunted just about every type of place you could imagine over the last 37 years. I've never found a real diamond. I lost count of the rings I've dug.

I'd say finding a real solid gold ring with a real diamond is very close to finding a gold coin. People tend to be very careful with these.

If you promise not to spread this around I'll share a secret with you. I think the majority of high value rings dug were planted on purpose. Why would someone do that?

1. Insurance fraud
2. Love gone sour
3. Stolen merchandise

etc., etc., etc.

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I'm going down twenty feet into that muddy muddy water to search that old river bed
I'm going down twenty feet into that muddy muddy water
To prove there's no truth in what our friends have said
That's when you cross the bridge the other day
Well you took off my ring and you threw it away
I'm going down twenty feet into that muddy muddy water
To try to find the answer there
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